Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

transmigration between human and animal lives

transmigration_between_human_and_animal_lives

A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Bodies and Soul Transmigration. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 2323-2387 confidence: high

    After a thousand years good and evil souls draw lots and choose a second life; a human soul may enter a beast's life or return from beast to human form.

    The passage states that the soul of a man may pass into the life of a beast and return from beast into human form.

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