Death postponed if substitute can be found

Motif

Death postponed if substitute can be found.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Immortality. · view the constellation · filed as D1855.2

Filed across the traditions

Greek Euripides Alcestis, *Grote I 108
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Time of death postponed. (Cf. D1345, D1857.)

Filed beside it

Witch delays person's death Saint delays person's death. (Cf. V220.) Death can be postponed if man does not break tabu for forty days Life prolonged a thousand years by traveling six months each year Death postponed for three generations

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