Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Deathless named figure

deathless_named_figure

A motif of the Immortality Without Renewal family, within the sub-family Deathless Figures Persisting Across Ages. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

2 occurrences

1 traditions


slavic

  • Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars / CONTENTS. / RUSSIAN MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES.; lines 127-179 confidence: medium

    “Koshchéi Without-Death” appears twice, once with page 106 and once with page 165.

    The title “Koshchéi Without-Death” appears twice, naming a figure by lack of death.

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  • Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore XVII. KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS 111 / XVIII. THE WATER SNAKE 126 / XIX. THE WATER KING AND VASILISSA THE WISE 130 / XX. THE BABA YAGA 148; lines 403-415 confidence: low

    “KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS”

    The table of contents includes the title “Koshchei the Deathless,” explicitly applying deathlessness to Koshchei.

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