Motif
rising sun ratifies or empowers marriage
rising_sun_ratifies_or_empowers_marriage
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Divine and Sacred Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14370-14430 confidence: medium
Among the Chaco Indians a newly married couple sleeps the first night on a skin with heads west; the marriage is not ratified until the rising sun shines on their feet the next morning.
Several notes describe newly married couples or brides being exposed to the rising sun or its rays after or around marriage, with functions of ratification or impregnation stated in the passage.
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