Motif
External soul hidden in an object or totem
external_soul_hidden_in_an_object_or_totem
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) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7602-7660 confidence: high
“if a savage seriously believes that his life is bound up with an external object, it is in the last degree unlikely that he will let any stranger into the secret.”
The passage discusses the belief that life is bound up with an external object and that the hiding-place of the soul would be concealed.
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