Ghost exorcized and laid

Motif

Ghost exorcized and laid.

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

EstonianAarne FFC XXV 115 No. 11
FinnishAarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 11
Finnish-SwedishWessman 7 No. 51, 27 No. 243
New YorkJones JAFL LVII 251
West IndiesFlowers 430.
general *Fb "bande" IV 24a, "Jesus" II 41a
general Tobler 65

Within the index

Filed under Walking ghost "laid".

11 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Ghost laid by reburial Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.)Ghost laid by talisman Ghost laid by barring off Ghost killed and thus finally laid Ghost finds rest when certain thing happens Ghost laid at cockcrow (dawn)Ghost transformed into animal. (Cf. D100, E423.)Ghost is laid by giving it a never-ending or impossible task. (Cf. H900, H1010.)Man raises corpses and gets their shrouds, then "lays" them again Other exorcism practices

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