μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man who removes landmarks cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E345.1.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · The unquiet grave. · view the constellation · filed as E416

Cited in the index
  • general Kuhn Sagen aus Westfalen I 40f. No. 34, 118 No. 127, 177 No. 187
  • general Sikes British Goblins (London, 1880) 149
  • general Hoffman JAFL II 33
  • general Frahm Am Urquell II 202
  • general Kristensen Danske Sagn V (1897) 404ff., (1934) 308ff.
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 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 Dead person speaks from grave Other restless dead
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Dead returns to replace boundary marks he has removed. (Cf. E416.)

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