Ghost finds rest when certain thing happens.
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Motif
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Filed under Walking ghost "laid".
10 finer motifs beneath it
Ghost laid when crime has been confessed. (Cf. E412.5.)Ghost laid when penance is done. (Cf. E411.0.2.1.)Ghost laid when vow is fulfilled. (Cf. E415.3.)Ghost laid when living man speaks to itGhost laid when treasure is unearthedBeggar's ghost laid when pig bought with money taken from him is brought to his grave. Sinks in graveBearded woman ghost laid by shaving herGhost laid when house it haunts is destroyed or changedGhost laid when revenge is accomplishedGhost laid when rest of poem is recited
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Ghost laid by reburialGhost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.)Ghost exorcized and laidGhost laid by talismanGhost laid by barring offGhost killed and thus finally laidGhost 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 againOther exorcism practices