Soul in form of bird. (Cf. G251.1.1.)

Motif

Soul in form of bird. (Cf. G251.1.1.)

The dead. · The soul. · Soul in animal form. · view the constellation · filed as E732

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 24references

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.

Irish myth*Cross, Beal XXI 322, O'Suilleabhain 99
Icelandic*Boberg
SlavicMáchal 229f.
FinnishHolmberg Finno-Ugric 7f.
SiberianHolmberg Siberian 398, 473
EgyptianMüller 174
Jewish*Neuman
JapaneseIkeda
MarquesasHandy 36
N. Am. IndianHultkrantz 266f., 363
Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 60 No. 9.
general **Weicker Der Seelenvogel in der alten Literatur und Kunst
general *Dh III 482
general *Fb "fugl" I 380b, "sjæl" III 214a
general *Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 88
general De Gubernatis Die Thiere in der indogermanischen Mythologie (Leipzig, 1874) 469ff.
general Meyer Germanische 64
general *Krappe Balor 95ff., Romanic Review XV 94ff.
general *Penzer VI 283
general *BP II 394 (Type 707)
general Tobler 30f.
general Wimberly 44
general Kruyt 175f.

Showing a bounded trail of 24 from 24 references.

Within the index

Filed under Soul in animal form. (Cf. E721.1.2.4, E722.1.4, E734.2.)

9 finer motifs beneath it

Soul in form of dove. (Cf. E423.3.1.)Soul in form of crow. (Cf. B141.4.)Soul in form of hen Soul in form of magpie Soul in form of seagull Soul in form of eagle Soul in form of swan Soul in form of raven Soul in form of hawk, or falcon seen in dream. (Cf. E720.1.)

Filed beside it

Souls of animals Soul in form of mammal Soul in form of reptile Soul in form of insect Soul in form of fish Soul in form of amphibian Soul in form of a mythical animal

Travels with

Soul leaves the body in form of bird. (Cf. E732.)Separable soul of witch in parrot. (Cf. E732.)

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