Motif
escape from a soul-catcher's net
escape_from_a_soul_catcher_s_net
A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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egyptian
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians THE MAGICIAN TETA WHO RESTORED LIFE TO DEAD ANIMALS, ETC. / THE STORY OF RUT-TETET AND THE THREE SONS OF RA / CHAPTER IV / THE BOOK OF THE DEAD; lines 1625-1711 confidence: high
Chapters provide return to earth, escape from a fiend taking souls in a net, amulet spells for Tet, Vulture, Collar, Sceptre, Pillow, Pectoral and others, divine powers of Osiris and Isis and other gods, and restoration of heart and head.
Chapter 153 is summarized as providing escape from a fiend who goes about taking souls in a net.
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