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  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 319 n. 153. See also references to E61.
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Resuscitation by beating Resuscitation by decapitation Resuscitation by jumping (stepping) over Resuscitation by dismemberment. (Cf. E30, E32.) (Usually combined with burning; cf. E15.) Resuscitation by burning Resuscitation by stinging. Corpse is laid on an ant-heap Resuscitation by licking corpse Resuscitation by tickling Resuscitation by withdrawal of wounding instrument Resuscitation by catching in snare Resuscitation by shouting at dead Resuscitation by slinging against something Resuscitation by rough treatment – miscellaneous
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Resuscitation by music Resuscitation by breathing on corpse Death thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!" 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

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