Dead man writes

Motif

Dead man writes.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E557

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , Europe: a Prophecy
Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Hell 34
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter XII
Literary Crystallization Ulysses , 1 Telemachus

Cited in the index

general Fb "spøgelse" III 520a.

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous actions of revenants.

1 finer motif beneath it

Ghost writes on wall the answers to problems of person in trouble

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 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 Ghosts forced to labor Dead person spins

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