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Motifs
- The Flying Dutchman. A sea captain because of his wickedness sails his phantom ship eternally without coming to harbor. E511
- Flying Dutchman sails because of cruelty. E511.1.1
- Flying Dutchman sails because of pact with Devil. E511.1.2
- Flying Dutchman sails because he defied the storm. E511.1.3
- Ghost sails over sound on bundle of straw. E581.7
- Demon ship sails against the wind. F411.3
- Man builds boat and sails about in giant's belly. F911.5.1
- Task: making sails for ship from one bundle of linen; countertask: making spindle and loom from one stick of wood. (Cf. H951.) H1022.3
- Man sells soul to devil for visit home in boat that sails through sky. M211.6
- Father kills self believing that son is dead. The son forgets to spread white sails, the prearranged signal of his safety. (Told also of lovers.) N344
- Ship sails on thick fog. X1651.2
- Color of flag (sails) on ship as message of good or bad news. Z140.1
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