Motif
External or detachable soul
external_or_detachable_soul
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.
2 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 / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 9541-9755 confidence: medium
Dyaks are indexed for souls of trees, soul abduction and restoration, harvest custom, bad omens, epidemic custom, food and animal taboos, palm-tree, and first-fruits festival.
The index lists abduction and restoration of the soul, soul extraction, belief in two souls, and an Egyptian external-soul story.
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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 / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 9757-9974 confidence: high
Germany entry lists sacred groves, tree-felling ceremony, harvest customs, beating as a charm, oak as sacred tree, oak log burnt on Midsummer Day, and external soul in German stories.
The index explicitly lists the external soul in German and Greek stories, ghosts carrying off the soul, and detention of the soul in Hawaii.
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