Motif
Soul leaving the body in animal or insect form
soul_leaving_the_body_in_animal_or_insect_form
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 II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 10213-10347 confidence: high
The passage says the stories of Hermotimus and King Gunthram belong to the same class; in the Gunthram story the king's soul comes out of his mouth as a small reptile.
Multiple cited stories describe a soul issuing from the mouth or nose and appearing as a small reptile, raven, cricket, or white mouse.
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