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Filed under The living corpse. Revenant is not a specter but has the attributes of a living person. He wanders about till his "second death", complete disintegration in the grave. (Cf. E261.1.3, E268, E461.)

11 finer motifs beneath it
Headless revenantArmless revenantRevenant with ice-cold handsRevenant with cold lipsRevenant with bad breathRevenant with chicken feetRevenant with chip of resin between teethRevenant with peculiar nailsLiving corpse returns every night, shows gradual wasting away of bodyDismembered corpseRevenant as part of body
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Hanged man thirsty; demands water to drinkColor of revenant. (Cf. F527.)Size of revenantDress of revenant

wander