Person hundreds of years old — Mythoi

Motif

Person hundreds of years old.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Other extraordinary human beings. · view the constellation · filed as F571.7

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Herrmann Saxo II 587, *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Extremely old person.

Filed beside it

Old man with hanging eyelids. So old that the eyelids hang down to his chin and must be lifted up Sending to the older. Old person refers inquirer to his father, who refers to his father, and so on for several generations Very old woman Man so old he sleeps in cradle King so old that he only can take food from a horn King so old that he cannot get on horseback without help Man lives for nine generations

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Sacrifice in order that king may live 300 years. (Cf. F571.7.)

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