μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ghost haunts place of great accident or misfortune.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Other malevolent revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E275

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish-Swedish Wessman 25 No. 225.
Within the index

Filed under Other malevolent revenants.

1 finer motif beneath it
Ghost haunts mine after tragedy. (Cf. E336.)
Filed beside it
Wandering ghost makes attack. Unprovoked and usually unmotivated Ghost rides on man's back Adulteress returns from dead as devastating dragon Ghost drives priest into oven Meeting ghost causes misfortune Dead carry off living Dead tears living to pieces Ghost (revenant) kills by spewing water from his mouth on Hallowe'en. (Cf. F211.1.1.1.) Sea-ghosts. Ghosts which haunt the sea Road-ghosts. (Cf. E332ff., E582.) Ghosts which haunt roads Churchyard ghosts Gallows ghost. Ghost haunts gallows Ghosts haunt tree Ghosts haunt spring Malevolent revenants – miscellaneous

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