Motif
Bird-soul lured or detained by food
bird_soul_lured_or_detained_by_food
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
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 3112-3185 confidence: high
The passage states that the soul is often conceived as a bird ready to take flight, a conception said to linger as metaphor but to be treated literally by many people.
The passage explicitly connects the idea of the soul as a bird with rice used to attract it or keep it from flying away.
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