Motif
invulnerability through soul removal and guarded soul-box
invulnerability_through_soul_removal_and_guarded_soul_box
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Nested Containers and Guarded Hiding Places. 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 6695-6769 confidence: high
Siamese or Cambodian story, said probably derived from India: Ravana removes his soul into a box kept by Fire-eye; Rama's arrows do not wound him; Rama's ally retrieves and squeezes the box, causing Ravana to die.
Ravana removes his soul from his body, leaves it with a hermit in a box, and cannot be wounded until the box is recovered and squeezed.
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