Suicide buried with stake through heart (body). (Cf. E442.)

Motif

Suicide buried with stake through heart (body). (Cf. E442.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Defense against ghosts and the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E431.16.2

Cited in the index

general England, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Burial of suicide to prevent walking. (Cf. E334.7, E411.1.1, E441.)

Filed beside it

Suicide buried head (or face) downward. (If corpse moves it. only goes deeper into ground.) Suicide buried at crossroads. (Cf. E434.4.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.)

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