Motif
securing the soul of the crop
securing_the_soul_of_the_crop
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Crop Spirits and Agricultural Fertility. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 7767-7813 confidence: high
The passage says Dyaks of Northern Borneo hold a harvest feast whose object is to secure the soul of the rice so the farm produce will not rot and decay.
The Dyak rites aim to detain the soul of the rice, represented in grains collected through ritual action, so the crop will not decay and future seed can receive it.
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