Motif
Remote guarded hiding place of life
remote_guarded_hiding_place_of_life
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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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 6586-6652 confidence: high
Frazer states that all Aryan peoples from Hindustan to the Hebrides tell external-soul stories in various forms; a common form has an invulnerable being hiding his soul far away, a captive princess learning the secret, and a hero destroying the hidden life to kill the being.
The life-object is hidden far away in a secret or inaccessible place guarded by genii or dangerous animals, with nested barriers such as trees, water vessels, cage, and snake.
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