Motif
sacred power imagined as fire
sacred_power_imagined_as_fire
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Mystical, Poetic, and Personified Fire. 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 4104-4157 confidence: medium
Frazer says the divine king or god-man is both blessing and danger, must be isolated for others’ safety, and compares divinity to fire that blesses under restraint but burns and destroys when touched rashly.
Frazer explicitly compares divinity to fire that blesses when restrained but burns and destroys when touched rashly or allowed to break bounds.
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