Motif
ritual licence before or after purification
ritual_licence_before_or_after_purification
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. 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) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 4708-4787 confidence: high
Public periodic expulsion of devils is commonly preceded or followed by a period of general licence; examples mentioned include Guinea, Tonquin, Lhásá, the Hos, and the Iroquois.
The passage describes a period of general licence surrounding the public expulsion of devils, with ordinary restraints relaxed.
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