Dead man comes back because he was buried without a cap — Mythoi

Motif

Dead man comes back because he was buried without a cap.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · The unquiet grave. · view the constellation · filed as E412.3.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 76 LXXVI. THE SWAN-MAIDENS 28

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Ghosts.

Within the index

Filed under Dead without proper funeral rites cannot rest.

Filed beside it

Naked ghost asks for shirt and promises luck on market for man Dead man asks for shoes (was buried without them)

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