Wraith takes place of person unable to do duty at the necessary time — Mythoi

Motif

Wraith takes place of person unable to do duty at the necessary time.

The dead. · The soul. · Soul leaves or enters the body. · view the constellation · filed as E723.3

Filed across the traditions

Scotland Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Wraiths of persons separate from body.

Filed beside it

Person sees his own wraith Seeing one's wraith a sign that person is to die shortly. (Cf. F405.4.) Wraith does what person wishes to do but is unable to do in the flesh Wraith of sweetheart stays in room where lover has died. It disappears only after her death at far distant point twenty years after death of lover Appearance of his wraith as announcement of person's death. (Cf. E723.2.) Actions of wraith Appearance of wraith as calamity omen

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