Comparative mythology corpus

Ritual Destruction Of An Effigy By Water, Fire, Beating, Tearing, Or Scattering

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Comparative The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 5554-5653 high Thüringen examples include children carrying a birch-twig puppet and throwing it into a pool, young people throwing a straw-like figure into a river and receiving food, and songs about carrying Death out and Spring into the village. record