Motif
stolen soul used as substitute cure
stolen_soul_used_as_substitute_cure
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family, within the sub-family Soul Loss as Illness and Therapeutic Restoration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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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 3499-3538 confidence: high
In Amboina, a doctor whose patient’s soul is believed lost to a demon takes another person’s soul through a clod of earth, places it under the patient’s pillow, performs ceremonies, and fires shots to prevent its return.
In the Amboina example, a doctor tries to replace a patient’s lost soul with the soul of another person, transferred through a clod and ceremonies.
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