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- symbolizes the partial and temporary elimination (though not complete liquidation) of erotic and sexual thoughts achieved by removing emotion (dehydrating water); the temporariness of the elimination is confirmed by the fact that for many animal instinctual personifications hay is hearty food.
- a fire burning hay: the final elimination of erotic and sexual thoughts; see Fire.
- raking: see Raking.
- drying, putting into stacks, on a wagon, storing: symbolizes material gain.
- pitchfork for hay: a tool to eliminate erotic and sexual thoughts.
- having a pleasant smell: expresses a healthy and sometimes even moral purity (see Scent).
