Motif
ritual pollution from contact with death
ritual_pollution_from_contact_with_death
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.
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1 traditions
roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7108-7175 confidence: high
Persons engaged in burial were considered polluted and excluded from temples until purification; Greeks purified returned persons previously thought dead by swaddling and treating them like newborn infants.
The footnote states that burial participants were considered polluted and excluded from temples until purification.
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