Motif
External soul lodged outside the body
external_soul_lodged_outside_the_body
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 7255-7309 confidence: high
Nias story: a captured chief cannot be drowned, burned, or pierced; his wife reveals that his life is bound to a hard hair on his head, and when it is plucked out his spirit departs.
The passage explicitly discusses the soul deposited outside the body and gives examples of souls kept in a hair, a bag, or a piece of iron.
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