Ghosts punish intruders into ghost town

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Ghosts punish intruders into ghost town.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Return from dead to inflict punishment. · view the constellation · filed as E241

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Africa (Ekoi)Talbot 238, 240.

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Return from dead to reveal murder Return from the dead to slay wicked person Ghost punishes injury received in life Return from dead to punish indignities to corpse, or ghost Return from dead to demand stolen property Dinner with the dead. Dead man is invited to dinner. Takes his host to other world Ghosts punish intruders into mass (procession) of ghosts Ghosts attack bishop who has suspended priest for singing for all Christian souls Ghosts punish failure to provide for their wants. Haunt man because he does not leave food and drink for them Ghosts punish failure to sacrifice to them Ghost kills man who had had ghost exorcised for too short a time

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