Motif
Corporeal revenant rather than incorporeal phantom
corporeal_revenant_rather_than_incorporeal_phantom
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Animated Corpses and Grave-Returning Revenants. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER V. / GHOST STORIES.; lines 13038-13169 confidence: medium
The bridegroom stops by the graveyard, calls to his comrade, the grave opens, the dead man arises, thanks him for keeping the promise, and invites him into his abode for a drink.
The commentary states that visitors from the other world in the Skazkas are represented not as mere phantoms but as vitalized corpses; in the tale, the dead man rises from the grave and interacts physically with the bridegroom.
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