Motif
Feared return of a dead oppressor
feared_return_of_a_dead_oppressor
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
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE CUNNING CRANE AND THE CRAB / UNION IS STRENGTH / SILENCE IS GOLDEN / THE GREAT YELLOW KING AND HIS PORTER; lines 1882-1929 confidence: medium
The porter says the king gave him cuffs and fears "the porter who sits by the gates of Death" may refuse him, so he will "come back to us."
The porter fears the dead king might be rejected at Death's gates and come back, but the fear is immediately denied by another man.
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