Motif
External life, soul, fate, safety, or strength kept outside the body
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A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Souls, Life, or Strength Outside the Body. 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) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7106-7174 confidence: high
Kabyl story: an ogre’s fate is in an egg inside a pigeon, camel, and the sea; the hero crushes the egg and the ogre dies.
Across the cited stories, a figure’s vital essence or capacity is placed in an external egg, animal, heart, bird, herb, serpent, ring, or other container.
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