Poltergeist mistreats animals

Motif

Poltergeist mistreats animals.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Spirits and demons. · Night-spirits. · view the constellation · filed as F473.4

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

U.S.*Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Poltergeist. Invisible spirit (sometimes identified as ghost or witch) responsible for all sorts of mischief in or around a household.

1 finer motif beneath it

Spirit rides horses and mules at night, wears them out. (Cf. F366.2, F471.1.1.1, G265.3.)

Filed beside it

Poltergeist throws objects Poltergeist causes objects to behave contrary to their nature Poltergeist mistreats people Poltergeist makes noises Miscellaneous actions of poltergeist

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