Man given ability to return to life if killed — Mythoi

Motif

Man given ability to return to life if killed.

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Circumstances of resuscitation. · view the constellation · filed as E167

Filed across the traditions

Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen II 301.

Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of resuscitation.

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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 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 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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