Motif
external soul or life bound outside the body
external_soul_or_life_bound_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 / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX.; lines 10422-10627 confidence: medium
Entries list M’Bengas belief that a child’s life is bound up with a tree, an external soul in a Malay poem, Malays and the soul, Mangaia warrior’s shadow, Melanesian soul-return and shadow entries, and Miris tree superstition.
The passage indexes a child’s life bound up with a tree, an external soul in a Malay poem, bringing back the soul, and shadow-related beliefs.
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