μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Dead father's friendly return.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Friendly return from the dead. · Dead relative's friendly return. · view the constellation · filed as E327

Filed across the traditions
  • Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges
  • U.S. Baughman
  • Greek Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 195
  • Chinese Graham.
  • general Latin: Virgil Aeneid V 724
Within the index

Filed under Dead relative's friendly return.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Dead father returns to daughter to stop her weeping. (Cf. E324.) Dead father returns to encourage daughter in childbirth Dead father returns to clear son's name of crime Ghost of father returns to rebuke child Dead father returns in form of bird. (Cf. E322.4.)
Filed beside it
Dead husband's friendly return Dead wife's friendly return. (Cf. E221.2.) Dead mother's friendly return Dead child's friendly return to parents. Frequently to stop weeping. (Cf. P230.) Dead sister's friendly return Dead brother's friendly return

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