Motif
Ritual safekeeping of the soul outside the body during danger
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A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Ritual Capture and Safekeeping of Souls. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 7255-7309 confidence: high
Among the Minahassa of Celebes, when a family moves into a new house, a priest collects the family’s souls in a bag and later restores them because entering a new house is believed to involve supernatural danger.
Frazer describes family souls collected in a bag during a dangerous house entry and a woman’s soul represented by iron during childbirth, both as protective removals of the soul.
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