Motif
Theriomorphic and anthropomorphic forms of the same spirit
theriomorphic_and_anthropomorphic_forms_of_the_same_spirit
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Bodies and Soul Transmigration. 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) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 179-256 confidence: medium
German wolf customs: the Wolf is said to sit in the last sheaf; the last bunch or sheaf is called Wolf; the binder or cutter may be called Wolf; in Rügen the woman called Wolf bites household women and receives meat; some sheaves are wolf-shaped or human-shaped and dressed.
The passage says wolf-shaped sheaves and human-shaped dressed sheaves show a confusion between animal and human conceptions of the corn-spirit.
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