Motif
Death caused by damage to external life-object
death_caused_by_damage_to_external_life_object
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Fatal Attacks on External Life-Tokens and Life-Sites. 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. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7039-7104 confidence: high
Men cut the Acacia flower on which Bitiu’s heart rests, and Bitiu falls down dead.
Bitiu dies when the flower containing his heart is cut; the Jinnee dies when the soul-bearing sparrow is strangled; the slave dies when the beetle is killed; the ogress dies when her life escapes from the bottle.
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