Ghostly barber — Mythoi

Motif

Ghostly barber.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E571

Cited in the index

general *Type 326
general *BP I 24
general *Fb "balbere" IV 23a.

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 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

Carried in tale types

The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is · ATU 326 1 recorded variant

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