Motif
dream as soul departure
dream_as_soul_departure
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
andamanese
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The Andaman Islanders: A Study in Social Anthropology CHAPTER II / CEREMONIAL CUSTOMS / CHAPTER III / RELIGIOUS AND MAGICAL BELIEFS; lines 6504-6596 confidence: high
In serious illness the čauga hovers between this world and Hades; after death it haunts the deceased's abode and remains-place; in dreams the soul exits through the nostrils.
Dreams are explained as the soul departing through the nostrils and seeing or doing what appears to the sleeper.
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