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
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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 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.
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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 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.
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hausa
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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.
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