The dead

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• Substituted arm. Injured arm replaced by another. (Cf. A128.4.1.) E782.3.1
• Horse's leg cut off and replaced. E782.4
• Substituted leg. Injured leg replaced by another. E782.4.1
• Severed leg(s) regrow(s). E782.4.2
• Substituted tongue. E782.5
• Vital head. Retains life after being cut off. (Cf. D992, F511.) E783
• Head cut off and successfully replaced. E783.1
• Severed head regrows. E783.2
• Origin of Pegasus from neck of slain Medusa. E783.2.1
• Severed head reddens and whitens. E783.3
• Severed head opens eyes. E783.4
• Vital head speaks. E783.5
• Headless body vital. E783.6
• Headless man lives four (seven) years. (Cf. Q551.8.5.) E783.7
• Dead head grateful for burying it. E783.8
• Flesh regrows. E784
• Vital skin. Retains life after death of owner. E785
• Substituted skin. E785.1
• Ewe's hide grafted to skinless head of wounded man. E785.1.1
• Heart successfully replaced. E786
• Stomach borrowed by animal. Later returned. E787
• Severed pap regrows when woman bears child. E788
• Vital bodily members – miscellaneous. E789
• Organs exchanged with those of animal. E789.1
• The soul – miscellaneous. E790
• Man who forgets to count himself dies immediately after. E791