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

Filed across the traditions
  • 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 - woman Reincarnation: 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 crime 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 to object – miscellaneous

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