The unquiet grave. (Cf. D2151.1.2.3.) Dead unable to rest in peace. Aside from the references given in the numbers immediately following, see E200–E399 passim

Motif

The unquiet grave. (Cf. D2151.1.2.3.) Dead unable to rest in peace. Aside from the references given in the numbers immediately following, see E200–E399 passim.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · The unquiet grave. · view the constellation · filed as E410

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Jewish*Neuman
Icelandic*Boberg
IndiaThompson-Balys
Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen III 48.

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10 finer motifs beneath it

Ground trembles or rumbles when ghost rises from grave Ghost shakes off earth when he rises from grave Dead cannot rest because of sin Person under religious ban cannot rest in grave Murdered person cannot rest in grave. (C.f. all references to E231, E334, E337.1.1, E337.3.)Drowned person cannot rest in peace. (Cf. E334.4.)Dead cannot rest until certain work is finished Man who removes landmarks cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E345.1.)Dead person speaks from grave Other restless dead

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Grave on shore rises with the tide. (Cf. D1641.8.)

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