Death magically bound to tree. While he is bound no one can die — Mythoi

Motif

Death magically bound to tree. While he is bound no one can die.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Symbolism. · Personifications. · view the constellation · filed as Z111.2

Cited in the index

general Wesselski Archiv Orientální I 301. Cf. Type 330
general BP II 188.

Within the index

Filed under Death personified.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Death stuck to tree Death (demons) glued to chair

Filed beside it

Death enclosed in a bottle Death as eight-headed monster Death excluded from sacred grove Death (fate) assumes various forms to destroy men Death's messengers

Carried in tale types

The Smith and the Devil (previously The Smith Outwits the Devil) · ATU 330 4 recorded variants

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