Motif
unrecognized ghost encounter at night
unrecognized_ghost_encounter_at_night
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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afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories DANCE AND SONG. / WITTICISMS. / OLD-TIME FOOLS. / DUPPY STORIES.; lines 8896-8932 confidence: high
A man walking at night meets a duppy whose teeth are like fire; he asks for a light, flees when the duppy shows its teeth, then unknowingly complains to the same duppy and flees again when it asks whether the teeth were like these.
The man meets a duppy at night without recognizing it, asks for a light, and flees when its teeth reveal its frightening nature.
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