μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Dead man wanders with torch. (Cf. E599.7.)

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E594

Filed across the traditions
  • Eskimo (Ungava) Turner RBAE XI 266.
  • general Tobler 84
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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Ghost carries lantern. (Cf. E371.10, E472, E594, E530.1, F491.1.)

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