Soul in jeopardy after leaving body

Motif

Soul in jeopardy after leaving body.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E752.1

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general Fb "sjæl" III 214b.

Within the index

Filed under Lost souls.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Devil in disguise hunts souls. (Cf. G303.7.1.3.)Fiends play ball with a soul Souls of dead captured on leaving corpse

Filed beside it

Soul carried off by demon (Devil)Raven carries off souls of damned Lost soul in raven feathers Hell-hounds accompany soul to lower world Soul bound for hell given sight of heaven Lost soul gnawed by worms Souls of dead eaten by sky-spirits Souls of wicked eaten by deity Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.)

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