Motif
Soul contained in portable wrapping or vessel
soul_contained_in_portable_wrapping_or_vessel
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Objects and Vessels Holding Life or Soul. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 3345-3421 confidence: high
A friend deposits offerings, calls the sick person's name three times, asks the soul to come, catches it with a cloth, returns without turning or speaking, and lays the cloth on the patient's throat.
Souls are represented as caught in a cloth, gathered in a bag, caught in a bowl, and wrapped in a leaf.
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