Spirit leads person astray

Motif

Spirit leads person astray.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Spirits and demons (general). · view the constellation · filed as F402.1.1

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndiaThompson-Balys.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 215, 523 nn. 19, 20. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 313 No. 83

Within the index

Filed under Deeds of evil spirits.

Filed beside it

Spirit blocks person's road Spirits tangle up peasant's cows Demons assume human forms in order to deceive Demon causes disease Spirit causes weakness Demon of gluttony devours man's food in his throat Spirits put corpse into river Spirit delivers false message Spirit pursues person Spirit causes death Spirit fights against person Ship held back by otherworld women Spirit and horses Demon suitors of girl

Travels with

Ghost misleads traveler on road. See similar actions of fairies, witches, Will-o-the-wisp. (Cf. F402.1.1.)

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