Motif
Displaced, external, or restorable soul
displaced_external_or_restorable_soul
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 / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 9541-9755 confidence: medium
The Dyaks entry lists belief in souls of trees, soul abduction and restoration, harvest custom, bad omens, epidemic custom, venison taboo, sparing the crocodile, relation to the palm-tree, and a festival of first-fruits.
The Dyak entry includes soul abduction and restoration, and the Egyptian entry includes an external-soul story.
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