μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • IndonesianDeVries Volksverhalen I 299
  • N. Am. Indian (Zuñi)Benedict 342.
  • general *Brown The Wandering Skull (Am. Journ. Philology XI 423ff.)
Within the index

Filed under Wandering ghost makes attack. Unprovoked and usually unmotivated.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Ghost's flying head attacks slayerSpeaking skull tells about previous life, reveals future events, etcHero attacked by revenant with half a head, carrying man with half a body. (Cf. E461, E422.1.1, F511.0.5.)
Filed beside it
Dead arises when shroud bursts and pursues attendantMan attacked on Christmas night by dancing ghostsGhost pursues manGhost beats living man with whip

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