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GUEST,just stopping by	Origins: John Barleycorn Must Die (27)	RE: History behind John Barleycorn Must Die	04 Dec 04
"John Barleycorn Must Die is a telling of the basic near easter-european fertility god myth, Compare this to the myth of Persephone, the myth of ADonis, and the Jesus myth, Three men come from the West/East. They kill him. He arises again. John Barleycorn represents the spirit of the harvested grain. The song is both a metaphor, and a poetic explanation of the killing of grain." So...a Year King thing then? Like the Greek Grain Cults? I'd buy that....especially given the images usually associated with the "John barleycorn" figure.

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