μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Soul (life) in the heart.

The dead. · The soul. · External soul. · view the constellation · filed as E714.4

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Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish Holmberg Finno-Ugric 4
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Soul (or life) kept in special part of body.

1 finer motif beneath it
Eaten heart gives one the owner's qualities
Filed beside it
Soul (life) in the blood Serpent's life in its gold crown Soul in head Soul (life) in the liver Soul (life) in the breath Soul (life) in left hand Monster with life in his neck. (One vulnerable place.) Giant's soul in a mole in the hollow of his palm Ogre's soul in "pale spot" below his right ear. (Cf. Z311.2.) Life (soul) in entrails Soul in hair Soul fastened to spine

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