Motif
Noon vulnerability through shortened or absent shadow
noon_vulnerability_through_shortened_or_absent_shadow
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: medium
Babar demons gain power by holding or wounding a shadow; a Melanesian stone demon can draw out a soul when a shadow falls on stones; in Amboina and Uliase, people avoid midday because of danger of losing the soul’s shadow.
The passage gives examples of avoiding midday, Tukaitawa’s lowest strength at noon, and broader dread or ritual association of noon with diminished shadows.
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