Addressing the dead

Motif

Addressing the dead.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E545.19

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IrishOld Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic, Tale 6THE FAIRY PALACE OF THE QUICKEN TREES.[LXXVII.]
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 35XXXV. THE BUNGLING HOST *:
Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. VIII
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 7, Section CLXXI
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 7, Section LII

Within the index

Filed under The dead speak.

2 finer motifs beneath it

The dead cannot speak until spoken to Proper means of addressing ghosts

Filed beside it

Words uttered from the tomb The dead are silent Conversation between the dead Dead predict death. (Cf. E363.3.)Dead announce own death. (Cf. E723ff.)Dead will not speak of their condition Questions to dead are dangerous Dead speak on Hallowe'en. (Cf. V70.5.)Holy man converses with entombed dead Fairy converses with dead Dead holy man begs grave-digger not to bury sinner on top of him Corpse exclaims over miracle Ghost chooses own requiem Ghost directs man to hidden treasure Man converses with dead The dead hear saint's bell. (Cf. D1213.)

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