Saved souls — Mythoi

Motif

Saved souls.

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E754

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish*Cross, Beal XXI 327.
general *Frazer Golden Bough III 55ff.

Within the index

Filed under Perils of the soul.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Condemned soul recovered Saved soul goes to heaven Burial in certain ground assures going to heaven Soul of hermit who fasts to death for worldly fame would be damned but for past good deeds Souls carried to heaven in chariot of light Souls climb pillars of smoke and light on way to heaven. (Cf. E722.2.1.)Souls of pious as angels

Filed beside it

Soul cannot enter heaven till body is buried. (Cf. E235.2.)Souls wander after death Perilous path for soul to world of dead. (Cf. F151.1.)Journey of soul to world of dead on reindeer Soul leaves possessions on road to final resting place Souls at Judgment Day Lost souls Destination of the soul Contest over souls. (Cf. E754.1.)The soul prays Rejoicing at arrival of rich man in heaven. Event so rare as to cause rejoicing. Poor man enters unnoticed The soul – miscellaneous

Travels with

Saved soul leaps from body on hearing heavenly music. (Cf. E754.)Saved soul of woman assists her husband's soul in battle against demons. (Cf. E754.)Devil chases ghost of wicked man until he puts his head into chapel window. (Cf. E754.)

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