Motif
Destruction or release of external life-vessel causes death
destruction_or_release_of_external_life_vessel_causes_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
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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 7039-7104 confidence: high
The woman asks Pharaoh to have the Acacia cut down; men cut the flower on which Bitiu’s heart rests, and Bitiu falls down dead.
Bitiu dies when the Acacia flower bearing his heart is cut; the Jinnee dies when the sparrow containing his soul is strangled; the slave dies when the beetle is killed; the ogress dies when her life escapes from the bottle.
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