The dead

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• Revenant as hedgehog. E423.2.4
• Revenant as seal. E423.2.5
• Revenant as deer. E423.2.6
• Revenant as wolf. E423.2.7
• Revenant as rat. E423.2.8
• Revenant as "man-monkey". E423.2.9
• Revenant in tiger form. E423.2.10
• Revenant as mouse. E423.2.11
• Revenant as squirrel. E423.2.12
• Revenant as bird. E423.3
• Revenant as dove. E423.3.1
• Revenant as swan. E423.3.2
• Revenant as partridge. E423.3.3
• Revenant as raven. E423.3.4
• Revenant as owl. E423.3.5
• Revenant as hen. Sometimes with chickens. E423.3.6
• Revenant as goose. E423.3.7
• Revenant as crow. E423.3.8
• Revenant as sea-gull. E423.3.9
• Revenant as duck. E423.3.10
• Revenant as bean-goose. E423.3.11
• Revenant as frog. E423.4
• Revenant as snake (serpent). E423.5
• Revenant as centaur. E423.6
• Revenant as fly. E423.7
• Revenant as spider. E423.8
• Revenant as eel. E423.9
• Revenant as dwarf. E424
• Revenant in human form. E425
• Revenant as woman. E425.1
• Revenant as lady in white. E425.1.1
• Revenant as naked woman. E425.1.2
• Revenant as seductive woman. E425.1.3
• Revenant as woman carrying baby. E425.1.4
• Revenant as woman riding hog. E425.1.5
• Revenant as horrible female figure. Covered with snakes and toads. E425.1.6
• Revenant as woman with seal's head. E425.1.7
• Revenant as man. E425.2
• Revenant as old man. E425.2.1
• Revenant as man with horse's head. E425.2.2
• Revenant as priest or parson. (Cf. E338.5, E417.) E425.2.3
• Revenant as American Indian. E425.2.4
• Revenant as piper. E425.2.5
• Revenant as child. E425.3
• Revenant as object. E426
• Ghost in shape of a bag. E426.1
• Revenant as a rolling cask. E426.2
• Defense against ghosts and the dead. E430
• Precautions at funeral against revenant. E431
• Test for presence of demons in corpses. E431.0.1
• Burial service read into hat to prevent dead walking. E431.1
• Water thrown on corpse to prevent return. E431.2
• Mould thrown on corpse to prevent return. E431.3
• Coffin carried through hole in wall to prevent return of dead. E431.4
• Limbs of dead fettered to prevent return. E431.5
• Turf laid on breast of dead to prevent return. E431.6
• Beheaded man's head laid at feet to prevent return. E431.7
• Beheaded man's head laid at back to prevent return. E431.7.1
• Decapitating in order to prevent return. E431.7.2
• Head of beheaded man separated from body (by walking between them) to prevent return. (Cf. E721.1.2.2.) E431.7.2.1
• Dog buried alive to prevent ghosts from walking. E431.8
• Ashes of dead thrown on water to prevent return. E431.9
• Head of corpse thrown on water to prevent return. E431.9.1
• Corpses thrown in water to prevent return. E431.9.2
• Corpse buried under stone so that sun will not shine on him again. E431.10
• Corpse buried under stones. E431.10.1
• Coin placed in mouth of dead to prevent return. E431.11
• Pins stuck in soles of dead man's feet to prevent return. E431.12
• Corpse burned to prevent return. E431.13
• Tall wall around grave to prevent return. E431.14
• People touch corpse before burial to avoid seeing ghost of dead person after burial. E431.15
• Burial of suicide to prevent walking. (Cf. E334.7, E411.1.1, E441.) E431.16
• Suicide buried head (or face) downward. (If corpse moves it. only goes deeper into ground.) E431.16.1
• Suicide buried with stake through heart (body). (Cf. E442.) E431.16.2
• Suicide buried at crossroads. (Cf. E434.4.) E431.16.3
• Criminals buried at crossroads to prevent walking. (Cf. E434.4.) E431.17
• Body cut up and buried in vessels, buried in bag. E431.18
• Burial of corpse at midnight to prevent walking. E431.19
• Coffin with iron band made to keep corpse from returning as tiger. E431.20
• Ghost deceived. E432
• Haunting ghost deceived so that he cannot find road to return. E432.1
• Dead man visiting wife deceived by wife's absurd actions – "no more absurd than ghost visiting wife". (Cf. E321.2, E474.) E432.2
• Woman drying hair scares soul returning from the dead. E432.3
• Ghosts placated by sacrifices. E433
• Mould put on table for the dead. E433.1
• Possessions buried with dead. E433.2
• Animals sacrificed so that dead have food on way to other world. E433.3
• Ghosts pleased by human sacrifices. E433.4
• Ghosts killed by sacrifice of buffaloes. E433.4.1
• Magic protection against revenants. E434
• Hiding from ghosts under church bell. E434.1
• Hiding from ghosts in pulpit. E434.2
• Ghosts cannot cross rapid stream. E434.3
• Ghosts cannot pass crossroads. (Cf. E431.16, E431.17.) E434.4
• Steel as protection against revenants. E434.5
• Keys as protection against revenants. (Cf. D1176.) E434.6
• Knives as protection against revenants. (Cf. D1173.) E434.7
• Ghost cannot pass cross or prayerbook. (Cf. D1266.) E434.8
• Ghost cannot harm person wearing a cross. E434.8.1
• Candle light protection against ghost. E434.9
• Ghost cannot cross new door sill. E434.10
• Ghost detected. E436
• Ghost detected by strewing ashes. Their footprints remain in the ashes. E436.1
• Cats crossing one's path sign of ghosts. E436.2
• Bats flying in house sign of ghosts. E436.3
• Revenants banished. E437
• Revenants banished to glaciers and uninhabited places. E437.1
• Ghost laid in body of water. E437.2
• Ghost driven into body of dead crow, buried under path. E437.3
• Ghost laid under stone. E437.4
• Ghost laid under tree. E437.5
• Ghost laid and confined inside building. E437.6
• Ghost laid and confined in sheepfold. E437.7
• Other protection against revenants. E439
• Revenant forced away by shooting. E439.1
• Dwarfs magically keep ghosts from rising. E439.2
• Dog saves man from malevolent living corpse. Dog killed, man safe. (Cf. B524.1.1.) E439.3
• Seeds of poppy poured into revenant's mouth. E439.4
• Revenant forced away by fire. E439.5
• Ghosts cannot come near spayed bitch. E439.6
• Ghost will not approach a light left burning. E439.7
• Ghost will vanish if seer walks around it nine times. (Cf. D1791, D1273.1.5.) E439.8
• Ghost will not return if door is removed and hung backwards. (Cf. D1783.) E439.9
• Ghost will not come near person who anoints self with new honey. E439.10
• Walking ghost "laid". E440
• Ghost laid by reburial. E441
• Ghost laid when leg is buried. E441.1
• Ghost laid by placing stones in throat of the corpse. E441.2
• Corpse exhumed and heart cremated to lay ghost. E441.3
• Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.) E442
• Hunting woman beaten with sticks of rowan-tree and ankles of corpse tied with branches of same tree. E442.1
• Ghost laid by burial outside village on far side of stream, with four iron nails driven into the corners of the grave. E442.2
• Ghost exorcized and laid. E443
• Laying ghost causes great storm. (Cf. D2141.) E443.0.1
• Protection during ghost-laying ceremony. E443.0.2
• Ghost laid by blessing grave. E443.1
• Ghost laid by prayer. E443.2
• Ghost laid by saying masses. E443.2.1
• The dead man: "Sell my golden teeth and pay for a mass for my soul." E443.2.1.1
• Ghost laid by formulistic prayer. E443.2.2
• Ghost laid by confessor to priest. E443.2.3
• Ghost laid by priest (minister). E443.2.4
• Ghost laid by group of ministers. By prayer and services, usually with "bell, book, and candle" or some modification of the procedure. E443.2.4.1
• Ghosts exorcized by name. E443.3
• Ghost laid by raising a cross. E443.4
• Ghost laid by adjuring it to leave "in the name of God." E443.5
• Ghost laid by baptizing children in its presence. E443.6
• Ghost laid by fasting. E443.7
• Ghost laid by Bible. E443.8
• Ghost laid by consecrated water. E443.9
• Ghost laid by talisman. E444
• Ghost laid by barring off. E445
• Ghost comes through certain crevice: when this is barred she never returns. E445.1
• Ghost killed and thus finally laid. E446
• Corpse magically killed and laid. E446.1
• Ghost laid by burning body. E446.2
• Ghost laid by burning lock of hair. E446.2.1
• Ghost laid by decapitating body. E446.3
• Ghost laid by beating body to pieces. E446.3.1
• Slain ghost carried off by other ghosts. E446.4
• Ghost laid by pushing it into water. E446.5
• Ghost finds rest when certain thing happens. E451
• Ghost laid when crime has been confessed. (Cf. E412.5.) E451.1
• Corpse cannot be laid until after he has confided the secret of magic charms. E451.1.1
• Ghost laid when penance is done. (Cf. E411.0.2.1.) E451.2
• Ghost laid when vow is fulfilled. (Cf. E415.3.) E451.3
• Ghost laid when living man speaks to it. E451.4
• Ghost asked to identify self "in name of God." E451.4.1
• Ghost laid when treasure is unearthed. E451.5
• Money must be distributed to beggars so that ghost may be laid. E451.5.1
• Beggar's ghost laid when pig bought with money taken from him is brought to his grave. Sinks in grave. E451.6
• Bearded woman ghost laid by shaving her. E451.7
• Ghost laid when house it haunts is destroyed or changed. E451.8
• Ghost laid when revenge is accomplished. E451.9
• Ghost laid when rest of poem is recited. E451.10
• Ghost laid at cockcrow (dawn). E452
• Dead quiescent during day. E452.1
• Ghost invisible during day. E452.2
• Ghost transformed into animal. (Cf. D100, E423.) E453
• Ghost is laid by giving it a never-ending or impossible task. (Cf. H900, H1010.) E454
• Man raises corpses and gets their shrouds, then "lays" them again. E456
• Other exorcism practices. E459
• Ghost demands a body and soul before it will agree to be laid. Monk provides cock and sole of shoe. E459.1
• Ghost laid when bones are brought to home country from foreign soil. E459.2
• Ghost laid when its wishes are acceded to. E459.3
• Ghost bound and jailed. E459.4
• Ghost laid at midnight. E459.5
• Ghost laid by burying bell from church in one pond, the clapper in another. If the two ever come together again, the ghost can walk. E459.6
• Ghost laid when his skull is thrown into the Ganges. E459.7
• Revenants in conflict. E460
• Fight of revenant with living person. (Cf. E261.1.3.) E461
• Revenant challenged to combat. E461.1
• Fight of living person with dead in the grave. E461.2
• Revenant overawed by living person. E462
• Living man in dead man's shroud. Refuses to let corpse return to grave before he tells how to resuscitate woman living man has killed. E463
• Revenant tricked or jeered into a bottle, corked up and put in safe place. (Cf. D2177.1.) E464
• Revenant rewards its conqueror. E465
• Revenants fight each other. E467
• Two dead men struggle over living man. E467.1
• Intimate relations of dead and living. E470