The constellation
E783 Vital head. Retains life after being cut off. (Cf. D992, F511.)
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- Head cut off and successfully replaced · E783.1 entry
- Severed head regrows · E783.2 entry
- Severed head reddens and whitens · E783.3 entry
- Severed head opens eyes · E783.4 entry
- Vital head speaks · E783.5 entry
- Headless body vital · E783.6 entry
- Headless man lives four (seven) years. (Cf. Q551.8.5.) · E783.7 entry
- Dead head grateful for burying it · E783.8 entry
cross-ref
- Magic head · D992 entry
- Beheaded man swims. (Cf. E783.) · F1041.14 entry
- Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) · F511 entry
- Man cuts off own head, picks it up and replaces it. (Cf. E783.) · X1726.2 entry