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Motif

Resuscitation of wife by husband giving up half his remaining life. (Sometimes vice versa).

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Circumstances of resuscitation. · view the constellation · filed as E165

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“Tiphys, son of Hagnias, who steered the ship; Orpheus, son of Oeagrus; Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas ; Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus ; Telamon and Peleus, sons of Aeacus; Hercules, son of Zeus; Theseus, son of Aegeus; Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus; Ampbhiaraus, son of Oicles; Caeneus, son of Coronus; Palaemon, son of Hephaestus or of Aetolus ; Cepheus, son of Aleus ; Laertes son of Arci- sius; Autolycus, son of Hermes;…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

  • GreekFrazer Apollodorus I 93, 193 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX
  • Jewishbin Gorion I 372
  • India*Thompson-Balys, Penzer VIII 117
  • IndonesiaDe Vries's list No. 226
  • AfricaFrobenius Atlantis IX No. 108.
  • general *Type 612
  • general *BP I 126, 129
  • general *Wesselski Märchen 188
  • general *Chauvin VIII 120 No. 104
Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of resuscitation.

2 finer motifs beneath it
One man prays either to keep friend from death or for both to die. Both allowed to liveHusband resuscitated after wife's nose is cut off and thrown over grave
Filed beside it
Repeated resuscitation. A person dies and is resuscitated repeatedlyBody still warm restored to lifePeriodic resuscitation. (Cf. D620.) Return to life at regular intervalsGradual 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.]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.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Sleepless dragonBrazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5)Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.)Bird languageGrateful animalsHelpful serpentTabu: falsely claiming the powers of a godTransformation and disenchantment at willPower of self-transformation received from a godMagic ship. (Cf. D1121.)Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.)Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at intervals. (Cf. D931.)
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