μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

  • IrishBeal XXI 330, O'Suilleabhain 96
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 4 Nos. 31–34
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • New YorkJones JAFL LVII 242
  • Africa (Fang)Trilles 134.
  • general *Herbert III 380 No. 127
  • general Alphabet Nos. 198, 300, 386, 701, 703, 752
  • general England, Wales: *Baughman
Within the index

Filed under 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.

18 finer motifs beneath it
Hand of sinner sticks out of graveUnquiet dead sinner taken to priest for absolutionHorse unable to draw evil dead manSinner wanders between earth and heavenOther dead drive sinner from graveyardEarth rejects buried body. (Cf. V62.1.)Demons cast evil man from grave leaving only his shroudSaint's body miraculously moves so that it is laid properly north and south, not northeast and southwestMurderer cannot rest in graveAdulterous person cannot rest in gravePerjurer cannot rest in graveUsurer cannot rest in graveSwindler cannot rest in gravePerson who never said "good morning" cannot rest in graveMonk who dies without his cowl cannot rest in gravePilate appears periodically at Mt. Pilatus and washes his handsMagician who has sold his soul to the devil hires his servant to bury him properly: the coffin bursts. (Cf. E261.2.1.)Persons who die violent or accidental deaths cannot rest in grave
Filed beside it
Ground trembles or rumbles when ghost rises from graveGhost shakes off earth when he rises from gravePerson under religious ban cannot rest in graveMurdered 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 finishedMan who removes landmarks cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E345.1.)Dead person speaks from graveOther restless dead

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