Motif
Ritual recovery or recall of a patient’s soul
ritual_recovery_or_recall_of_a_patient_s_soul
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family. 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 3499-3538 confidence: high
Nass River Indians of British Columbia think a doctor may swallow his patient’s soul by mistake; other doctors try to recover it by thrusting fingers down his throat, kneading his stomach, and slapping his back.
The Nass River example describes procedures to recover a patient’s soul from a doctor or a head-doctor’s box, and the passage closes by referring to other examples of recall and recovery of souls.
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