Motif
ghoul and fiend-haunted corpse hunger for the dead or living flesh
ghoul_and_fiend_haunted_corpse_hunger_for_the_dead_or_living_flesh
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
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore GHOST STORIES. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER VI. / LEGENDS.; lines 14937-15058 confidence: medium
The chapter introduction says earlier stories show a ghoul feeding on the dead, fiend-haunted corpses hungering for human flesh and blood, hell or the abode of evil spirits, and a demon portrayed without unkindness.
The demon survey mentions a ghoul feeding on the dead and fiend-haunted corpses hungering after human flesh and blood.
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