Person under religious ban cannot rest in grave — Mythoi

Motif

Person under religious ban cannot rest in grave.

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

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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.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Excommunicated person cannot rest in grave Unbaptized person cannot rest in grave Dead without proper funeral rites cannot rest Child cursed by father cannot rest in grave Ghost of church desecrator cannot rest

Filed beside 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 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