Motif
dangerous reflected image pierced or harmed
dangerous_reflected_image_pierced_or_harmed
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Reflections and Reflected Bodily Substances. 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 3606-3684 confidence: medium
The reflection-soul is described as external and vulnerable like the shadow-soul; an Aztec practice places water with a knife behind a door so a sorcerer sees his reflection transfixed and flees.
The Aztec example presents a sorcerer’s reflection as transfixed by a knife in water, implying harm to the reflection-soul.
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