Motif
Special doorway avoidance for game or fish
special_doorway_avoidance_for_game_or_fish
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.
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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 2870-2911 confidence: high
Ainos prepare for a favored fish by ceremonial purity; women at home keep silence lest the fish hear and disappear; the first fish is brought through a small end opening of the hut rather than the door, so other fish will not see and disappear.
The first Aino fish enters through a special opening, and the passage compares this with wider customs of bringing game into huts by windows, smoke-holes, or back openings rather than doors.
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