Motif
Ritual inversion of masters and servants
ritual_inversion_of_masters_and_servants
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Civic Order and the Body Politic. 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) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 11263-11391 confidence: medium
Frazer discusses a Babylonian mock king, ζωγάνης, linked to a festival where masters waited on servants, and argues that the mock king was put to death.
The note describes festivals at which masters waited on their servants.
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