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

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

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

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

Dead returns to replace boundary marks he has removed. (Cf. E416.)

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