μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • general *Krappe in Penzer Ocean of Story VIII 107
  • general Fb "liv" II 438b.
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.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Separable soul in birdSeparable soul in fish. (Cf. B175.)Separable soul in insectSeparable soul in wild animalSeparable soul in snakeSeparable soul in hydra's head
Filed beside it
Ferocious animal guardian of separable soul of ogressExternal soul avenges murderSoul kept in object. (Cf. E765.)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 seriesSoul (or life) kept in special part of bodyMultiple separable souls: ogre's separable spirits live in a tree (plant), fish, honey bee

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