Comparative mythology corpus

Soul Transfer To Successor

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) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 4509-4581 high The passage says the man-god grows old and feeble, creating danger if nature depends on his life, and proposes killing him when his powers begin to fail and transferring his soul to a vigorous successor. record