μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Laying ghost causes great storm. (Cf. D2141.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Walking ghost "laid". · view the constellation · filed as E443.0.1

Filed across the traditions
  • England *Baughman.
Within the index

Filed under Ghost exorcized and laid.

Filed beside it
Protection during ghost-laying ceremony Ghost laid by blessing grave Ghost laid by prayer Ghosts exorcized by name Ghost laid by raising a cross Ghost laid by adjuring it to leave "in the name of God." Ghost laid by baptizing children in its presence Ghost laid by fasting Ghost laid by Bible Ghost laid by consecrated water
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Storm produced by magic. (Cf. D905, D1541.)

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