Vital bodily members. They possess life independent of the rest of the body. (Cf. F1096.)

Motif

Vital bodily members. They possess life independent of the rest of the body. (Cf. F1096.)

The dead. · The soul. · Vital bodily members. · view the constellation · filed as E780

“When the elder sister saw that the rabbit had all been eaten, she became very angry, and said, “Now I have a mind to kill you.” So the little sister arose quickly, took her little brother on her back, and said, “I am going out to look for wood.”’ As she went out, she followed the narrow trail through the prickly-pears and met her six brothers in the brush. Then they decided to leave the country, and started off as fast as they could go.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 64 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 64 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 346 n. 246b.

Within the index

11 finer motifs beneath it

Vital body: kills attacking enemies Animal bodily members transferred to person or other animal retains animal powers and habits. (Cf. E781, E782.)Eyes successfully replaced Limbs successfully replaced Vital head. Retains life after being cut off. (Cf. D992, F511.)Flesh regrows Vital skin. Retains life after death of owner Heart successfully replaced Stomach borrowed by animal. Later returned Severed pap regrows when woman bears child Vital bodily members – miscellaneous

Travels with

Person lives on after being cut through by sword

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Bear paramour. (Cf. B601.1., B631, B635.)The Soul Achilles heel. Invulnerability except in one spot

wander