Motif
external soul harmed to kill its owner
external_soul_harmed_to_kill_its_owner
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Fatal Attacks on External Life-Tokens and Life-Sites. 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. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3499-3538 confidence: high
Among Canadian Indians, a wizard sends familiar spirits for a victim’s soul, which comes in the form of a stone or similar object; striking it until it bleeds causes the person to languish and die.
The Canadian example describes a victim’s soul brought as a stone-like object and struck until it bleeds, causing the man to languish and die.
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