Motif
soul captured or transported in ritual objects
soul_captured_or_transported_in_ritual_objects
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.
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: medium
Karen funeral practices include tying children during a passing funeral, using split bamboo and sticks at the grave to show souls how to climb out, avoiding burying souls with bamboos, carrying the bamboos away, and using three branch-hooks while calling the spirit to prevent it from remaining with the dead.
The soul is represented as moving through or being held in bamboo, hooks, cotton down, cloth, doll, puppet, flutes-led procession, bonnet, and similar ritual media.
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