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• River flows from corpse of mythical mother of culture hero. A511.1.1.1
• Deer furnish bier and bear saint's corpse to church. B256.3.1
• Animals eating corpse of holy man die. B275.3
• Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse. B301.1.3
• Cat mutilates corpses. B766.1
• Tabu: leaving corpse at shrine. C51.1.14
• Tabu: carrying corpse of woman who died in childbirth. C153.1
• Mare not to be yoked to cart drawing corpse. C181.11
• Tabu: opening corpse-wrapping. C328
• Tabu: taking down corpse of hanged man. C541.5
• Transformation: corpse to serpent. D449.2
• Lizard in human form killed; corpse is lizard. D712.9.1
• Ghoulish charm. Charm made from parts of corpse or things associated with corpse. D1278
• Sorcerers use marrow of corpses' bones. D1278.2
• Loaf of bread locates drowned man. Floated on water comes to rest directly over corpse. (Cf. D1031.1.) D1314.6
• Corpse bleeds when murderer touches it. D1318.5.2
• Reindeer hose from corpse protect women. (Cf. D1062, D1278.) D1380.26
• Corpse's hand as remedy. (Cf. D996.) D1500.1.6.1
• Magic object saves corpse from corruption. D1585
• Magic pill saves corpse from corruption. (Cf. D1243.) D1585.1
• Magic writings on stone cause corpse to answer for absent man. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1611.16
• Corpse in coffin refuses to be moved in wagon. (Cf. D1654.5, E272.1, E411.0.3.) D1654.9
• Corpse cannot be moved. D1654.9.1
• Possession of magic knowledge and witchcraft from having eaten of father-of-man's corpse. D1735.4
• Location of corpse of drowned person detected by magic. D1816.4.1
• Multiplication of the corpse of saint when different communities claim the body. D2106.1.4
• Corpse magically saved from corruption. (Cf. V52.14.) D2167
• Resuscitation by stepping on corpse. E13.1
• Resuscitation by stinging. Corpse is laid on an ant-heap. E16
• Resuscitation by licking corpse. E17
• Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.) E30
• Resuscitation by breathing on corpse. E66
• Resuscitation by talking to corpse. E67
• Resuscitation by passing helpful animal over corpse. E79.1
• Resuscitation by wet cloth over corpse. E80.2
• Resuscitation by demon's entering corpse. E121.6.1
• Resuscitation by carrying corpse to its home. E138
• Return from dead to punish indignities to corpse, or ghost. E235
• Ghost returns because corpse was not properly burned. E235.2.2
• Return from dead to punish theft of part of corpse. (Cf. E419.7.) E235.4
• Corpse of saint sits up and looks at people who open grave and come to claim his body. E235.8
• Return from dead to demand ring stolen from corpse. E236.1.1
• Return from dead to demand money stolen from corpse. E236.5
• Vampire. Corpse which comes from grave at night and sucks blood. (Cf. B16.7.1, E268.) E251
• Vampires eat corpses. E251.3.1
• Ghosts flay corpse. E255
• Ghosts eat corpse. E256
• Corpse bites off woman's nose. E259.1
• Ghosts prevent burial of corpse. E273.1
• Dead grateful for having corpse ransomed. Corpse is being held unburied because of nonpayment of debts. Hero pays debt and secures burial of corpse. E341.1
• Dead grateful for having been spared indignity to corpse. Kind man has given it burial. E341.1.1
• Flames issue from corpse's mouth. E421.3.7
• 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.) E422
• Body of living corpse. E422.1
• Living corpse returns every night, shows gradual wasting away of body. E422.1.9
• Dismembered corpse. E422.1.10
• Dismembered corpse reassembles. (Cf. E31.) E422.1.10.1
• 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. E422.4.1
• Test for presence of demons in corpses. E431.0.1
• Water thrown on corpse to prevent return. E431.2
• Mould thrown on corpse to prevent return. E431.3
• Head of corpse thrown on water to prevent return. E431.9.1
• Corpses thrown in water to prevent return. E431.9.2
• Corpse buried under stone so that sun will not shine on him again. E431.10
• Corpse buried under stones. E431.10.1
• Corpse burned to prevent return. E431.13
• People touch corpse before burial to avoid seeing ghost of dead person after burial. E431.15
• Suicide buried head (or face) downward. (If corpse moves it. only goes deeper into ground.) E431.16.1
• Burial of corpse at midnight to prevent walking. E431.19
• Coffin with iron band made to keep corpse from returning as tiger. E431.20
• Dog saves man from malevolent living corpse. Dog killed, man safe. (Cf. B524.1.1.) E439.3
• Ghost laid by placing stones in throat of the corpse. E441.2
• Corpse exhumed and heart cremated to lay ghost. E441.3
• Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.) E442
• Hunting woman beaten with sticks of rowan-tree and ankles of corpse tied with branches of same tree. E442.1
• Corpse magically killed and laid. E446.1
• Corpse cannot be laid until after he has confided the secret of magic charms. E451.1.1
• Man raises corpses and gets their shrouds, then "lays" them again. E456
• Living man in dead man's shroud. Refuses to let corpse return to grave before he tells how to resuscitate woman living man has killed. E463
• Thirsty when hanged, corpse asks for water on Hallowe'en. E545.6.1
• Corpse exclaims over miracle. E545.10
• Conversation between God and Adam's corpse. E545.22
• Corpse leaps up in emotion at saint's passing nearby. E597
• Ghostly corpses seen on floor of house, disappear when coroner comes. E599.2
• Ghost watches (follows) its own corpse. E599.3
• Soul wanders till corpse decays. E722.3.2
• Souls of dead captured on leaving corpse. E752.1.3
• Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.) E752.10
• Corpse must be watched carefully before burial. E752.10.1
• Light must be kept burning by corpse to keep evil spirits away. E752.10.2
• Spirits put corpse into river. F402.1.8
• Marvelous sensitiveness: meat (wine) tastes of corpse. Has been near grave. F647.1
• Room heated by crowded corpses kept on hand by ghoulish ogres. F686.2
• Extraordinary corpse burns of its own accord. F964.3.3
• Ritual cannibalism: corpse of hero (demigod) eaten to acquire his strength. G13.1
• Ghouls. Persons eat corpses. G20
• Devil as husband eats corpses. G20.1
• Female eater of corpses. G21
• Abandoned infant lives by eating corpse of murdered father. (Cf. S350.) G25
• Moon made to eat wife's corpse by mother-in-law. G27