Comparative mythology corpus

Ritual Detention Or Recovery Of A Departing 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 3112-3185 high Examples include fish-hooks attached to a sick man in Celebes, a Haida medicine-man’s hollow bone for bottling souls, Marquesans holding a dying man’s mouth and nose, Hindus snapping thumbs during yawning, and Itonamas sealing a dying person’s eyes, nose, and mouth. record