μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Luminous ghosts. (Cf. E530.1, E742.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Appearance of revenant. · view the constellation · filed as E421.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 334b s. v. "Geister"
  • New York Jones JAFL LVII 240.
  • general Tobler 83f.
Within the index

Filed under Spectral ghosts.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Ghost as glowing wheel Ghost as firebrand Ghost with glowing face Ghost as fiery bull Ghosts in glowing wagon Ghosts as dogs with glowing tongues and eyes. (Cf. E423.1.1, E522.) Flames issue from corpse's mouth
Filed beside it
Invisible ghosts Ghosts cast no shadow Ghosts as shadow Ghost seen by two or more persons; they corroborate the appearance
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Ghost-like lights Soul as light

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