μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

The dead. · Reincarnation. · Reincarnation in object. · view the constellation · filed as E648

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general See also BP II 126f.
Within the index

Filed under Reincarnation in object.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Reincarnation: woman - bird - nettles - stone - womanReincarnation: man - woman - stone image
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 crimeReincarnation as dish. Bones made into dish. These speak. (Cf. E632.)Reincarnation as fountainReincarnation as water. (Cf. D283.)Reincarnation as ball (of gold and iron)Reincarnation as whirlwindReincarnation as stoneReincarnation as smokeReincarnation as rainbowReincarnation as mineralReincarnation as meteorReincarnation to object – miscellaneous

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