Murdered person cannot rest in grave. (C.f. all references to E231, E334, E337.1.1, E337.3.) — Mythoi

Motif

Murdered person cannot rest in grave. (C.f. all references to E231, E334, E337.1.1, E337.3.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · The unquiet grave. · view the constellation · filed as E413

Filed across the traditions

North Carolina Brown Collection I 682
Finnish-Swedish Wessman 5 Nos. 37–38
general *Fb "spøgelse" III 521a, "gjenganger" I 443b
general Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 323
general Tobler 47
general England, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman
general Kristensen Danske Sagn V (1897) 102ff., 334ff., (1934) 78ff., 252ff.

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.

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 Person under religious ban cannot rest in grave 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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Ghost of murdered person haunts burial spot. (Cf. E413.)

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