Periodic resuscitation. (Cf. D620.) Return to life at regular intervals — Mythoi

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

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

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
India Thompson-Balys.
general *Cosquin Contes indiens 18ff.

Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of resuscitation.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Slain warriors revive nightly. Continue fighting the next day Annual resuscitation of a god. (Cf. A192.1.) 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

Filed beside it

Repeated resuscitation. A person dies and is resuscitated repeatedly Body still warm restored to life Gradual resuscitation – one organ at a time Killed game revives and flies away Resuscitation impossible after certain length of time Man kept alive by consecrated sword. (Cf. D1081, E765.3.0.1.) [First Edition: E164. Dead body caused to speak by setting door ajar.] Resuscitation of wife by husband giving up half his remaining life. (Sometimes vice versa) Return from dead granted for definite time Man given ability to return to life if killed Cooked animal comes to life. (Cf. E155.5.) Flayed animal resuscitated Bones wrapped in sheepskin inscribed with holy name revive Death thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!" Resuscitation in order to baptize Resuscitated man relates visions of beyond. (Cf. E480, V511.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Periodic transformation. A person or thing is transformed at definite intervals

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