Motif
external soul or external life-token
external_soul_or_external_life_token
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Objects and Vessels Holding Life or Soul. 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 6847-6926 confidence: high
Russian Koshchei says his death is in an egg inside a duck, hare, casket, and under an oak; a prince breaks the egg and Koshchei dies.
Multiple tales place a being's death, life, strength, heart, or soul outside the body, and the being dies or weakens when the external token is destroyed, extinguished, uprooted, sucked, or removed.
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