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Motif

Dead speak on Hallowe'en. (Cf. V70.5.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E545.6

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Filed under The dead speak.

1 finer motif beneath it
Thirsty when hanged, corpse asks for water on Hallowe'en
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 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.) Saint after his death gives directions where he wants to be buried
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Festival of Samhain (Hallowe'en, Tara [Temair])

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