Motif
Living person invisible to the dead but visible to dogs
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A motif of the Afterlife Navigation and Passage family, within the sub-family Ghostly Encounters, Failed Embraces, and Animal Sight. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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Aino Folk-Tales AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905 confidence: high
The visitor sees Hades inhabitants, but they do not see him; dogs see him and bark, causing the people to think an evil spirit has arrived and to throw dirty food that returns to his bosom when he discards it.
The visitor sees the underworld people, who cannot see him, while dogs detect him and bark.
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