Motif
Sneezing as dangerous soul escape
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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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amazonian
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The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes CHAPTER XIV / CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI / CHAPTER XVII; lines 7406-7487 confidence: high
Temporary soul departure differs from death because the soul returns, but sneezing is said to be the soul violently trying to escape and causing death.
Sneezing is explained as the soul attempting violently to leave the body, with possible fatal consequence.
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