Motif
spirit capture by nets
spirit_capture_by_nets
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
andamanese
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The Andaman Islanders: A Study in Social Anthropology CHAPTER II / CEREMONIAL CUSTOMS / CHAPTER III / RELIGIOUS AND MAGICAL BELIEFS; lines 6413-6502 confidence: high
Akar-Bale accounts include breath rising to the sky as spirit, spirits going under the earth, and a detailed journey through named places where birds warn of a spirit, people trained by In Golat catch spirits in big nets, throw them into the sea, and the spirits go to Čauga-l’uŋ-jiŋa.
The Akar-Bale account says spirits trying to flee are caught in big nets by people taught by In Golat, then thrown into the sea.
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