μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Dead arises when shroud bursts and pursues attendant.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Other malevolent revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E261.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 113 No. 3
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. *369
  • Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 3
  • Lappish Qvigstad FFC LX 40 No. 4.
Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it
Coffin bursts; dead arises and pursues attendant
Filed beside it
Wandering skull pursues man Man attacked on Christmas night by dancing ghosts Ghost pursues man Ghost beats living man with whip

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