Separable soul kept in animal — Mythoi

Motif

Separable soul kept in animal.

The dead. · The soul. · External soul. · view the constellation · filed as E715

Cited in the index

general *Krappe in Penzer Ocean of Story VIII 107
general Fb "liv" II 438b.

Within the index

Filed under External soul. A person (often a giant or ogre) keeps his soul or life separate from the rest of his body.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Separable soul in bird Separable soul in fish. (Cf. B175.) Separable soul in insect Separable soul in wild animal Separable soul in snake Separable soul in hydra's head

Filed beside it

Ferocious animal guardian of separable soul of ogress External soul avenges murder Soul kept in object. (Cf. E765.) Hidden soul (life) Soul hidden in a series of coverings. This motif is combined with several others. Usually the soul will be hidden in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, or a similar series Soul (or life) kept in special part of body Multiple separable souls: ogre's separable spirits live in a tree (plant), fish, honey bee

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