Motif
Dead acquaintance invites a living person to drink and stay
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Returning Kin and Continuing Domestic Bonds. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER V. / GHOST STORIES.; lines 12891-13036 confidence: medium
The tale “The Ride on the Gravestone” begins: an artisan returning from a feast meets an old friend dead ten years, goes to his dwelling, drinks and revels, and is asked to spend the night.
In the opening of “The Ride on the Gravestone,” a dead old friend greets the artisan, invites him home, drinks with him, and asks him to spend the night.
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