μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Life bound up with light (flame).

The dead. · The soul. · Life index. · view the constellation · filed as E765.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "vie"
  • Icelandic *Boberg.
  • general Fb "lys" II 483ab
  • general Gaster Thespis 275f.
Within the index

Filed under 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.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Life bound up with candle. When the candle goes out, person dies Life bound up with burning brand (torch) Life-lights in lower world. Each light mystically connected with the life of a person. When light is extinguished, person dies
Filed beside it
Life bound up with that of animal. Person to live as long as animal lives Life bound up with object Life bound up with external event. Death to come when certain thing happens One person's life dependent on another's
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Life token: light goes out. (Cf. E765.1.)
Carried in tale types

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