μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Soul kept in object. (Cf. E765.)

The dead. · The soul. · External soul. · view the constellation · filed as E711

Filed across the traditions
  • Indonesian Dixon 237 n. 50
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Irish myth *Cross.
  • general *Penzer I 129ff, VIII 107
Within the index

Filed under External soul. A person (often a giant or ogre) keeps his soul or life separate from the rest of his body.

15 finer motifs beneath it
Soul in egg Soul in plant Soul in jewel Soul in necklace Soul in sack Life in stick Soul in stone. (Cf. E761.5.5.) Soul in golden apple. (Cf. F813.1.1.) Soul in golden ball Soul in sword Soul in snow Soul in dice Soul in arrow Soul in axe Soul in bird cage
Filed beside it
Ferocious animal guardian of separable soul of ogress External soul avenges murder Hidden soul (life) Soul hidden in a series of coverings. This motif is combined with several others. Usually the soul will be hidden in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, or a similar series Soul (or life) kept in special part of body Separable soul kept in animal Multiple separable souls: ogre's separable spirits live in a tree (plant), fish, honey bee
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Life dependent on external object or event. Person's life is mystically connected with something else and comes to an end when that thing is destroyed

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