Man raises corpses and gets their shrouds, then "lays" them again — Mythoi

Motif

Man raises corpses and gets their shrouds, then "lays" them again.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Walking ghost "laid". · view the constellation · filed as E456

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Walking ghost "laid".

Filed beside it

Ghost laid by reburial Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.) Ghost exorcized and laid 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.) Other exorcism practices

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