μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Reincarnation as musical instrument. The Singing Bone. A musical instrument made from the bones of a murdered person, or from a tree growing from the grave, speaks and tells of the crime.

The dead. · Reincarnation. · Reincarnation in object. · view the constellation · filed as E632

Filed across the traditions
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "os"
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Ikeda.
  • general *Type 780
  • general **Mackensen FFC XLIX
  • general BP I 260, II 532
  • general *Fb "streng" III 603a, "harpe" I 559b, IV 201b, "ben" IV 32b
  • general Child I 121–135, 494, IV 449
Within the index

Filed under Reincarnation in object.

1 finer motif beneath it
Speaking bones of murdered person reveal murder
Filed beside it
Reincarnation in plant (tree) growing from grave. (Cf. E632, D1610.2.) Reincarnation as dish. Bones made into dish. These speak. (Cf. E632.) Reincarnation as fountain Reincarnation as water. (Cf. D283.) Reincarnation as ball (of gold and iron) Reincarnation as whirlwind Reincarnation as stone Reincarnation as smoke Reincarnation as rainbow Reincarnation as mineral Reincarnation as meteor Reincarnation: man-object-man. In most of the versions of E632 (Reincarnation as musical instrument) the hero (heroine) finally comes back to life in his usual form Reincarnation to object – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Reincarnation in plant (tree) growing from grave. (Cf. E632, D1610.2.) Reincarnation as dish. Bones made into dish. These speak. (Cf. E632.)
Carried in tale types

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