Motif
Animal body as temporary location of a living person's soul
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A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Bodies and Soul Transmigration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3345-3421 confidence: medium
The Battas of Sumatra are said to believe that a living person's soul may enter an animal body; a doctor may be asked to extract a patient's soul from a fowl where an evil spirit hid it.
The Battas are reported to believe that a living person's soul may transmigrate into an animal and that a patient's soul may be extracted from a fowl.
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