Motif
soul departure and body possession
soul_departure_and_body_possession
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Soul Transfer, Possession, and Transmigration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales THE YOUTH AND HIS EAGLE 34 / A HOPI (MOKI) MAIDEN 184 / THE PINNACLES OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN 344 / INTRODUCTION; lines 190-288 confidence: high
“All entities are animals--men, brutes, plants, stars, lands, waters, and rocks--and all have souls.” The same section describes souls as mist-like owners of bodies and describes stars, plants, waters, mountains, hills, and rocks as animate, enchanted, or mobile.
Souls are said to own bodies, leave their bodies, and take possession of vacant bodies.
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