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Ch # OFFENDER OFFENDED DENOUNCER
4 V S S (Lady Isabel and the Elf·K.)
7 SF+7SB H S (Earl Bmnd)
10 SS=S-R S Sspirit (The Two Sisters)
10' SS=S-R S H ( " )
14 V=SB S S (Babylon)
93 V S Sd (Lamkin)
155 V H Hspirit l (Sir Hugh)
209 V H S (Geordie)
214 SF+SB H Sdream (The Braes of Yarrow)
243 V=II-R S (James Harris)
272 SF S HRev (The Suffolk Miracle)
286 V H HRev (The Sweet Trinity)
The abbreviations are:
II : hero
S : heroine
V : villain
H-R, S-R: II's rival, S's rival
HRev, SRev, Hspirit, Sspirit: H's revenant. S's revenant, I-I's spirit, S's spirit
SF, SB, Sd: S's father, S's brother, S's daughter
Sdrcam: S dreaming
13.6.2. By Circumstance
While in the types presented so far the offence is a crime or fault commined by an
"offender," the second subgroup no longer has any "offenders" as slich. The hero(in)es
arc no longer offended by human imperfection or hostility but by unavoidable forces of
circumstances: sudden bereavement. And, rather than on the causes of Ihe lover's
premature death ("offence"), the plot focuses on the woman's shock reaction. The
narratives stage a single but poignant scene showing the afnicted ("offended") woman
I While Ihe single collected version of Ihe Iype in Newfoundland is incomplctc duc 10 the
singcr's avowed loss of memory, Ihc lext mentions Ran ccho in Ihc wind, ft "., hich suggesls
the victim's ftspiril ft
ralher than MrevenanlM disclosing his murder 10 his mother.