Motif
staking the corpse to stop future rising and slaying
staking_the_corpse_to_stop_future_rising_and_slaying
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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slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT. / FOOTNOTES: / CHAPTER V. / GHOST STORIES.; lines 13320-13455 confidence: high
After the moujik tells his story, villagers assemble in the graveyard, open the grave from which the dead man came, drive an aspen stake into the corpse's heart to stop it rising and slaying, and reward the moujik.
Villagers open the grave and drive an aspen stake into the corpse's heart so that it may no more rise up and slay.
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