Ghosts cannot cross rapid stream

Motif

Ghosts cannot cross rapid stream.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Defense against ghosts and the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E434.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

U.S.Baughman.
general *Fb "gjenganger" I 443b

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Filed under Magic protection against revenants.

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Hiding from ghosts under church bell Hiding from ghosts in pulpit Ghosts cannot pass crossroads. (Cf. E431.16, E431.17.)Steel as protection against revenants Keys as protection against revenants. (Cf. D1176.)Knives as protection against revenants. (Cf. D1173.)Ghost cannot pass cross or prayerbook. (Cf. D1266.)Candle light protection against ghost Ghost cannot cross new door sill

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