Motif
royal taboos as safeguards for a ruler's life
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A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. 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 I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3686-3742 confidence: medium
Frazer argues that widespread soul-danger beliefs shaped early kingship: the king's life, tied to the people's welfare and existence, is protected by exact rules or taboos understood as safeguards or lifeguards.
The passage proposes that royal rules or taboos protect the king's life, on which the people's welfare and existence are said to depend.
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