Motif
Nested concealment of a soul in remote containers
nested_concealment_of_a_soul_in_remote_containers
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 7176-7253 confidence: high
In another Tartar poem, the Swan-woman's soul is seven little birds inside a golden casket in a black chest at the foot of a copper rock; helper horses retrieve it, the piebald horse changes into a man and beheads the birds, and the Swan-woman dies.
The Swan-woman's soul is hidden through the sequence of copper rock, black chest, golden casket, and birds; Tash Kan's soul is hidden through poplars, well, Maral, boxes, and quails.
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