Motif
ritual avoidance of killing a mythologically significant animal
ritual_avoidance_of_killing_a_mythologically_significant_animal
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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 15286-15398 confidence: medium
Among the Toukawe, they “never kill the big or gray wolf,” which has mythological significance, “holding the earth”; it forms a totem clan, and males danced in its honor carrying sticks.
The Toukawe are reported never to kill the big or gray wolf because it has mythological significance and forms one of their totem clans.
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