Motif
Injury to shadow causes injury to owner
injury_to_shadow_causes_injury_to_owner
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Shadows as Vulnerable Life-Parts. 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. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3540-3604 confidence: high
The passage states that a shadow or reflection may be regarded as the soul or a vital part; injury to it harms the person, and detachment can cause death.
Examples include stabbing, hacking, holding, striking, or treading upon a shadow, with resulting illness, death, loss of speech, loss of motion, or loss of soul.
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