Living man at the grave pretends to be dead man speaking

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Living man at the grave pretends to be dead man speaking.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Sham miracles. · view the constellation · filed as K1974

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Sham miracles.

Filed beside it

Man behind statue (tree) speaks and pretends to be God (spirit)Oracular images occupied by spirits or priests who give the answers Jackal inside carcass of bullock makes people think his voice is God's. Demands gifts Sham miracle: may the grass grow up! Tricksters who have done no mowing say to their master when he angers them, "May the grass grow up again!" He finds it is full height False miraculous relic

Carried in tale types

The Voice from the Grave · ATU 15321 recorded variant

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