Lost soul gnawed by worms — Mythoi

Motif

Lost soul gnawed by worms.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E752.7

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Lost souls.

1 finer motif beneath it

Abandoned souls feed on spiders and night moths

Filed beside it

Soul in jeopardy after leaving body 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 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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