The dead speak

Motif

The dead speak.

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

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 13, Section LXXI
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua)Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated), Part 2, Chapter 4
Literary CrystallizationFour Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee, King Lear Act 5
ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LXIVLXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires
NorseThe Poetic Edda, ATLAMOL EN GRÖNLENZKUATLAMOL EN GRÖNLENZKU

Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross
Icelandic*Boberg
Jewish*Neuman
West IndiesFlowers 431
IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous actions of revenants.

25 finer motifs beneath 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.)Saint after his death gives directions where he wants to be buried Dead predict calamity or disaster The dead foretell the future. (Cf. E363.3, E576.)Ghost asks to be taken to former home. (C.f. all references to E332.3.3.1.)Addressing the dead Part of ghost speaks Heads of slain people in magician's house advises hero Conversation between God and Adam's corpse +1 more

Filed beside it

Revenants eat. (Cf. E499.1.)Dead man touches living Dead drag boat to strand Ghost leaves evidence of his appearance. (Cf. E322.3.3.1, E542. 1ff.)The dead sing. (Cf. E371.3.)The dead wail (Cf. E402ff.)Dead make music on their ribs Dead man sobs. (Cf. E402.1.1.)Ghost in form of bear sneezes. (Cf. E423.2.1.)Ghost becomes log during day Ghost plays musical instrument Dead man smokes pipe Ghost drinks Dead man writes Ghosts forced to labor Dead person spins

Travels with

Laughing skull advises hero. (Cf. E545.)Vocal sounds of ghost of human being. (Cf. E545.)

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