μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • IndiaThompson-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 dayAnnual 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 onPerson dead during day, revived at nightSlain pigs revive nightlyKing eaten every morning: revived daily
Filed beside it
Repeated resuscitation. A person dies and is resuscitated repeatedlyBody still warm restored to lifeGradual resuscitation – one organ at a timeKilled game revives and flies awayResuscitation impossible after certain length of timeMan 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 timeMan given ability to return to life if killedCooked animal comes to life. (Cf. E155.5.)Flayed animal resuscitatedBones wrapped in sheepskin inscribed with holy name reviveDeath thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!"Resuscitation in order to baptizeResuscitated man relates visions of beyond. (Cf. E480, V511.)
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Periodic transformation. A person or thing is transformed at definite intervals

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