Contest over souls. (Cf. E754.1.)

Motif

Contest over souls. (Cf. E754.1.)

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E756

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general Type 808**.

Within the index

Filed under Perils of the soul.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Devils and angels contest for man's soul Soul won from devil in card game Raven and dove fight over man's soul Saint wrests soul from demons. (Cf. V229.5.)Saved soul of woman assists her husband's soul in battle against demons. (Cf. E754.)

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 Saved souls Destination of the soul 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

Condemned soul recovered

wander