Suicide cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E334.7, E431.16.) — Mythoi

Motif

Suicide cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E334.7, E431.16.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · The unquiet grave. · view the constellation · filed as E411.1.1

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Ghosts
general Fb "lys" II 481b, "selvmord" III 183b
general Hartland Science 238
general Tobler 22. – Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 4 No. 35, 7 No. 53
general England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Murderer cannot rest in grave.

1 finer motif beneath it

Suicides must walk the earth until time for their natural death

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Ghost of suicide seen at death spot or near by. (Cf. E411.1.1, E431.16.) Burial of suicide to prevent walking. (Cf. E334.7, E411.1.1, E441.)

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