The constellation
E422 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.)
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
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Appearance of revenant · E420 entry
beneath it
- Hanged man thirsty; demands water to drink · E422.0.1 entry
- Body of living corpse · E422.1 entry
- Color of revenant. (Cf. F527.) · E422.2 entry
- Size of revenant · E422.3 entry
- Dress of revenant · E422.4 entry
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