Dead must be answered in whispers — Mythoi

Motif

Dead must be answered in whispers.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E545.23

Filed across the traditions

Eskimo (Labrador) Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266, (Greenland): Rink 302, Rasmussen II 269.

Within the index

Filed under The dead speak.

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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