Motif
Nocturnal vigil beside a dangerous corpse
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Burial Vigils and Corpse-Restraint Rites. 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 SOZH AND DNIEPER. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER IV. / MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT.; lines 11864-12010 confidence: high
The Soldier buys a frying-pan, goes to the merchant's house, refuses more liquor, and is locked alone with the merchant's dead daughter to read the psalter.
The Soldier is locked in with the dead daughter to read, and at midnight the coffin opens and the witch emerges.
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