μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Annual resuscitation of a god. (Cf. A192.1.)

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Circumstances of resuscitation. · view the constellation · filed as E155.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Fox 156 (Zeus), 218 (Dionysus), 230 (Persephone)
  • Babylonian Spence 132 (Adonis, Tammuz).
Within the index

Filed under Periodic resuscitation. (Cf. D620.) Return to life at regular intervals.

Filed beside it
Slain warriors revive nightly. Continue fighting the next day Nightly resuscitation of man with external soul. When enemy takes off necklace containing the soul he revives, but dies again when it is put on Person dead during day, revived at night Slain pigs revive nightly King eaten every morning: revived daily
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Death of the gods

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