Dead grateful for having been spared indignity to corpse. Kind man has given it burial

Motif

Dead grateful for having been spared indignity to corpse. Kind man has given it burial.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Friendly return from the dead. · Return from dead to repay obligation. · view the constellation · filed as E341.1.1

Filed across the traditions

U.S. Baughman
Italian Novella Rotunda
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Dead grateful for having corpse ransomed. Corpse is being held unburied because of nonpayment of debts. Hero pays debt and secures burial of corpse.

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