The constellation
E510 Phantom sailors and travelers
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- The Flying Dutchman. A sea captain because of his wickedness sails his phantom ship eternally without coming to harbor · E511 entry
- Phantom cart driver wanders because of blasphemy. "Peter Rugg the Missing Man." Boasts that he will reach home despite storm or never see his home again. He always travels in hard shower of rain or just ahead of one · E512 entry
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- Ghost ship. (Cf. E510.) · E535.3 entry
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- The Sleeping Army. Soldiers killed in battle come forth on occasions from their resting place (hill, grave, grotto) and march about or send their leader to do so · E502 entry
- Wild hunt as weather omen · E501.20.3 entry
- Wild hunt as omen of plentiful year · E501.20.2 entry
- Wild hunt as omen of pestilence · E501.20.1.2 entry
- The Flying Dutchman. A sea captain because of his wickedness sails his phantom ship eternally without coming to harbor · E511 entry
- Reason for Flying Dutchman's punishment · E511.1 entry
- Flying Dutchman sails because of cruelty · E511.1.1 entry
- Flying Dutchman sails because of pact with Devil · E511.1.2 entry