Motif
fatal hair as life-token
fatal_hair_as_life_token
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Hair Holding Life or Strength. 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; lines 6771-6845 confidence: high
Nisus has a purple or golden hair on his head, and it is fated that he will die if it is pulled out; Scylla pulls it out during the Cretan siege of Megara, and he dies.
Nisus, Pterelaus, and an unnamed modern Greek man have life or strength connected with purple or golden hairs on the head.
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