Ghosts haunt house. (It is sometimes hard to tell whether haunters are supposed to be ghosts or familiar spirits of some kind.) — Mythoi

Motif

Ghosts haunt house. (It is sometimes hard to tell whether haunters are supposed to be ghosts or familiar spirits of some kind.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Ghosts haunt buildings. · view the constellation · filed as E281

Filed across the traditions

Scotch Campbell Tales II 290, 299
Irish O'Suilleabhain 33, Beal XXI 310
North Carolina Brown Collection I 669, 671
New York Jones JAFL LVII 248
Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 311 No. 46, 323 No. 101
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3505
general *Type 326
general BP I 22ff.
general England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman (F470)
general Finnish-Swedish Wessman 25 Nos. 220–222.

Within the index

Filed under Ghosts haunt buildings. (Cf. H1411.)

4 finer motifs beneath it

Ghost kills man who stays in haunted house Hungry ghosts haunt house seeking food Ghostly horse enters house and puts hoofs on breast of sleeper Ghost haunts particular room in house

Filed beside it

Ghosts haunt castle. (Cf. F771.4.5.) Ghosts haunt church Ghost haunts cloister Ghost haunts well, prevents drawing water after dark

Carried in tale types

The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is · ATU 326 1 recorded variant

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