Flying Dutchman's ship

Motif

Flying Dutchman's ship.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Phantom sailors and travelers. · view the constellation · filed as E511.2

Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it

Flying Dutchman has dead men as sailors

Filed beside it

Reason for Flying Dutchman's punishment

Carried in tale types

The Flying Dutchman · ATU 777* 1 recorded variant

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