Horse unable to draw evil dead man — Mythoi

Motif

Horse unable to draw evil dead man.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · The unquiet grave. · view the constellation · filed as E411.0.3

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 113 No. 4
Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 4
Finnish-Swedish cf. Wessman 1 Nos. 7–9
U.S. *Baughman.
general McKay Bealoideas III 141

Within the index

Filed under Dead cannot rest because of sin.

1 finer motif beneath it

Dead body cannot be moved from where it lies

Filed beside it

Hand of sinner sticks out of grave Unquiet dead sinner taken to priest for absolution Sinner wanders between earth and heaven Other dead drive sinner from graveyard Earth rejects buried body. (Cf. V62.1.) Demons cast evil man from grave leaving only his shroud Saint's body miraculously moves so that it is laid properly north and south, not northeast and southwest Murderer cannot rest in grave Adulterous person cannot rest in grave Perjurer cannot rest in grave Usurer cannot rest in grave Swindler cannot rest in grave Person who never said "good morning" cannot rest in grave Monk who dies without his cowl cannot rest in grave Pilate appears periodically at Mt. Pilatus and washes his hands Magician who has sold his soul to the devil hires his servant to bury him properly: the coffin bursts. (Cf. E261.2.1.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Corpse in coffin refuses to be moved in wagon. (Cf. D1654.5, E272.1, E411.0.3.) Ghost rides in cart. Horse can scarcely pull cart, later dies or goes mad. (Cf. D1654.9, E332, E411.0.3.)

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