Motif
Death by destruction of an external animal-soul
death_by_destruction_of_an_external_animal_soul
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Animals Holding or Sharing Human Life. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7176-7253 confidence: high
In a Tartar poem, an old witch survives disembowelment until her soul, a seven-headed speckled snake in her shoe-sole, is removed and beheaded.
The witch dies when the snake's heads are cut off; the Swan-woman dies when the seven birds are killed; Tash Kan dies when the soul-quail is killed.
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