Motif
External life located in animals
external_life_located_in_animals
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) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 14848-14990 confidence: medium
“For an Indian story in which a giant’s life is in five black bees, see Clouston, Popular Tales and Fictions, i. 350.”
The cited Indian story places a giant’s life in five black bees.
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