Motif
Soul trapped or detained by hostile beings or human specialists
soul_trapped_or_detained_by_hostile_beings_or_human_specialists
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Hostile Soul Seizure, Detention, and Release. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3423-3497 confidence: high
In Amboina a sorcerer uses a branch to recover a soul detained by demons; in the Babar Islands offerings are set at a great tree, a leaf is plucked, and the soul in the leaf is pressed onto the patient.
Ghosts, demons, evil spirits, chiefs, sorcerers, priests, and enchanters are described as detaining, capturing, conjuring, enclosing, or selling souls.
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