Water of life and death. One water kills, the other restores to life — Mythoi

Motif

Water of life and death. One water kills, the other restores to life.

The dead. · Resuscitation. · Water of Life. · view the constellation · filed as E82

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 74 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Greek Fox 281 (blood of life and death)
India Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 355 n. 279b.
general *BP III 31 n. 1

Within the index

Filed under Water of Life. Resuscitation by water.

Filed beside it

Resuscitation by bathing Resuscitation by wet cloth over corpse Resuscitation by water (in basket, overnight) Resuscitation by holy water Water of death

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Well of life and death. Situated on one hand, kills; on the other, protects against disease. (Cf. E82.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Basilisk. A mythical lizard or serpent whose hissing drives away all other serpents Water of Life. Resuscitation by water Blind Dupe. A blind man's arrow is aimed for him by his mother (or wife) who deceives him into thinking that he has missed his aim. She eats the slain game herself

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