Comparative mythology corpus

Soul Leaving The Body In Animal Form

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 10213-10347 high Footnote 415 states that the stories of Hermotimus and King Gunthram belong to the same class; King Gunthram’s soul comes out of his mouth as a small reptile; Aristeas’s soul issues from his mouth as a raven; an East Indian sleeper’s soul issues from his nose as a cricket; and a Swabian girl’s soul creeps out of her mouth as a white mouse. record