Motif
Dream-soul or double leaves the body
dream_soul_or_double_leaves_the_body
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 6321-6411 confidence: high
Dreams are sometimes explained as the sleeper's double leaving the body and wandering; a man reports that his double travelled home in a dream and saw a baby's death, which he believed had really occurred.
Dreams are explained as the sleeper's double leaving the body and wandering, and sudden waking is feared because the double may be away.
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