Motif
Soul captured, detained, or lured by the dead or spirits
soul_captured_detained_or_lured_by_the_dead_or_spirits
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 3265-3343 confidence: high
A Burmese wise woman recovers a baby’s “butterfly” or soul from a dead mother by using a mirror, cotton down, and cloth; the passage says the ceremony may also be used for a dead playmate’s living companion or for a bereaved spouse.
Several examples describe ghosts, dead mothers, dead playmates, ancestors, ancestral spirits, or souls of the dead as catching, keeping, detaining, stealing, luring, or carrying off living souls.
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