Motif
recalling the absent crop soul
recalling_the_absent_crop_soul
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Harvest Actions, Taboos, and Responses. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 7767-7813 confidence: high
The Karens of Burma are said to feel the need to secure the rice soul; if a rice-field does not flourish, they suppose the rice soul is detained from the rice, and if it cannot be called back the crop will fail.
The Karen explanation for crop failure is that the rice soul is detained, and the formula calls the rice-kelah back from many locations to the field and rice.
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