μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The dead wail (Cf. E402ff.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E547

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Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman.
  • general Fb "kirkeklokke" II 131a
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous actions of revenants.

1 finer motif beneath it
The dead groan
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 speak The dead sing. (Cf. E371.3.) 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 (Thompson’s cf.)
Mysterious ghostlike noises heard. (Song, animal cries, footsteps, etc.) (Cf. E337.1, E236.7.) Ghost moans. (Cf. E547.)

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