Motif
Nested life-token concealed through animals or containers
nested_life_token_concealed_through_animals_or_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.
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 7106-7174 confidence: high
Kabyl story: an ogre’s fate is in an egg inside a pigeon, camel, and the sea; the hero crushes the egg and the ogre dies.
Several tales locate the life-token inside successive animals or objects, such as egg-pigeon-camel-sea, beetles-box-pigeon-hare-boar, golden cockchafer-golden cock-golden sheep-golden stag, casket-birds, and bag-serpent.
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