Motif
destruction of external life-token causes simultaneous death
destruction_of_external_life_token_causes_simultaneous_death
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token 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. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 6695-6769 confidence: high
Cashmeer story: an old ogress shows a lad seven cocks, a spinning-wheel, a pigeon, and a starling that contain the lives of herself and her relatives; the lad destroys them, and the ogres and ogresses perish.
Killing birds or bees, breaking a spinning-wheel or pillar, cutting a lemon, or squeezing a soul-box directly causes the death of the linked ogres or king.
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