Dress of revenant — Mythoi

Motif

Dress of revenant.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Appearance of revenant. · view the constellation · filed as E422.4

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.)

6 finer motifs beneath it

Revenant with hat of birch. Note: in the motifs immediately following, it is frequently impossible to tell whether the spectral ghost (E421) or the living corpse (E422) is thought of Ghost with bonnet pulled down over her face Ghost in white Revenant in female dress Revenant in male dress Revenant in red cap

Filed beside it

Hanged man thirsty; demands water to drink Body of living corpse Color of revenant. (Cf. F527.) Size of revenant

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