μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Rejuvenation by burning.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic rejuvenation. · view the constellation · filed as D1886

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“Tiphys, son of Hagnias, who steered the ship; Orpheus, son of Oeagrus; Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas ; Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus ; Telamon and Peleus, sons of Aeacus; Hercules, son of Zeus; Theseus, son of Aegeus; Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus; Ampbhiaraus, son of Oicles; Caeneus, son of Coronus; Palaemon, son of Hephaestus or of Aetolus ; Cepheus, son of Aleus ; Laertes son of Arci- sius; Autolycus, son of Hermes;…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Scholars’ trail — 11references

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  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "four"
  • GermanHartung Zs. f. Vksk. VII 89, Piger ibid. X 84
  • Greek*Frazer Apollodorus I 121 n. 4 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 753
  • general *BP III 198 (Gr. No. 147)
  • general *FB "ungdom" III 979
  • general *Dh II 154, 162ff., 288
  • general *Bolte Herrigs Archiv CII 241–266, CIV 355
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 298
  • general *Carl-Martin Edsman Ignis Divinus: Le feu comme moyen de rajeunissement et d'immortalité (Publications of the New Society of Letters No. 34, Lund 1949). – Icelandic: Ritterhaus 338
Within the index

Filed under Magic rejuvenation.

1 finer motif beneath it
Rejuvenation by burning and throwing bones into tub of milk. (Cf. D1338.4.)
Filed beside it
Magic self-rejuvenationRejuvenation by supernatural personEternal youth. (Cf. F167.9, F172.)Rejuvenation by dismemberment. (Cf. D1885.1.)Rejuvenation by boiling. (Cf. D1865.)Rejuvenation by bathingMiscellaneous means of rejuvenation
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Sleepless dragonBrazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5)Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.)Bird languageGrateful animalsHelpful serpentTabu: falsely claiming the powers of a godTransformation and disenchantment at willPower of self-transformation received from a godMagic ship. (Cf. D1121.)Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.)Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at intervals. (Cf. D931.)
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