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Motif

Resuscitation by jumping (stepping) over.

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Resuscitation by rough treatment. · view the constellation · filed as E13

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“They brought him a large tub full of hot water. Then the chief took the young man, put him into this tub, and, as soon as he was in the tub,?s? the water began to boil and the water boiled over the tub, boiling of its own accord. When the dross was all off, the chief took the bare bones of the young man, put them on a wide board, joining them together, and after he had done so, he called to his young daughter, who leaped over the bones.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 68 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 350 n. 261
  • S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 177.
Within the index

Filed under Resuscitation by rough treatment.

1 finer motif beneath it
Resuscitation by stepping on corpse
Filed beside it
Resuscitation by beatingResuscitation by decapitationResuscitation by dismemberment. (Cf. E30, E32.) (Usually combined with burning; cf. E15.)Resuscitation by burningResuscitation by stinging. Corpse is laid on an ant-heapResuscitation by licking corpseResuscitation by ticklingResuscitation by withdrawal of wounding instrumentResuscitation by catching in snareResuscitation my frightening dead. Frequently combined with E61Resuscitation by shouting at deadResuscitation by slinging against somethingResuscitation by rough treatment – miscellaneous
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Magic dishMagic beautificationBeautification by death and resuscitationResuscitation by boilingArrogant mistress repaid in kind by her lover

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