Motif
Primordial life-source animal slain
primordial_life_source_animal_slain
A motif of the Primordial Sacrifice and Dismemberment family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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zoroastrian
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The Zend-Avesta, Part I: The Vendidad INTRODUCTION, III. XXXV / XXXVI VENDIDAD. / INTRODUCTION, III. XXXVU / INTRODUCTION, III. XXXI X; lines 3170-3324 confidence: medium
Whatever the good Spirit makes, the evil Spirit mars; Angra Mainyu breaks into the created world, opposes each creation with a plague, kills the first-born bull, and mixes poison with plants, smoke with fire, sin with man, and death with life.
The first-born bull is described as first offspring and source of life on earth and is killed by Angra Mainyu.
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