Return from dead to reveal hidden treasure. (Cf. E276, E291, E419.11.2.)

Motif

Return from dead to reveal hidden treasure. (Cf. E276, E291, E419.11.2.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Friendly return from the dead. · Other reasons for friendly return from the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E371

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 827.
general *Fb "spøgelse" III 521b
general Tobler 34f.
general Loomis White Magic 53
general England, Wales, Ireland, Canada, U.S.: *Baughman

Within the index

Filed under Other reasons for friendly return from the dead.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Return from dead to reveal whereabouts of stolen goods Return from dead to repeat forgotten epic. (Cf. A581, J1563.7.)Poet sings day after his death. (Cf. E342, E546.)

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 give counsel. (Cf. V229.1.)Return from dead to preach repentance Pupil returns from dead to warn master of futility of his studies 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

Ghosts haunt tree Ghosts protect hidden treasure

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