Motif
ritual purification after contact with the sacred
ritual_purification_after_contact_with_the_sacred
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
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 1374-1420 confidence: high
After touching a pig, a man had to wash himself and his clothes; Frazer links this to the view that contact with a sacred object must be removed before mingling with others.
The passage repeatedly describes washing, changing garments, or ceremonial rinsing after contact with sacred objects, scriptures, sacrifice, or sacred persons.
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