Vigil for dead father — Mythoi

Motif

Vigil for dead father.

Tests. · Other tests. · Tests of vigilance. · Test: vigil at tomb. · view the constellation · filed as H1462

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXIV XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King

Filed across the traditions

Rumanian Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 365B*.
general *Type 530
general *BP III 111 n. 3

Within the index

Filed under Test: vigil at tomb.

1 finer motif beneath it

Vigil for dead father: youngest son alone endures frightful experiences. Ceiling, floors, and walls knock together

Filed beside it

Test: sitting up with corpse. Wake Three-night watch over grave to guard man from devil

Carried in tale types

The Princess on the Glass Mountain · ATU 530 81 recorded variants

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