Soul of sleeper prevented from returning by burning the body — Mythoi

Motif

Soul of sleeper prevented from returning by burning the body.

The dead. · The soul. · Soul leaves or enters the body. · view the constellation · filed as E721.1.2.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XVIII XVIII. The Perils of the Soul

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys, *Penzer I 39 n. 2.

Within the index

Filed under Soul of sleeper prevented from returning to his body.

1 finer motif beneath it

Body dismembered so soul cannot return

Filed beside it

Soul of sleeper prevented from returning when it is captured in animal form Soul of sleeper prevented from returning by moving the sleeper's body. (Cf E431.7.2.1.) Soul of sleeper prevented from returning to his body when soul as bee leaves body and enters hole in wall beside which he is sleeping. (Cf. E734.2.) Frightened soul cannot return to body

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