Death thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!" — Mythoi

Motif

Death thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!"

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Circumstances of resuscitation. · view the constellation · filed as E175

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 44 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Philippine Dixon 235
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 319 n. 154, (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 57
S. Am. Indian (Yuracare) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 502.
general *Köhler-Bolte 555
general Wesselski Märchen 192. India: *Thompson-Balys

Within the index

Filed under Circumstances of resuscitation.

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 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 Resuscitation in order to baptize Resuscitated man relates visions of beyond. (Cf. E480, V511.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Resuscitation my frightening dead. Frequently combined with E61 Resuscitation by music Resuscitation by breathing on corpse Door (gate) entrance to lower world Swallowed person becomes bald Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff Rectum snakes. Snakes which creep into living man and devour him Pot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into it Sucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victims Man with fire moccasins. They set fire to surroundings Killing trees threaten hero Place and conditions of childbirth

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “resuscitated” · wander