Motif
ritual detention or recovery of a departing soul
ritual_detention_or_recovery_of_a_departing_soul
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Soul Recall, Retrieval, and Return to the Body. 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 3112-3185 confidence: high
Examples include fish-hooks attached to a sick man in Celebes, a Haida medicine-man’s hollow bone for bottling souls, Marquesans holding a dying man’s mouth and nose, Hindus snapping thumbs during yawning, and Itonamas sealing a dying person’s eyes, nose, and mouth.
Multiple examples involve actions intended to hook, bottle, block, lure, or otherwise detain the soul and restore it to its owner.
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