Dead head grateful for burying it — Mythoi

Motif

Dead head grateful for burying it.

The dead. · The soul. · Vital bodily members. · view the constellation · filed as E783.8

Filed across the traditions

Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 34.

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 reddens and whitens Severed head opens eyes Vital head speaks Headless body vital Headless man lives four (seven) years. (Cf. Q551.8.5.)

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