μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Invisible ghosts.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Appearance of revenant. · view the constellation · filed as E421.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • N. Am. Indian (Tahltan) Teit JAFL XXXII 226
  • North Carolina Brown Collection I 681
  • Jewish Neuman.
  • general *Tobler 92ff.
  • general England, Wales: *Baughman
Within the index

Filed under Spectral ghosts.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Ghost visible to one person alone Ghost visible to horses alone Ghost visible to dogs alone Ghosts visible only to sheep Ghosts visible only to seals Ghost visible only to wild fowls
Filed beside it
Ghosts cast no shadow Luminous ghosts. (Cf. E530.1, E742.) Ghosts as shadow Ghost seen by two or more persons; they corroborate the appearance
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Witch invisible. (Cf. A11, D1980, E421.1, G303.6.2.1, F235.1, E501.1.)

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