μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

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

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman
  • Icelandic Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Immortality. (Cf. D1346.)

6 finer motifs beneath it
Witch delays person's death Death postponed if substitute can be found 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
Filed beside it
Immortality useless without eternal youth Woman changes into an immortal Immortality bestowed Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die Giant immortal so long as he touches land of his birth Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying Magic longevity
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic object gives longevity Magic longevity

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