Motif
Safety in a liminal or intermediate state
safety_in_a_liminal_or_intermediate_state
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Labyrinths, Enclosures, and Liminal Spaces. 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. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 8043-8129 confidence: high
Mistletoe stays green on a leafless oak in winter and grows from trunk or branches, leading Frazer to suggest that primitive man might imagine the oak-spirit depositing its life there in an intermediate place between earth and heaven.
Mistletoe’s position between earth and heaven, human divinities kept between earth and heaven, sea foam, and morning twilight are all discussed as intermediate positions or materials associated with safety or category avoidance.
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