Motif
Destruction or removal of token causes weakness or death
destruction_or_removal_of_token_causes_weakness_or_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 6771-6845 confidence: high
The Fates tell Meleager’s mother he will die when the hearth brand burns down; she stores the brand, later burns it after he kills her brothers, and Meleager dies.
The passage repeatedly describes burning, plucking, cutting, killing, or placing a fatal token and an immediate or progressive loss of strength, sickness, or death.
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