Person transforms self, is swallowed and reborn in new form. (Cf. D605.7, D610.) — Mythoi

Motif

Person transforms self, is swallowed and reborn in new form. (Cf. D605.7, D610.)

The dead. · Reincarnation. · Reincarnation. · view the constellation · filed as E607.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 110
India Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian Thompson Tales 282 n. 44.

Within the index

Filed under Methods of reincarnation.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Person is swallowed and then reborn Rebirth by crawling into woman's womb

Filed beside it

Bones of dead collected and buried. Return in another form directly from grave Hauling canoe over dead man's body causes return from dead in new form Reincarnation by fasting Cauldron of regeneration (reincarnation)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Repeated transformation. Transformation into one form after another Man reincarnated as child. (Cf. E607.2.)

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