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Motifs — first 20 of 86
- Spring breaks forth to commemorate place of death or burial. A941.4.1
- Cairn marks burial place. A988
- Origin of burial. A1591
- Burial learned from watching raven bury its dead. A1591.1
- Ass carries usurer's body to the gallows instead of to the church. He has been denied burial in the church. B151.1.1.2.1
- Animal determines burial place of saint. B155.3
- Disenchantment through burial and revival. D719.1.1
- Magic object acquired as reward for burial of the dead. D812.4.2
- Arrow shot to determine burial place. D1314.1.5
- Rope breaks at proper burial place. (Cf. D1203.) D1314.12.1
- Leek put under the tongue of supposed dead person preserves him from harm by burial. (Cf. D983.3.) D1389.12
- Deer foster parent of hero comes alive from its burial hill when youth returns to spot and carries him off to jungle again. E138.1
- Ghost returns to demand proper burial. E235.2
- Ghosts prevent burial of corpse. E273.1
- Ghost haunts burial spot. (Cf. E411.1.) E334.2
- Ghost of murdered person haunts burial spot. (Cf. E413.) E334.2.1
- Ghost of person killed in accident seen at death or burial spot. E334.2.2
- 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
- Ghost returns to enforce its burial wishes or to protest disregard of them. E419.8
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