Death personified — Mythoi

Motif

Death personified.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XVII
Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit) The Hymns of the Rigveda , 1.24
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXVIII XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLVI XLVI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXIX XXIX. The Myth of Adonis

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3491
Spanish Boggs FFC XC 47, 50 No. 332, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 86–90
Jewish *Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys
Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 611
Africa (Togo) Einstein 16f.
general Hartland Science 192, 199

Within the index

Filed under Personifications.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Death enclosed in a bottle Death magically bound to tree. While he is bound no one can die Death as eight-headed monster Death excluded from sacred grove Death (fate) assumes various forms to destroy men Death's messengers

Filed beside it

Sickness personified Life personified: old woman carrying healing potions and salves Old age personified Wind personified Sovereignty personified Poetry personified. (Cf. A465.1.) Sea personified Truth personified Time personified Fury personified. (Cf. A486.) Valor personified Virtue personified Energy (strength) personified Sin personified Wisdom personified Falsehood personified

Carried in tale types

Godfather Death · ATU 332 2 recorded variants
The Origin of Death · ATU 934H 1 recorded variant

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