The constellation
E324 Dead child's friendly return to parents. Frequently to stop weeping. (Cf. P230.)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
keeps company
- Soul wanders and demands that a temple be built for him · E419.1 entry
- Reincarnation. Return from the dead in another form · E600 entry
- Soul borne away on wind · E722.2.2 entry
- Soul of dead in a temple · E755.4.2 entry
- Man's voice shakes heavens · F688.1 entry
- Self-mutilation. (Cf. T327.1, T327.2, T333.) · S160.1 entry
- Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) · T615 entry
- Giant as culture hero · A523 entry
- Magic trousers (breeches) · D1055 entry
- Magic bracelet · D1074 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter XII