35 motifs match “resuscitate”  ·  back to the chapters

• God resuscitates man. A185.12.1
• Faithful animals resuscitate master. B301.5
• Medicine shown by animal. It heals another animal with a medicine (herb, water, etc.) and thus shows the man the remedy. Sometimes the medicine resuscitates the dead. (The animal is most frequently the serpent. (Cf. B491.) B512
• Tabu: intercourse with resuscitated wife for particular number of days. C117.1
• Wands of life and death. Pointed with one end, kill; with the other, resuscitate. (Cf. D1254.1, D1402.10.) D1663.1
• Second blow resuscitates. First kills. E11.1
• Red thread on neck of person who has been decapitated and resuscitated. E12.1
• Resuscitated eaten animal. (Cf. E171.) An animal is eaten. When his bones are reassembled he revives. E32
• Eaten person resuscitated. E32.0.1
• Resuscitation with missing member. In reassembling the members, one has been inadvertently omitted. The resuscitated person or animal lacks this member. E33
• Failure to resuscitate because of premature disturbance of members to be left in cask for certain time. E37.1
• Resuscitation by mummified dog. Dog is kept in box. Revives and resuscitates dead hero. E53.1
• Hero resuscitated by his bride, daughter of king of death. E121.1.3.1
• Repeated resuscitation. A person dies and is resuscitated repeatedly. E151
• Husband resuscitated after wife's nose is cut off and thrown over grave. E165.2
• Flayed animal resuscitated. E171
• Death thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!" E175
• Resuscitated man relates visions of beyond. (Cf. E480, V511.) E177
• Husband advised how to resuscitate his wife: lift her up and turn her around so her head rests upon the brick which had been under her feet. E181.1
• Man advised how to resuscitate his mother: break waternuts on her head: she would revive and live one year for each nut broken. E181.1.1
• Living man in dead man's shroud. Refuses to let corpse return to grave before he tells how to resuscitate woman living man has killed. E463
• Ogre decapitates captive princess before he leaves palace; resuscitates her on return. G335
• Ogre killed and resuscitated so as to be of help to hero. G513
• Grateful ogre resuscitates his benefactor. G513.1
• Recognition of resuscitated person by missing member. H57.0.1
• Act of truth: boy falls dead though what has been said is the truth; when lie is told he is resuscitated. H252.4.1
• Skillful companions resuscitate girl: to whom does she belong? H621.1
• Quest for Water of Life (water which will resuscitate). H1321.1
• Man resuscitates a lion which devours him. J563
• The prophet's first disciple. Judge demands that a pseudo-prophet show a miracle. Latter offers to cut off judge's head and resuscitate him. Judge agrees to be the first disciple. J1169.8
• Pseudo-magic resuscitating object sold. Dupe kills his wife (mother) and is unable to resuscitate her. K113
• Death feigned to learn how soldiers are resuscitated. K1863
• Cheat: demon kills people so his pupil can resuscitate them and get reward. K1955.6.1
• The faithless resuscitated wife. Husband at great sacrifice has brought his wife back to life. She immediately deserts him and plots with a paramour against his life. (Cf. K2213.2.) K2213.5
• Faithful servant sacrifices sons to save life of king. Sons resuscitated and servant enriched. P361.3