μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ghost light hovers over hiding place of body of murdered person.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Return from dead to inflict punishment. · view the constellation · filed as E231.3

Cited in the index
  • general England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Return from dead to reveal murder.

Filed beside it
Ghost tells name of murderer Ghost skeleton points lance at murderer Noise of chains leads to buried ghost. (Cf. E402.1.4.) Ghost returns to murderer, causes him to confess

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