μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • IndonesianDixon 237 n. 50
  • IndiaThompson-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 eggSoul in plantSoul in jewelSoul in necklaceSoul in sackLife in stickSoul in stone. (Cf. E761.5.5.)Soul in golden apple. (Cf. F813.1.1.)Soul in golden ballSoul in swordSoul in snowSoul in diceSoul in arrowSoul in axeSoul in bird cage
Filed beside it
Ferocious animal guardian of separable soul of ogressExternal soul avenges murderHidden 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 seriesSoul (or life) kept in special part of bodySeparable soul kept in animalMultiple separable souls: ogre's separable spirits live in a tree (plant), fish, honey bee
Travels with
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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