μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ghost appears at time of death, foils lawyer who is counterfeiting a will for the newly-deceased.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Return from dead to inflict punishment. · view the constellation · filed as E236.4.1

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  • general England, Holland: *Baughman.
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Filed under Return from the dead because last will was not fulfilled.

Filed beside it
Ghost appears to remind his brother of the terms of his will

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