Soul as vital principle — Mythoi

Motif

Soul as vital principle.

The dead. · The soul. · Soul leaves or enters the body. · view the constellation · filed as E727.2

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Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XI
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXIII XXIII. Our Debt to the Savage
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XVIII XVIII. The Perils of the Soul
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 3, Section CCXII

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian *Hultkrantz 149–179.

Within the index

Filed under Relation of body to soul.

Filed beside it

Debate of body and soul. Soul having left body enters into debate with the body concerning relative merits of body and soul. (Cf. H500.) Body dependent on soul

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