Motif
taboo on eating new fruits before ritual permission
taboo_on_eating_new_fruits_before_ritual_permission
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Harvest Actions, Taboos, and Responses. 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. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12549-12690 confidence: high
Zulu first-fruits feast: a bull is killed; its gall is drunk by king and people; the king breaks a green calabash to open the new year and allow eating seasonal fruits; premature eating brings death or execution.
The passage states that eating the new fruits before the festival results in death or execution.
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