Beheaded man's head laid at back to prevent return

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Beheaded man's head laid at back to prevent return.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Defense against ghosts and the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E431.7.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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Icelandic*Boberg.
general *Fb "hoved" I 655b

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Decapitating in order to prevent return

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