Extraordinary death — Mythoi

Motif

Extraordinary death.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Other extraordinary events. · view the constellation · filed as F1041.1

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Depth Commentary Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion , CHAPTER I.
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LVIII LVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section LX
Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 14
Depth Commentary Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics , Chapter II

Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary physical reactions of persons.

13 finer motifs beneath it

Death from broken heart Death from grief for death of lover or relative Death from sorrow or chagrin Death from longing Death from excessive joy Death from sight of beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.8.1.) Man dies when he learns storm is magic Death on beholding hell Death from jealousy Death (illness) from envy Death from fear. (Cf. F1041.17.) Death from horror Death from shame

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Neophyte shows no reaction when saint's staff pierces his foot Horripilation. Hair rises on end in extraordinary fashion from joy, anger, or love Person goes blind from overweeping Person melts away from heat Poison of hydra corrodes the skin Buttons burst as consequence of violent emotion Hair turns gray from terror Extraordinary madness Extraordinary illness Man sweats blood and absorbs hair into head on exertion of strength Laughing and crying at the same time (sundry reasons given) Man perspires in winter while relating fearful vision Biting fingers to see if one is dreaming Beheaded man swims. (Cf. E783.) Inordinate longing. (Cf. D1041.1.4.) Extraordinary physical reaction to anger

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