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E151. Repeated resuscitation. TorstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118, Fjfsl 450).
E155. Periodic resuscitation.
E155.1. Slain warriors revive nightly. Cf. A169.2; E50. Skåldsk ch. 62 (50) = Saxo
lib. V c. IX = Herrm 364; Skj I 74; Skjold ch. 12; HrolfKr 103 ch. 33 (FAS
I 105-6); Sorla 276-83 (FAS I 394-407 ch. 2-9); GHrolf 337-38 ch. 32-33;
Kongab 14—15 and Fertram ch. 14, cf. ZDPh XXVI 23.
El 62. Resuscitation impossible after certain length of time.
El62.1. Resuscitation even possible after three days. GHrolf 308 ch. 25.
E163. Man kept alive by consecrated sword. Cf. Bisk I 224-25, II28: by saint’s cloak.
El82. Dead body incorruptible. Cf. D1585; D2167. Laxd XXIV 28: Hrappr; Svarfd
ch. 32: Klaufi; RagnarL ch. 18 (19) (FAS I 294): Ivarr; Skj I 244, 300, 6låfH
ch. 244-45 in Hkr II 517, ch. 228-29 in FMS V 105 ff., HaraldH ch. 25 and 80
in Hkr III 112, 193: 6låfr helgi; Knyti ch. 77: Knutr helgi; Sturl I 153, Bisk I
435: Ingimundr prestr. Cf. Saxo lib. V c. XVI 3: Frotho.
E200-599. GHOSTS AND OTHER REVENANTS
E200-299. MALEVOLENT RETURN FROM THE DEAD
E200. Malevolent return from the dead. Cf. E414.1. Bisk II 109-10 (= I 598), 130;
Sturl I 335; EirlkR ch. 6; Saxo lib. I c. VII 3; cf. Fritzner III 66 »reimleikar«;
Dehmer 26 ff.
E230. Return from dead to inflict punishment.
E232. Return from the dead to slay wicked person. 6låfH ch. 12 in Hkr II 15, ch.
31 in FMS IV 48, Knyti ch. 6: Eadmundr helgi slays Sveinn tjuguskegg like
Merkurius Julianus niaingr, cf. Ett forn-svenskt Legendarium, ed. G. Stephens,
Sthlm 1858, II 601-02.
E235. Return from dead to punish indignities to corpse, or ghost. Cf. OlåfTr ch. 128
in FMS I 254.
E236. Return from dead to demand stolen property. Kumlbua b-, ed. Vigfusson Nord.
Oldskrifter XXVII (1860) 129-30, cf. Klare 7.
E238. Dinner with the dead. Dead man is invited to dinner. Gering I 121.
E242. Ghosts punish intruders into mass (procession) of ghosts. Cf. E492. Cf. Gering
I 114-17.
E260. Other malevolent revenants. Cf. E461. Gering I 114-17: wicked bailiff fails
upon woman at three-night vigil.
E261. Wandering ghost makes attack. Bisk I 605-8, II 77-87, cf. E425.1.7.
E261.4. Ghost pursues man. Gering I 236 ff.: thief cut down from the gallows.
E262. Ghost rides on man's back. Cf. F455.3.3; G241.
E271. Sea-ghosts. Cf. B80.
E271.1. Ghost brings disaster on sailors. Cf. D2072.0.3; F420.5.2.7. SkåldH 20-21
ch. 7: shakes ship.
E300-399. FRIENDLY RETURN FROM THE DEAD
Cf. Klare 11 ff.
E310. Dead lover’s friendly return. HHu II 40.
E320. Dead relative’s friendly return. Cf. E373.2.