μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Ireland Baughman
  • New York Jones JAFL LVII 245
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3532
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Return from dead to inflict punishment.

8 finer motifs beneath 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 theft of part of corpse. (Cf. E419.7.) 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
Filed beside it
Return from dead to reveal murder Return from the dead to slay wicked person Ghost punishes injury received in life Return from dead to demand stolen property Dinner with the dead. Dead man is invited to dinner. Takes his host to other world Ghosts punish intruders into ghost town Ghosts punish intruders into mass (procession) of ghosts Ghosts attack bishop who has suspended priest for singing for all Christian souls Ghosts punish failure to provide for their wants. Haunt man because he does not leave food and drink for them Ghosts punish failure to sacrifice to them Ghost kills man who had had ghost exorcised for too short a time
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Person with missing bodily member cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E235.)

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