Motif
Sun confined and released from a tower
sun_confined_and_released_from_a_tower
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Cosmic, Celestial, and Solar Fire. 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) PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 775-852 confidence: high
Jerome of Prague reports a Lithuanian tribe worshipping the sun and venerating an iron hammer, explained by priests as the hammer with which the zodiac signs broke open a tower where a king had confined the sun.
The Lithuanian account tells of the sun being shut in a tower by a king and released when zodiac signs break it open with a hammer.
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