Return from dead to punish theft of part of corpse. (Cf. E419.7.)

Motif

Return from dead to punish theft of part of corpse. (Cf. E419.7.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Return from dead to inflict punishment. · view the constellation · filed as E235.4

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Finnish-SwedishWessman 6 No. 49.

Within the index

Filed under Return from dead to punish indignities to corpse, or ghost.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Return from dead to punish theft of golden arm from grave Return from dead to punish theft of leg from grave Return from dead to punish theft of bone from grave Return from dead to punish theft of liver from man on gallows Return from dead to punish theft of skull Return from dead to punish theft of teeth

Filed beside it

Ghost punishes person who mocks him Ghost returns to demand proper burial Return from dead as punishment for trying to raise ghost. (Cf. E384ff., F491.7.) Ghost accuses man of stealing a trifle and thus has revenge Return from dead to punish kicking of skull. (Cf. C13.)Return from dead to punish disturber of grave Return from the dead to capture thief Corpse of saint sits up and looks at people who open grave and come to claim his body

Travels with

Person with missing bodily member cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E235.)

Carried in tale types

The Man from the Gallows · ATU 3662 recorded variants

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