μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ghost laid by prayer.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Walking ghost "laid". · view the constellation · filed as E443.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s. v. "Geister, Erlösung".
  • general Fb "løse" II 517b
Within the index

Filed under Ghost exorcized and laid.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Ghost laid by saying masses Ghost laid by formulistic prayer Ghost laid by confessor to priest Ghost laid by priest (minister)
Filed beside it
Laying ghost causes great storm. (Cf. D2141.) Protection during ghost-laying ceremony Ghost laid by blessing grave 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

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