Motif
Transmigration into animal form
transmigration_into_animal_form
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.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12820-12959 confidence: medium
The note discusses Cushing on Zuni future-life beliefs and concludes that transmigration into turtles appears to be a living article of Zuni faith.
The note describes transmigration into turtles as a living Zuni belief.
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 12820-12959 confidence: medium
Cushing is quoted as qualifying Zuni future-life belief as spiritualistic, but the note says the expressions in the text show transmigration into turtles as a living article of Zuni faith.
The note treats transmigration into turtles as a living article of Zuni faith.
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