Motif
Sacred fire kindled from sacred wood
sacred_fire_kindled_from_sacred_wood
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Kindling, Rekindling, and New-Fire Making. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
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 6449-6496 confidence: high
The passage explains wood-friction fire-making and gives oak-wood examples from Celts, Germans, Slavs, Masuren, ancient Slavic perpetual fire, Germany, and the Scottish Highlands.
The passage repeatedly describes sacred or need-fires being kindled by friction using oak-wood and concludes that ancient Aryans kindled and fed ceremonial fire with sacred oak-wood.
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