Motif
clinging ghost or spirit removed from the body
clinging_ghost_or_spirit_removed_from_the_body
A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering 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 3827-3890 confidence: high
Natives of Borneo and Celebes sprinkle rice on a person thought infested by dangerous spirits; a fowl picks up the rice and removes the spirit or ghost clinging to the skin, including after funeral attendance.
The rice-and-fowl rite and the Basuto hand-scratching rite are both presented as ways to remove a ghost or spirit adhering to a person after exposure to danger or death.
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