μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The Sleeping Army. Soldiers killed in battle come forth on occasions from their resting place (hill, grave, grotto) and march about or send their leader to do so.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Phantom hosts. · view the constellation · filed as E502

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Schweda 59ff.
  • general *Hartland Science 216ff.
  • general Howey 9
  • general England, Scotland, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman
Within the index

Filed under Phantom hosts.

Filed beside it
The Wild Hunt. (Cf. F282.) (Die Wilde Jagd, Das Wütende Heer, Odinsjæger, Chasse Fantastique.) A ghostly hunter and his rout continue the chase
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Ghostly voice heard on battlefield. (Cf. E502, F418.)

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