μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Wraiths of persons separate from body.

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

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  • general England, U.S.: Baughman.
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Filed under Soul leaves or enters the body.

8 finer motifs beneath 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.) Actions of wraith Appearance of wraith as calamity omen
Filed beside it
Souls of human beings seen in dream Soul journeys from the body Soul leaves body at death Soul leaves one body and enters another Soul enters body and animates it Relation of body to soul Evil spirit possesses person
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Dead announce own death. (Cf. E723ff.)

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