Soul in form of butterfly — Mythoi

Motif

Soul in form of butterfly.

The dead. · The soul. · Soul in animal form. · view the constellation · filed as E734.1

Filed across the traditions

Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "âme", "papillon"
Finnish Holmberg Finno-Ugric 7f.
Jewish Neuman
Siberian Holmberg Siberian 473
Japanese Anesaki 337
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 266
Hawaii Dixon 76, Beckwith Myth 148.
general Tobler 37
general Meyer Germanische 63
general Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1627f.
general Güntert Kalypso 215ff.
general Frazer Golden Bough I 259. Irish: Beal XXI 307, O'Suilleabhain 24

Within the index

Filed under Soul in form of insect.

Filed beside it

Soul in form of bee Soul in form of spider. [Note: In folk thought, an insect.] Soul in form of wasp Soul in form of cricket Soul in form of beetle Soul in form of fly Soul in form of grasshopper

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