Motif
Externalized life or soul stored outside the body
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A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Souls, Life, or Strength Outside the Body. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 7039-7104 confidence: high
Bitiu dwells alone in the Valley of the Acacia, rests beneath the Acacia whose flower holds his heart, and Khnum makes him a wife after the Sun asks that he not dwell alone.
Bitiu’s heart is in the Acacia; the Jinnee’s soul is in a sparrow; the ogress queen’s life is in a bottle; the slave’s life is a beetle.
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