The constellation
E268 Ghost (revenant) kills by spewing water from his mouth on Hallowe'en. (Cf. F211.1.1.1.)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
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● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Other malevolent revenants · E260 entry
cross-ref
- Vampire. Corpse which comes from grave at night and sucks blood. (Cf. B16.7.1, E268.) · E251 entry
- The living corpse. Revenant is not a specter but has the attributes of a living person. He wanders about till his "second death", complete disintegration in the grave. (Cf. E261.1.3, E268, E461.) · E422 entry
- Fairies emerge on Hallowe'en · F211.1.1.1 entry