Souls of dead eaten by sky-spirits — Mythoi

Motif

Souls of dead eaten by sky-spirits.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E752.8

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Lost souls.

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 Lost soul gnawed by worms 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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