Comparative mythology corpus

Apotropaic Mirror Repels Spirits

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Comparative The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD. / FOOTNOTES; lines 10349-10471 high Chinese brass mirrors are hung over household idols because evil spirits entering the house and seeing themselves in the mirrors are thought to be scared away. record