Motif
Soul located at the mouth or nose
soul_located_at_the_mouth_or_nose
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Bodily Sites and Severed Parts Holding Soul. 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 10630-10782 confidence: medium
Footnote 546 compares Greek and Latin expressions describing the soul as at the lips or nose.
The passage explicitly compares Greek and Latin expressions describing the soul as at the lips or nose.
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