Horripilation. Hair rises on end in extraordinary fashion from joy, anger, or love — Mythoi

Motif

Horripilation. Hair rises on end in extraordinary fashion from joy, anger, or love.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Other extraordinary events. · view the constellation · filed as F1041.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic Boberg
Hindu Penzer I 120, VII 60, 139 n. 2, 179, VIII 46 n. 1, 94 n. 1
Korean Zong in-Sob 83
Missouri French Carrière.

Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary physical reactions of persons.

Filed beside it

Neophyte shows no reaction when saint's staff pierces his foot Extraordinary death 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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