Motif
external soul stored outside the body
external_soul_stored_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.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
comparative (1) · egyptian (1)
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 6498-6584 confidence: high
The external-soul section says the soul may leave the body and that life may be imagined as a material thing that can be seen, handled, kept in a box or jar, and act at a distance.
The passage describes life or soul as a material thing that can be kept outside the body in a box, jar, or safe place; the person lives or dies according to its condition.
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egyptian
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Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri: Second Series, XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty REMARKS / XIXTH DYNASTY / ANPU AND BATA. / REMARKS; lines 1088-1164 confidence: high
The passage discusses "Bata taking out his heart, and placing it on the flower of a tree" and interprets the Egyptian heart term as vitality or soul.
The remarks interpret Bata's removed heart as a separable soul or vitality placed outside the body; the body remains safe while the external seat is safe and dies when it is destroyed.
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