Motif
Capture or loss of personal spirit causing death
capture_or_loss_of_personal_spirit_causing_death
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Death-Linked Soul Taking and Fatal Loss. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia CHAPTER III / RELATIONSHIPS AND TOTEMS / CHAPTER IV / THE MEDICINE MEN; lines 1771-1881 confidence: high
Wirreenuns command Mullee Mullees; spirit substitution explains altered character; a dream of one’s totem is a misfortune omen; a Mullee Mullee may capture a Doowee and hide it in a Minggah tree or rock.
The Doowee can be captured and hidden; if it does not re-enter the body, the person without it is doomed to die.
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