Raven carries off souls of damned — Mythoi

Motif

Raven carries off souls of damned.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E752.3

Cited in the index

general Tobler 31
general Fb "ravn" III 22a.

Within the index

Filed under Lost souls.

Filed beside it

Soul in jeopardy after leaving body Soul carried off by demon (Devil) 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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