Dead returns to life and tells of journey to land of dead

Motif

Dead returns to life and tells of journey to land of dead.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Friendly return from the dead. · Other reasons for friendly return from the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E374

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. V

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Other reasons for friendly return from the dead.

1 finer motif beneath it

Return of the dead to keep promise and tell of land of the dead. Two friends promise each other that the first to die will do so

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 dead to reveal hidden treasure. (Cf. E276, E291, E419.11.2.)Return from the dead to seek hidden treasure Ghosts bestow gifts on living 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

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