Reason for Flying Dutchman's punishment

Motif

Reason for Flying Dutchman's punishment.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Phantom sailors and travelers. · view the constellation · filed as E511.1

Within the index

Filed under The Flying Dutchman. A sea captain because of his wickedness sails his phantom ship eternally without coming to harbor.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Flying Dutchman sails because of cruelty Flying Dutchman sails because of pact with Devil Flying Dutchman sails because he defied the storm

Filed beside it

Flying Dutchman's ship

Carried in tale types

The Flying Dutchman · ATU 777* 1 recorded variant

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “dutchman's” · wander