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- Wind stopped by revenant. D2142.2.1
- Bloodthirsty revenants. E250
- Bloodthirsty revenants – miscellaneous. E259
- Other malevolent revenants. E260
- Hero attacked by revenant with half a head, carrying man with half a body. (Cf. E461, E422.1.1, F511.0.5.) E261.1.3
- Ghost (revenant) kills by spewing water from his mouth on Hallowe'en. (Cf. F211.1.1.1.) E268
- Malevolent revenants – miscellaneous. E279
- Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. E400
- Appearance of revenant. E420
- 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
- Headless revenant. E422.1.1
- Revenant with ball of fire in place of head. E422.1.1.2
- Actions of headless revenant. E422.1.1.3
- Armless revenant. E422.1.2
- Revenant with ice-cold hands. E422.1.3
- Revenant with cold lips. E422.1.4
- Revenant with bad breath. E422.1.5
- Revenant with chicken feet. E422.1.6
- Revenant with thin legs. E422.1.6.2
- Revenant with chip of resin between teeth. E422.1.7
- Revenant with peculiar nails. E422.1.8
- Revenant as part of body. E422.1.11
- Revenant as an eye. E422.1.11.1
- Revenant as face or head. E422.1.11.2
- Revenant as skeleton. E422.1.11.4
- Revenant as blood. E422.1.11.5
- Color of revenant. (Cf. F527.) E422.2
- Revenant red. E422.2.1
- Revenant green. E422.2.2
- Revenant gray. E422.2.3
- Revenant black. E422.2.4
- Size of revenant. E422.3
- Revenant as small man. E422.3.1
- Revenant as a very large man (giant). (Cf. F531.) E422.3.2
- Dress of revenant. E422.4
- 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
- Revenant in female dress. E422.4.4
- Revenant in male dress. E422.4.5
- Revenant in red cap. E422.4.6
- Revenant in animal form. E423
- Revenant as domestic animal. E423.1
- Revenant as dog. (Cf. E421.3.6.) E423.1.1
- Revenant as cat. E423.1.2
- Revenant as horse. (Cf. F401.3.1.) E423.1.3
- Revenant as three-legged horse. E423.1.3.1
- Revenant as mare. E423.1.3.2
- Revenant as headless horse. (C.f. E422.1.1, E535.1.) E423.1.3.3
- Revenant as white horse. E423.1.3.4
- Revenant as ass. E423.1.4
- Revenant as swine. E423.1.5
- Revenant as lamb. E423.1.6
- Revenant as ram. E423.1.7
- Revenant as cow. E423.1.8
- Revenant as calf. (Cf. E521.4.) E423.1.8.1
- Revenant as goat. E423.1.9
- Revenant as wild animal. E423.2
- Revenant as bear. (Cf. E522.2.) E423.2.1
- Revenant as rabbit (hare). E423.2.2
- Revenant as fox. E423.2.3
- Revenant as hedgehog. E423.2.4
- Revenant as seal. E423.2.5
- Revenant as deer. E423.2.6
- Revenant as wolf. E423.2.7
- Revenant as rat. E423.2.8
- Revenant as "man-monkey". E423.2.9
- Revenant in tiger form. E423.2.10
- Revenant as mouse. E423.2.11
- Revenant as squirrel. E423.2.12
- Revenant as bird. E423.3
- Revenant as dove. E423.3.1
- Revenant as swan. E423.3.2
- Revenant as partridge. E423.3.3
- Revenant as raven. E423.3.4
- Revenant as owl. E423.3.5
- Revenant as hen. Sometimes with chickens. E423.3.6
- Revenant as goose. E423.3.7
- Revenant as crow. E423.3.8
- Revenant as sea-gull. E423.3.9
- Revenant as duck. E423.3.10
- Revenant as bean-goose. E423.3.11
- Revenant as frog. E423.4
- Revenant as snake (serpent). E423.5
- Revenant as centaur. E423.6
- Revenant as fly. E423.7
- Revenant as spider. E423.8
- Revenant as eel. E423.9
- Revenant as dwarf. E424
- Revenant in human form. E425
- Revenant as woman. E425.1
- Revenant as lady in white. E425.1.1
- Revenant as naked woman. E425.1.2
- Revenant as seductive woman. E425.1.3
- Revenant as woman carrying baby. E425.1.4
- Revenant as woman riding hog. E425.1.5
- Revenant as horrible female figure. Covered with snakes and toads. E425.1.6
- Revenant as woman with seal's head. E425.1.7
- Revenant as man. E425.2
- Revenant as old man. E425.2.1
- Revenant as man with horse's head. E425.2.2
- Revenant as priest or parson. (Cf. E338.5, E417.) E425.2.3