Severed head regrows — Mythoi

Motif

Severed head regrows.

The dead. · The soul. · Vital bodily members. · view the constellation · filed as E783.2

Cited in the index

general Penzer III 268 n. 1. Greek: Fox 81.

Within the index

Filed under Vital head. Retains life after being cut off. (Cf. D992, F511.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Origin of Pegasus from neck of slain Medusa

Filed beside it

Head cut off and successfully replaced Severed head reddens and whitens Severed head opens eyes Vital head speaks Headless body vital Headless man lives four (seven) years. (Cf. Q551.8.5.) Dead head grateful for burying it

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