Comparative mythology corpus

Subjects Or Courtiers Ritually Mirror The King

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 4667-4748 high A later Ethiopian rule states that if the king became maimed, all courtiers had to undergo the same mutilation; Frazer suggests this could have replaced killing the king for personal defect. record