Motif
soul transfer to successor
soul_transfer_to_successor
A motif of the External Soul and Life-Token family, within the sub-family Soul Departure, Recall, and Succession. 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) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 4509-4581 confidence: high
The passage says the man-god grows old and feeble, creating danger if nature depends on his life, and proposes killing him when his powers begin to fail and transferring his soul to a vigorous successor.
The passage describes catching the man-god’s soul as it escapes and transferring it to a suitable successor.
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