μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Life bound up with object.

The dead. · The soul. · Life index. · view the constellation · filed as E765.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • N. Am. Indian Hultkrantz 364.
  • general *Krappe in Penzer Ocean of Story VIII 107
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.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Life bound up with magic object. When magic object is lost, person dies Person to live as long as church stands Life bound up with calabash. As calabash grows, so does girl Life bound up with tree Girl lives until her cowslip is pulled Man's magic contains his life essence
Filed beside it
Life bound up with light (flame) Life bound up with that of animal. Person to live as long as animal lives Life bound up with external event. Death to come when certain thing happens One person's life dependent on another's

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