Resuscitation impossible after certain length of time — Mythoi

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Resuscitation impossible after certain length of time.

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Circumstances of resuscitation. · view the constellation · filed as E162

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian (Seneca) Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 97 No. 7 (ten days)
Africa (Vai) Ellis 200 No. 18 (three days).

Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of resuscitation.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Resuscitation after great length of time. (Cf. D1857.) Resuscitation even possible after three days Dead man tries in vain to come back to life. (Cf. E1.)

Filed beside it

Repeated resuscitation. A person dies and is resuscitated repeatedly Body still warm restored to life Periodic resuscitation. (Cf. D620.) Return to life at regular intervals Gradual resuscitation – one organ at a time Killed game revives and flies away 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.)

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