Themis, a study of the social origins of Greek ... - Warburg Institute

330 Daimon and Hero [oh.
utters his myth, says the words, 'I begin to grow restless in the
spring.' he is not explaining his action— that, if he has any gift
of observation and mimicry should be clear enough—he only utters
with his mouth what he enacts with his shambling, shuffling
feet, the emotions and sensations he feels in relation to the ' most
Honourable One,' the Bear. It is not until he becomes shy and
shamefaced instead of proud and confident in his pantomime,
that, seeking an excuse, he finds it in his myth turned aetiological.
When the Kouretes lose faith in their power to rear a child ei