μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Life token – miscellaneous.

The dead. · The soul. · Life index. · view the constellation · filed as E761.7

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Filed under Life token. (Cf. E760.) Object (animal, person) has mystic connection with the life of a person, so that changes in the life-token indicate changes in the person, usually disaster or death.

15 finer motifs beneath it
Life token: ring presses finger. (Cf. D1076.) Life token: spring goes dry. (Cf. D927.) Life token: leaves full from tree. (Cf. D955.) Life token: light goes out. (Cf. E765.1.) Life token: dogs pulling on leash Life token: bird sent each day to tell of hero's condition; when owl comes it will be to announce death Life token: bird feathers sink in river at hero's death Life token: great wind blows Life token: flaming shield goes out. (Cf. D1101.1.) Life token: armor rattles at home when owner is killed away from home Life token: music box plays by itself as owner awaits burial Life token: arrow falls down Life token: paddy productive or unproductive Life token: rings will exchange places on girls' fingers Life token: direction dagger points determines if ogress has been killed
Filed beside it
Blood as life token Life token: staff stuck in ground Life token: tree (flower) fades Life token: object darkens or rusts Life token: object breaks (bursts) Life token: troubled liquid. (Cf. D1242.)

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