Motif
dead warlock rises from the grave and haunts at night
dead_warlock_rises_from_the_grave_and_haunts_at_night
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 13457-13614 confidence: high
The miller warns that a dead warlock rises from his grave at night and terrifies the village; the soldier later sees a fire on a grave and finds the warlock sitting there sewing boots.
The miller states that a dead warlock rises from his grave by night and wanders through the village.
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