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Motif

Limbs successfully replaced.

The dead. · The soul. · Vital bodily members. · view the constellation · filed as E782

Filed across the traditions
  • Africa (Basuto) Jacottet 248 No. 36.
Within the index

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

6 finer motifs beneath it
Substituted limbs. Man borrows various limbs and successfully uses them Hands restored Substituted ribs (chariot ribs) Arms restored Horse's leg cut off and replaced Substituted tongue
Filed beside 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 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 (Thompson’s cf.)
Animal bodily members transferred to person or other animal retains animal powers and habits. (Cf. E781, E782.) Lie: man's organs replaced with animal's. (Cf. E782.) He acts like animal
Carried in tale types

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