Motif
ritual fire used to send away harm
ritual_fire_used_to_send_away_harm
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. 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. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 3913-3971 confidence: medium
People throughout the city danced, including the Inca, bathed in rivers and fountains saying maladies would come out, then lit straw torches, passed them around, struck each other, and said, 'Let all harm go away.'
Participants light straw torches, pass them from one to another, strike each other with them, and say that all harm should go away.
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