The constellation
E341 The grateful dead
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- Dead grateful for having corpse ransomed. Corpse is being held unburied because of nonpayment of debts. Hero pays debt and secures burial of corpse · E341.1 entry
- Dead grateful for food · E341.2 entry
- Dead grateful for prayers · E341.3 entry
- Dead grateful for clothes (shirt) · E341.4 entry
- Grateful priest returns to save gambler from devil · E341.5 entry
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- The Grateful Dead · ATU 505
- The Man who Flew like a Bird and Swam like a Fish · ATU 665
- The Monster's Bride · ATU 507