Motif
Life-object as death-object
life_object_as_death_object
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Fatal Attacks on External Life-Tokens and Life-Sites. 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 7958-8041 confidence: high
Frazer says Balder's life in the mistletoe fits primitive thought; an object may be a person's life or death, and a person may be killed by the object containing it.
Frazer explains that an object embodying a person's life may be spoken of as the person's death and may kill that person when used or destroyed.
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