Soul in form of mouse

Motif

Soul in form of mouse.

The dead. · The soul. · Soul in animal form. · view the constellation · filed as E731.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

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

Scholars’ trail — 7references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

GermanicDe la Saussaye 296, E. H. Meyer Germanische 64
FinnishHolmberg Finno-Ugric 7f.
IndonesiaKruyt 176f.
general Tobler 13ff.
general *Fb "heks" I 581a, "høle" I 747a, "mus" II 631b
general Sébillot RTP XX 189, 489
general J. Grimm Kleinere Schriften VI 192ff.

Within the index

Filed under Soul in form of mammal.

Filed beside it

Soul in form of dog Soul in form of cat Soul in form of weasel Soul in form of hare Soul in form of seal Soul in form of bat Soul in form of bear Soul in form of wolf Soul in form of fox Soul in form of lion Soul in form of hog Soul in form of bull Soul in form of deer

Travels with

Cat must be kept from dying person because it will catch the person's soul issuing (from mouth) in form of mouse. (Cf. E731.3.)

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