Motif
Drowned dead appear as post-flood dancing ghosts
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee IV--STORIES AND STORY TELLERS / V--THE MYTHS / WAHNENAUHI VERSION / SECOND VERSION; lines 12419-12522 confidence: high
After the flood, the man hears dancing and shouting beyond a ridge; he sees piles of bones in the valley and understands that ghosts of the drowned had been dancing.
After the flood, the survivor hears dancing and shouting and sees bones of drowned people, concluding that ghosts had been dancing.
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