μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 319 n. 153b.
  • general MacCulloch Childhood 84
  • general Fb "spille" III 488a
Within the index

Filed under Resuscitation by magic.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Resuscitation by song Resuscitation by playing flute Resuscitation by blowing trumpet Resuscitation by playing violin Resuscitation by playing guitar
Filed beside it
Resuscitation by magic charm. (Cf. D1273.) Resuscitation by fetish 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
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Resuscitation my frightening dead. Frequently combined with E61 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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