Life bound up with external event. Death to come when certain thing happens — Mythoi

Motif

Life bound up with external event. Death to come when certain thing happens.

The dead. · The soul. · Life index. · view the constellation · filed as E765.4

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.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Father will die when daughter marries. (Cf. E765.4.3.) Mother will die when daughter is wooed Father will die when daughter bears son. (Cf. E765.4.1.) Person will die year he marries Person will die when he drinks from horn. (Cf. D1793.) Snake can die only if it gives away hoarded treasure Man dies when tortoise shell is dug up

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 object One person's life dependent on another's

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