μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Soul in form of bird. (Cf. G251.1.1.)

The dead. · The soul. · Soul in animal form. · view the constellation · filed as E732

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross, Beal XXI 322, O'Suilleabhain 99
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Slavic Máchal 229f.
  • Finnish Holmberg Finno-Ugric 7f.
  • Siberian Holmberg Siberian 398, 473
  • Egyptian Müller 174
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • Marquesas Handy 36
  • N. Am. Indian Hultkrantz 266f., 363
  • Africa (Basuto) Jacottet 60 No. 9.
  • general **Weicker Der Seelenvogel in der alten Literatur und Kunst
  • general *Dh III 482
  • general *Fb "fugl" I 380b, "sjæl" III 214a
  • general *Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 88
  • general De Gubernatis Die Thiere in der indogermanischen Mythologie (Leipzig, 1874) 469ff.
  • general Meyer Germanische 64
  • general *Krappe Balor 95ff., Romanic Review XV 94ff.
  • general *Penzer VI 283
  • general *BP II 394 (Type 707)
  • general Tobler 30f.
  • general Wimberly 44
  • general Kruyt 175f.

…and 1 more.

Within the index

Filed under Soul in animal form. (Cf. E721.1.2.4, E722.1.4, E734.2.)

9 finer motifs beneath it
Soul in form of dove. (Cf. E423.3.1.) Soul in form of crow. (Cf. B141.4.) Soul in form of hen Soul in form of magpie Soul in form of seagull Soul in form of eagle Soul in form of swan Soul in form of raven Soul in form of hawk, or falcon seen in dream. (Cf. E720.1.)
Filed beside it
Souls of animals Soul in form of mammal Soul in form of reptile Soul in form of insect Soul in form of fish Soul in form of amphibian Soul in form of a mythical animal
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Soul leaves the body in form of bird. (Cf. E732.) Separable soul of witch in parrot. (Cf. E732.)

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