Comparative mythology corpus

Animal Body As Temporary Location Of A Living Person's Soul

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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Comparative The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 3345-3421 medium The Battas of Sumatra are said to believe that a living person's soul may enter an animal body; a doctor may be asked to extract a patient's soul from a fowl where an evil spirit hid it. record