Motif
External or vulnerable soul
external_or_vulnerable_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.
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 / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 11306-11513 confidence: high
The soul is indexed as a miniature of the body, a bird, absent in sleep, carried off by ghosts, stolen by demons, recalled, detained by sorcerers, located in portrait, shadow, reflection, or blood, transmigrating, and external in folk tales and custom.
The passage indexes the soul as capable of absence, theft, detention, recall, embodiment in shadow/reflection/portrait/blood, and externalization in folk tales and custom.
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