Motif
daylight ending a spirit apparition
daylight_ending_a_spirit_apparition
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Nocturnal Apparitions and Daylight or Cockcrow Limits. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales A HOPI (MOKI) MAIDEN 184 / THE PINNACLES OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN 344 / INTRODUCTION / THE TRIAL OF LOVERS:; lines 919-1024 confidence: high
The dead maiden tells him to go home, says she is another being, and states: “I am only a spirit”; she says the light will fade in the morning light.
The spirit says the light by which the young man sees her will fade in the morning light, and in gray morning only the dark grave-sand remains.
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