Comparative mythology corpus

Blood Contains The Animal's Life Or Soul

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 I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE.; lines 4345-4378 high Frazer states that the taboo is probably based on the belief that the soul or spirit of the animal is in the blood. record