Motif
ritual fire made under metal prohibition
ritual_fire_made_under_metal_prohibition
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Kindling, Rekindling, and New-Fire Making. 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. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4219-4263 confidence: medium
Hottentot, Moqui, Gold Coast, Scottish, and Burghead examples describe quartz or stone implements and removal or avoidance of iron or metal in religious rites and fire-making.
The need-fire makers had to remove all metal, and the Burghead Yule-tide fire-wheel was made without a hammer, using stone.
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