Actions of wraith — Mythoi

Motif

Actions of wraith.

The dead. · The soul. · Soul leaves or enters the body. · view the constellation · filed as E723.7

Within the index

Filed under Wraiths of persons separate from body.

8 finer motifs beneath it

Wraith speaks Wraith rings doorbell Wraith opens and closes door Wraith slams gate Wraith selects wood for coffin Wraith binds grain in field Wraith rides horse. (Cf. E922.1.1.3.1.) Wraiths of persons drowning appear in dripping clothes

Filed beside it

Person sees his own wraith Seeing one's wraith a sign that person is to die shortly. (Cf. F405.4.) Wraith takes place of person unable to do duty at the necessary time 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.) Appearance of wraith as calamity omen

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “actions” · wander