Comparative mythology corpus

Sacred Status As Protective Avoidance

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Daoist Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER III. / NOURISHMENT OF THE SOUL. / CHAPTER IV. / MAN AMONG MEN.; lines 2518-2643 medium The apprentice asks why the useless tree became sacred; the artisan replies that sacredness protected it from enemies and from being cut down. record