Man lives for nine generations — Mythoi

Motif

Man lives for nine generations.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Other extraordinary human beings. · view the constellation · filed as F571.8

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

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 Person hundreds of years old

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