Motif
tree and cultivated-plant rites
tree_and_cultivated_plant_rites
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CONTENTS / DEDICATION. / WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH / PREFACE.; lines 119-211 confidence: medium
The author links modern European customs to an ancient Italian priesthood and says Mannhardt studied "the religion of the woodman and the farmer" and rites "connected with trees and cultivated plants."
Mannhardt's field is described as superstitious beliefs and rites connected with trees and cultivated plants, with related works on tree cult and forest and field cults listed.
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CONTENTS / DEDICATION. / WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH / PREFACE.; lines 119-211 confidence: medium
Mannhardt's special department is described as the religion of the woodman and farmer, especially beliefs and rites connected with trees and cultivated plants; he collected evidence through oral inquiry, printed questions across Europe, and folklore literature.
Mannhardt's field is described as beliefs and rites connected with trees and cultivated plants, and one of his major works concerns Germanic tree-cult.
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