Motif
Ruler protected from foreign magical danger or contamination
ruler_protected_from_foreign_magical_danger_or_contamination
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. 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 3892-3959 confidence: high
Envoys visiting a Tartar Khan and their gifts had to pass between two fires before admission; the fire was said to purge magical influence intended against the Khan.
The passage explicitly shifts from general precautions against strangers to special measures protecting rulers, including fire passage, bathing and ordeals, medicinal besmearing, and avoidance of foreign goods or sights.
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