μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.)

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Resuscitation by arrangement of members. · view the constellation · filed as E30

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“Then they exchanged arrows, the Sun giving him four arrows of his own. The points of these arrows were made of coal." Now the young man began to climb the mountain. When he came up to the goats, he took one of the arrows, aimed it, and shot. It struck the animals, but fell down without killing it. The same happened with the other arrows. When he had spent all his arrows, they rushed up to him from the four sides, intending to kill him.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 39 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
  • generalThe Kalevala, Rune XVThompson cites: Gaster Thespis 300. Finnish: Kalevala rune 15
Scholars’ trail — 17references

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.

  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "os"
  • ItalianBasile Pentamerone I No. 2
  • SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 315 No. 119, 329 No. 38
  • EgyptianMüller 114 (Osiris)
  • GreekFox 22 (Arkas)
  • SiberianHolmberg Siberian 494
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • MarquesasHandy 104
  • TuamotuStimson MS (z-G. 3/1117)
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 276
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 308 n. 114, (California): Gayton and Newman 71, Hatt Asiatic Influences 69f.
  • S. Am. Indian (Yuracare)Alexander Lat. Am. 315, Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. – Africa (Fjort): Dennett 64 No. 12, (Angola): Chatelain 95 No. 5, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 33, 137, (Ibo of Nigeria): Thomas 160, (Basuto): Jacottet 132 No. 18, 168 No. 24, (Thonga): Junod 242, (Zulu): Callaway 51, 230
  • Cape Verde IslandsParsons MAFLS XV (1) 141.
  • general *Type 720
  • general *BP I 422f.
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 140, 555
  • general Gaster Thespis 300. Finnish: Kalevala rune 15 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XV
Within the index
10 finer motifs beneath it
Felled tree restored by reassembling all cut parts. (Cf. E2.)Limbs of dead voluntarily reassemble and reviveResuscitated eaten animal. (Cf. E171.) An animal is eaten. When his bones are reassembled he revivesResuscitation with missing member. In reassembling the members, one has been inadvertently omitted. The resuscitated person or animal lacks this memberResuscitation with misplaced head. (Cf. M221.) In restoration of several persons simultaneously through reassembling of members, the heads are placed on the wrong bodies. Sometimes the damage is repaired, sometimes notResuscitation from fragments of bodyResuscitation by assembling members and leaving in cask for certain timeResuscitation by replacement of soulResuscitation from excrement of one who has eaten person (animal)Resuscitation from ashes of dead man
Travels with
Resuscitation by dismemberment. (Cf. E30, E32.) (Usually combined with burning; cf. E15.)Bones of dismembered person assembled and buried. (Cf. E30.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Sun father-in-lawAnimal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.)Helpful beeBee fetches balm from heaven to restore hero's speechAnimal as guard of person or houseGuardian animals evadedTransformation: man to featherProtean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to begTransformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformationsTransformation to reach difficult placeTransformation to escape difficult situationTransformation to receive food
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