μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Resuscitation by fetish.

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Resuscitation by magic. · view the constellation · filed as E53

Filed across the traditions
  • Africa (Fjort) Dennett 64 No. 12.
Within the index

Filed under Resuscitation by magic.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Resuscitation by mummified dog. Dog is kept in box. Revives and resuscitates dead hero Resuscitation of dead by making image of deceased of breadfruit wood. When spirit enters this, image disappears and person is found alive
Filed beside it
Resuscitation by magic charm. (Cf. D1273.) Resuscitation by music Resuscitation by weeping (tears) Resuscitation by shooting arrow. (Usually combined with E25.) Resuscitation by vigil at tomb. Vigil is for stated time, three weeks and three days, or the like Resuscitation by prayer Resuscitation by magic object Resuscitation by kiss Resuscitation by breathing on corpse Resuscitation by talking to corpse Apparently dead persons revived when certain thing happens. Proper prince appears, or the like Resuscitation by wishing Resuscitation by smelling of moss Resuscitation by incantation Resuscitation by waving magic object Resuscitation by writing deity's name

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