μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Reincarnation as ball (of gold and iron).

The dead. · Reincarnation. · Reincarnation in object. · view the constellation · filed as E637

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Reincarnation in object.

Filed beside it
Reincarnation in plant (tree) growing from grave. (Cf. E632, D1610.2.) 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 Reincarnation as dish. Bones made into dish. These speak. (Cf. E632.) Reincarnation as fountain Reincarnation as water. (Cf. D283.) 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

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