μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Dead child's friendly return to parents. Frequently to stop weeping. (Cf. P230.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Friendly return from the dead. · Dead relative's friendly return. · view the constellation · filed as E324

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish O'Suilleabhain 41, Beal XXI 315
  • English Child II 238f., III 244f., 247, V 241, Baughman
  • U.S. Baughman
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3525
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • Chinese Werner 314 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XII
  • N. Am. Indian (Pawnee) Grinnell Pawnee Hero Stories (New York, 1889) 145
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 161.
  • general *BP II 485
  • general *Fb "hånd" I 765a
  • general Dieterich Zs. f. Vksk. XII 147
Within the index

Filed under Dead relative's friendly return.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Voice of son answers his mother from the grave only when called by his pet name Ghost family visits grave of father
Filed beside it
Dead husband's friendly return Dead wife's friendly return. (Cf. E221.2.) Dead mother's friendly return Dead sister's friendly return Dead brother's friendly return Dead father's friendly return
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Dead father returns to daughter to stop her weeping. (Cf. E324.) Parents and children
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Giant as culture hero Transformation: sea dragon to serpent Transformation: dragon-king to gust of wind Sea dragon in serpent's form to accompany hero. (Cf. D419.1.1, B11.) Disenchantment by striking Magic object found in fort Magic trousers (breeches) Magic bracelet Magic bow Magic formula renders invisible. (Cf. D1273.) Magic trousers conquer enemy. Hero spreads them in air and balls of fire fall from them on enemy. (Cf. D1055.) Magic object burns person up

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