Dead man sobs. (Cf. E402.1.1.)

Motif

Dead man sobs. (Cf. E402.1.1.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E551

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVII LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XIV
Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 6

Filed across the traditions

Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 296 No. 21.

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous actions of revenants.

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.) The dead wail (Cf. E402ff.) Dead make music on their ribs 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.)

Vocal sounds of ghost of human being. (Cf. E545.) Ghost sobs. (Cf. E551.) Soul weeps when departing from body. (Cf. E551.)

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