μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ghost pursues man.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Other malevolent revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E261.4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • North Carolina Brown Collection I 677, 681
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 409, 463, Rasmussen III 182, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 62.
Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it
Ghost of witch in her coffin chases man
Filed beside it
Wandering skull pursues man Dead arises when shroud bursts and pursues attendant Man attacked on Christmas night by dancing ghosts Ghost beats living man with whip

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