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ATU-Erzähltypen

Keine belegbare Zuordnung in der geprüften Auswahl.

The complete local legend concerns a girl who dies before carrying out a paid Bittgang; her apparition asks her parents to perform it, then ceases appearing when they do. Searches for unfulfilled vow, ghost requests, pilgrimage, and released soul did not find a complete ATU type matching this plot. ATU 1230* / 1230** results describe unrelated pilgrimage/body-exposure incidents.

Thompson-Motive

Retained E443.2 for the devotional Bittgang that ends the haunting and V530 for the explicitly named Bittgang/pilgrimage. Added E415 for the dead girl’s unfinished accepted task and return until it is completed. E451.3 is not assigned because the text describes a paid commission, not a vow; E340 does not fit a dead person asking others to perform her unfinished service.

• Thompson E443.2 · Ghost laid by prayer.

  Wahrscheinliche Zuordnung · Textstelle

  Textbelege und Katalog

  E443.2 is “Ghost laid by prayer.” The Bittgang is carried out at the ghost’s request, after which the apparition no longer appears.

  • „Dies geschah, und der Geist zeigte sich nicht mehr“

  Thompson E443.2 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab

• Thompson V530 · Pilgrimages.

  Wahrscheinliche Zuordnung · Textstelle

  Textbelege und Katalog

  V530 is “Pilgrimages.” The source explicitly describes a Bittgang to a chapel, accepted for payment and later performed by the parents.

  • „einen Bittgang nach der Kreutzkapelle bei Grevenmacher zu machen“

  Thompson V530 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab

• Thompson E415 · Dead cannot rest until certain work is finished.

  Wahrscheinliche Zuordnung · Textstelle

  Textbelege und Katalog

  E415 is “Dead cannot rest until certain work is finished.” The girl dies before completing the accepted Bittgang, returns nightly, requests that task, and ceases appearing after its completion.

  • „Ein junges Mädchen, welches voll fremden Leuten gegen Bezahlung den Auftrag übernommen hatte, einen Bittgang nach der Kreutzkapelle bei Grevenmacher zu machen, starb, ohne denselben verrichtet zu haben“

  Thompson E415 im Katalog, öffnet in neuem Tab