ATU 777* The Flying Dutchman

ATU 777*

The Flying Dutchman

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

The Flying Dutchman. A sea captain because of his wickedness sails his phantom ship eternally without coming to harbor. 1 variant
Reason for Flying Dutchman's punishment. 1 variant
Flying Dutchman sails because of cruelty. 1 variant
Flying Dutchman sails because of pact with Devil. 1 variant
Flying Dutchman sails because he defied the storm. 1 variant
Flying Dutchman's ship. 1 variant
Flying Dutchman has dead men as sailors. 1 variant
Phantom cart driver wanders because of blasphemy. "Peter Rugg the Missing Man." Boasts that he will reach home despite storm or never see his home again. He always travels in hard shower of rain or just ahead of one. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.