Motif
Soul theft causing death unless magically reversed
soul_theft_causing_death_unless_magically_reversed
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
arctic inuit
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The People of the Polar North: A Record THE CREATION / KNUD RASMUSSEN (NOVEMBER 1903) / MEN 105 / THE SOUL; lines 4061-4102 confidence: high
Only great magicians can see the soul, which looks like a smaller person; a magician can steal and bury it in snow under a dog's skin covering, and another magician may recover and return it.
A magician can steal and bury a soul, causing inevitable death unless another magician finds the soul and restores it to the body.
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