Motif
ritual specialist controls transfer of a dead person's soul
ritual_specialist_controls_transfer_of_a_dead_person_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.
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comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 5085-5132 confidence: high
Among the Takilis or Carrier Indians, a priest at a corpse-burning pretends to catch the soul in his hands and transfers it to the dead person's successor by gesture and blowing; the recipient takes the deceased's name and rank, and the priest may choose the recipient.
The Carrier priest catches and transmits the deceased person's soul and may choose to whom it is transmitted.
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