Soul carried off by demon (Devil) — Mythoi

Motif

Soul carried off by demon (Devil).

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E752.2

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller
Jewish *Neuman
Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 464.
general Frazer Golden Bough III 60
general *Fb "djævel" IV 99b. Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Lost souls.

Filed beside it

Soul in jeopardy after leaving body 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.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Condemned soul forked from body by Satan. (Cf. E752.2.)

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