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Motif

Resuscitation by dismemberment. (Cf. E30, E32.) (Usually combined with burning; cf. E15.)

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Resuscitation by rough treatment. · view the constellation · filed as E14

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish O'Suilleabhain 33, Beal XXI 311f.
  • Africa (Mpongwe) Nassau 76 No. 15.
  • general *Type 753
  • general *BP II 162
Within the index

Filed under Resuscitation by rough treatment.

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Resuscitation by beating Resuscitation by decapitation Resuscitation by jumping (stepping) over 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.) Resuscitated eaten animal. (Cf. E171.) An animal is eaten. When his bones are reassembled he revives

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