Motif
ritual response to harvest failure
ritual_response_to_harvest_failure
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Harvest Actions, Taboos, and Responses. 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 9858-10043 confidence: medium
The Wotjaks of Russia, distressed by bad harvests, ascribed the calamity to the wrath of Keremet because he was unmarried.
The actions are introduced as a response to a series of bad harvests and culminate in a possible divine marriage involving a fruitful earth-wife.
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