Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

External soul

external_soul

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.

3 occurrences

2 traditions

comparative (2) · hausa (1)


comparative

  • 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 11306-11513 confidence: high

    Entries include precautions against strangers, Shropshire Neck and harvest customs, sin-eating, Shrovetide customs, Siamese soul superstition, royal executions, temporary king, banishment of demons, human scapegoats, and external soul in a Siamese story.

    The passage explicitly indexes the external soul in folk tales, in folk custom, in a Siamese story, and in Slavonic stories.

    read in the book
  • 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 9757-9974 confidence: high

    The external soul is listed in German stories and Greek stories; the nagual is listed among the Guatemala.

    The index lists the external soul in German stories and Greek stories, and the nagual among the Guatemala.

    read in the book

hausa

  • Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and the Folk MAGIC APPEARANCES, 160, 167 / NAME-FEASTS, 92 / OATHS, 139 / INDEX TO PARTS I AND III; lines 24474-24573 confidence: low

    Soul, The, 144 — External, 132, 474

    The index lists “Soul, The” and an external soul subentry.

    read in the book