Ghosts frighten people (deliberately)

Motif

Ghosts frighten people (deliberately).

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Malevolent return from the dead. · Malevolent return from the dead – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as E293

Cited in the index

general England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Malevolent return from the dead – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Ghost scares thief, prevents theft Ghost scares card players

Filed beside it

Ghosts protect hidden treasure Ghost causes storms Miscellaneous acts of malevolent ghosts

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Person runs from actual or supposed ghost. (Cf. E293, J1483.)

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