μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 12references

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.

  • Irish*Cross, O'Suilleabhain 101, Beal XXI 332
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • SicilianGonzenbach I 10 No. 3
  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 4 no. 29
  • JewishNeuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 191
  • KoreanZong in-Sob 133ff. N. Am. Indian (Iroquois): Smith RBAE II 104, (Onondaga): Jewitt RBAE XXI 148, 262, (Skidi Pawnee): Dorsey MAFLS VIII 49 No. 10, (Arapaho): Dorsey and Kroeber FM V 49, 259 Nos. 15, 110
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen II 219
  • S. Am. Indian (Brazil)Oberg 110
  • Africa (Jaunde)Heepe 260, (Fang): Tessman 99f., 173, 193.
  • general *Type 510
Within the index

Filed under Other reasons for friendly return from the dead.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Laughing skull advises hero. (Cf. E545.)Hanged man warns youth against visiting sweetheart. Takes youth's place and receives shot meant for himTalking bones of eaten man advise hero
Filed beside it
Return from the dead to stop weepingGhost returns to aid livingDead returns to say farewellReturn from dead to ask forgivenessReturn from dead to preach repentancePupil returns from dead to warn master of futility of his studiesReturn from dead to reveal hidden treasure. (Cf. E276, E291, E419.11.2.)Return from the dead to seek hidden treasureGhosts bestow gifts on livingDead returns to life and tells of journey to land of deadReturn from dead to prevent flight of thiefGhost returns to confess misdeedReturn from dead to teach livingFriendly return from the dead – other motifs
Travels with
Saint commands return from dead with supernatural information

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