Return from dead to give counsel. (Cf. V229.1.)

Motif

Return from dead to give counsel. (Cf. V229.1.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Friendly return from the dead. · Other reasons for friendly return from the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E366

Filed across the traditions

Irish *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 101, Beal XXI 332
Icelandic *Boberg
Sicilian Gonzenbach I 10 No. 3
Finnish-Swedish Wessman 4 no. 29
Jewish Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 191
Korean Zong 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 him Talking bones of eaten man advise hero

Filed beside it

Return from the dead to stop weeping Ghost returns to aid living Dead returns to say farewell Return from dead to ask forgiveness Return from dead to preach repentance Pupil returns from dead to warn master of futility of his studies Return from dead to reveal hidden treasure. (Cf. E276, E291, E419.11.2.) Return from the dead to seek hidden treasure Ghosts bestow gifts on living Dead returns to life and tells of journey to land of dead Return from dead to prevent flight of thief Ghost returns to confess misdeed Return from dead to teach living Friendly return from the dead – other motifs

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Saint commands return from dead with supernatural information

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