Comparative mythology corpus

Image Possession Gives Fatal Power Over The Original Person

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 3686-3742 high Portraits are said to be often believed to contain the soul; people may avoid having likenesses taken because the portrait's possessor could exercise fatal influence over the original. record