Vital skin. Retains life after death of owner — Mythoi

Motif

Vital skin. Retains life after death of owner.

The dead. · The soul. · Vital bodily members. · view the constellation · filed as E785

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Bushman) Bleek and Lloyd 3.

Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it

Substituted skin

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 Limbs successfully replaced Vital head. Retains life after being cut off. (Cf. D992, F511.) Flesh regrows Heart successfully replaced Stomach borrowed by animal. Later returned Severed pap regrows when woman bears child Vital bodily members – miscellaneous

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