Ghost returns to demand vengeance. (Cf. E232.2.)

Motif

Ghost returns to demand vengeance. (Cf. E232.2.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Return from dead to inflict punishment. · view the constellation · filed as E234.0.1

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U.S.*Baughman.

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Filed under Ghost punishes injury received in life.

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Ghost slaps face of son who cheated him out of property. A cancer grows on son's face Ghost stampedes stolen cattle being driven past his ranch Return from dead to avenge death (murder)Ghost an unjustly executed man. Real murderer found

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Ghost returns to slay man who has injured it while living

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