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E431 Precautions at funeral against revenant
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- Test for presence of demons in corpses · E431.0.1 entry
- Burial service read into hat to prevent dead walking · E431.1 entry
- Water thrown on corpse to prevent return · E431.2 entry
- Mould thrown on corpse to prevent return · E431.3 entry
- Coffin carried through hole in wall to prevent return of dead · E431.4 entry
- Limbs of dead fettered to prevent return · E431.5 entry
- Turf laid on breast of dead to prevent return · E431.6 entry
- Beheaded man's head laid at feet to prevent return · E431.7 entry
- Dog buried alive to prevent ghosts from walking · E431.8 entry
- Ashes of dead thrown on water to prevent return · E431.9 entry
- Corpse buried under stone so that sun will not shine on him again · E431.10 entry
- Coin placed in mouth of dead to prevent return · E431.11 entry
- Pins stuck in soles of dead man's feet to prevent return · E431.12 entry
- Corpse burned to prevent return · E431.13 entry
- Tall wall around grave to prevent return · E431.14 entry
- People touch corpse before burial to avoid seeing ghost of dead person after burial · E431.15 entry
- Burial of suicide to prevent walking. (Cf. E334.7, E411.1.1, E441.) · E431.16 entry
- Criminals buried at crossroads to prevent walking. (Cf. E434.4.) · E431.17 entry
- Body cut up and buried in vessels, buried in bag · E431.18 entry
- Burial of corpse at midnight to prevent walking · E431.19 entry
- Coffin with iron band made to keep corpse from returning as tiger · E431.20 entry