Mass (church service) of the dead. Held at midnight — Mythoi

Motif

Mass (church service) of the dead. Held at midnight.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Meetings of the dead. · view the constellation · filed as E492

Filed across the traditions

Danish Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1895) 280ff., (1928) 176ff.
Norwegian Solheim Register 17
Icelandic Boberg
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3558
Jewish *Neuman
New York Jones JAFL LVII 242.
general *BP III 472, 545
general Krappe Balor 116ff., 121 n. 11, JAFL LX 159ff.
general *Fb "død" I 228a, "kirke" II 125b
general *Grunwald Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXX–XXXI 316

Within the index

Filed under Meetings of the dead.

Filed beside it

Procession of the dead Dead men dance Ball game in lower world. (Cf. E577.1.) Wedding of the dead Ghosts gathered on a bridge Fighting warriors show the way of their past life and of their death Meetings of the dead – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Knockers hold midnight mass deep in mines on Christmas Eve. (Cf. E492.) Werwolves hold mass. (Cf. D113.1.1, E492, G243.)

Carried in tale types

Mass of the Dead · ATU 779F* 3 recorded variants

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