Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

990: Revived from Apparent Death by a Grave-Robber

ATU > 850-999: REALISTIC TALES > 970-999: Other Realistic Tales > 990: Revived from Apparent Death by a Grave-Robber

Description

The Woman gets a ring stuck in her throat. A man enters the grave to steal a ring from the finger of the dead. The woman wakes up and goes home. [K426]

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External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Buried Alive 990 United States Internet Archive
Buried Alive 990 African-American Internet Archive
De dood en het meisje 990 Netherlands 1997 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
De dood en het meisje 990 Netherlands 2001 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Doden 990 Netherlands 1965 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Doop 3 990 Netherlands 1988 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Man is schijndood 990 Netherlands 1965 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Schoenmaker keert na dood terug 990 Netherlands 1966 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Thievish Sexton 990 English Internet Archive

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