Ghost haunts burial spot. (Cf. E411.1.)

Motif

Ghost haunts burial spot. (Cf. E411.1.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Friendly return from the dead. · Locations haunted by non-malevolent dead. · view the constellation · filed as E334.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Non-malevolent ghost haunts scene of former misfortune, crime, or tragedy. (C.f. E336, E337, E338, E339.)

3 finer motifs beneath it

Ghost of murdered person haunts burial spot. (Cf. E413.)Ghost of person killed in accident seen at death or burial spot Ghost of tragic lover haunts scene of tragedy. (Cf. E337.3.)

Filed beside it

Ghost haunts scene of former crime or sin Ghost of person abandoned by faithless lover. (Cf. E211ff.)Ghost of suicide seen at death spot or near by. (Cf. E411.1.1, E431.16.)Ghost of soldier haunts battlefield

Travels with

Murderer cannot rest in grave

wander