Resuscitation by decapitation — Mythoi

Motif

Resuscitation by decapitation.

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Resuscitation by rough treatment. · view the constellation · filed as E12

Cited in the index

general *Type 531
general *BP III 18ff.

Within the index

Filed under Resuscitation by rough treatment.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Red thread on neck of person who has been decapitated and resuscitated Head of decapitated person is replaced backwards. Later is readjusted

Filed beside it

Resuscitation by beating Resuscitation by jumping (stepping) over Resuscitation by dismemberment. (Cf. E30, E32.) (Usually combined with burning; cf. E15.) Resuscitation by burning Resuscitation by stinging. Corpse is laid on an ant-heap Resuscitation by licking corpse Resuscitation by tickling Resuscitation by withdrawal of wounding instrument Resuscitation by catching in snare Resuscitation my frightening dead. Frequently combined with E61 Resuscitation by shouting at dead Resuscitation by slinging against something Resuscitation by rough treatment – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Clever Horse (previously Ferdinand the True and Ferdinand the False) · ATU 531 288 recorded variants

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