Color of revenant. (Cf. F527.) — Mythoi

Motif

Color of revenant. (Cf. F527.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Appearance of revenant. · view the constellation · filed as E422.2

Within the index

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.)

4 finer motifs beneath it

Revenant red Revenant green Revenant gray Revenant black

Filed beside it

Hanged man thirsty; demands water to drink Body of living corpse Size of revenant Dress of revenant

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Person of unusual color

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