Motif
sacred or polluted persons as dangerous and in danger
sacred_or_polluted_persons_as_dangerous_and_in_danger
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.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
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 4159-4217 confidence: high
Frazer states that ceremonial purity rules for divine kings, chiefs, priests, homicides, women at childbirth, and others are alike; he says holiness and pollution are not differentiated in this comparison and all are dangerous and in danger.
The passage explicitly says divine kings, chiefs, priests, homicides, women at childbirth, and similar persons are treated as dangerous and in danger, without a clear distinction between holiness and pollution.
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