Motif
external heart or life-token hidden outside the body
external_heart_or_life_token_hidden_outside_the_body
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
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore INTRODUCTORY. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER II. / MYTHOLOGICAL.; lines 4828-4914 confidence: high
The passage says this episode occurs in folk-tales of many lands and begins tracing forms of it.
Across the examples, a being's heart, life, or strength is located in an egg, light, animal, tree, parrot, or detachable heart outside the body.
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