μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Living person in service of a dead man.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Miscellaneous actions of revenants. · view the constellation · filed as E596

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Cited in the index
  • general BP I 214.
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous actions of revenants.

1 finer motif beneath it
Ghost works for human being
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

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