Motif
Spirit visible by night and absent by day
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A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Nocturnal Apparitions and Daylight or Cockcrow Limits. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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zuni
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Zuni Folk Tales A HOPI (MOKI) MAIDEN 184 / THE PINNACLES OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN 344 / INTRODUCTION / THE TRIAL OF LOVERS:; lines 1026-1118 confidence: high
At night the maiden emerges from the grave-bed, says she is seen only in darkness, and says her husband killed her because he did not know or love her.
The maiden says spirits are seen in darkness, appears at midnight, fades with morning, and does not sleep because she is a spirit.
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