Severed head reddens and whitens — Mythoi

Motif

Severed head reddens and whitens.

The dead. · The soul. · Vital bodily members. · view the constellation · filed as E783.3

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Head cut off and successfully replaced Severed head regrows 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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