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- 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