The dead

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• Dead predict calamity or disaster. E545.16
• Dead predict war. (Cf. E575.) E545.16.1
• The dead foretell the future. (Cf. E363.3, E576.) E545.17
• Ghost asks to be taken to former home. (C.f. all references to E332.3.3.1.) E545.18
• Addressing the dead. E545.19
• The dead cannot speak until spoken to. E545.19.1
• Proper means of addressing ghosts. E545.19.2
• Part of ghost speaks. E545.20
• Strand of hair from drowned woman speaks. E545.20.1
• Heads of slain people in magician's house advises hero. E545.21
• Conversation between God and Adam's corpse. E545.22
• Dead must be answered in whispers. E545.23
• The dead sing. (Cf. E371.3.) E546
• The dead wail (Cf. E402ff.) E547
• The dead groan. E547.1
• Dead make music on their ribs. E548
• Dead man sobs. (Cf. E402.1.1.) E551
• Ghost in form of bear sneezes. (Cf. E423.2.1.) E552
• Ghost becomes log during day. E553
• Ghost plays musical instrument. E554
• Ghost plays organ. E554.1
• Dead man smokes pipe. E555
• Ghost drinks. E556
• Ghost drinks liquor. E556.1
• The dead man asks for whiskey. E556.1.1
• Dead man writes. E557
• Ghost writes on wall the answers to problems of person in trouble. E557.1
• Ghosts forced to labor. E558
• Dead person spins. E561
• Sight of dead woman spinning drives people insane. E561.1
• Dead person weaves. E562
• Dead person knits. E563
• Man who has died and returned to life becomes diviner. E564
• Ghosts clank chains. (Cf. E501.13.1.2., E755.2.2.) E565
• Dead person threshes. E567
• Revenant lies down and sleeps. E568
• Revenant leaves impression of body in bed. E568.1
• Ghostly barber. E571
• Ghost walks through solid substance. E572
• Ghost tried in court. E573
• Appearance of ghost serves as death omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.1, E265.3, E501.20.) E574
• Ghost as omen of calamity or ill fortune. E575
• Dead man praises God. E576
• Dead intercedes before God for mortal. E576.1
• Dead persons play games. E577
• Dead persons play ball. (Cf. E494.) E577.1
• Dead persons play cards. E577.2
• Playing cards with a dead man (ghost). E577.2.1
• Dead persons bowl. E577.3
• Dead persons build fires. E578
• Revenants want to warm themselves. E578.1
• Ghosts warm themselves around fire. E578.2
• Dead person rides. E581
• Whirlwind as ghost's vehicle. E581.1
• Ghost rides horse. E581.2
• Ghost jumps on horse behind man. (Cf. E262.) E581.2.1
• Ghost rides cow. E581.3
• Ghost rides bus. E581.4
• Ghost rides on bus, disappears before it crosses bridge. E581.4.1
• Ghost rides heavy iron chest. E581.5
• Ghost rides giant demijohn. E581.6
• Ghost sails over sound on bundle of straw. E581.7
• Dead person drives horses. E582
• Dead persons draw chariot. E583
• Dead person visits earth periodically. (Cf. E332.3.3.1, E535.3.) E585
• Dead person visits earth every seven years. E585.1
• Spectre rides to castle every seven years. E585.2
• Revenant revisits earth every day. E585.3
• Revenant revisits earth nightly. E585.3.1
• Revenant revisits earth yearly. E585.4
• Dead returns soon after burial. E586
• Ghost returns before burial. E586.0.1
• Dead returns on burial day. E586.1
• Dead returns third day after burial. E586.2
• Dead return second day after burial. E586.3
• Dead sent back to life because his name is not in heavenly roll. E586.4
• Ghosts walk at certain times. E587
• Ghosts walk at midday. E587.1
• Ghosts walk on Hallowe'en. (Cf. F211.1.1.1.) E587.2
• Ghost most numerous on St. Thomas Eve and St. Thomas Day. E587.2.1
• Ghosts walk from curfew to cockcrow. (Cf. E452.) E587.3
• Spirits are always in the air. E587.4
• Ghost walk at midnight. E587.5
• Ghosts walk at full moon. E587.6
• Ghost leaves stench behind. E588
• Ghost travels under ground. E591
• Ghost carries burden. E592
• Ghost carries own dead body. E592.1
• Ghost carries coffin on back. E592.2
• Ghost takes things from people. E593
• Ghost steals collar of priest. Evil therefore befalls priest. E593.1
• Ghost steals book from priest. E593.2
• If no lamp is lighted in a house for a period of fourteen days, ghosts take it for their dwelling. E593.3
• Ghost takes bones from grave. E593.4
• Ghost steals food and treasure. E593.5
• Dead man wanders with torch. (Cf. E599.7.) E594
• Cures by transferring disease to dead. Ghoulish charm used for this purpose. E595
• Living person in service of a dead man. E596
• Ghost works for human being. E596.1
• Corpse leaps up in emotion at saint's passing nearby. E597
• Death and return to life rids man of disease. E598
• Other actions of revenants. E599
• Ghost searches for breath. E599.1
• Ghostly corpses seen on floor of house, disappear when coroner comes. E599.2
• Ghost watches (follows) its own corpse. E599.3
• Ghost asks alms (from one who does not know that asker has died) at usual place and time. E599.4
• Ghost travels swiftly. (Cf. D2122.) E599.5
• Ghosts move furniture. E599.6
• Ghost carries lantern. (Cf. E371.10, E472, E594, E530.1, F491.1.) E599.7
• Ghost vanishes when taken home. (Cf. E332.3.3.1.) E599.8
• Ghost seen in two places simultaneously. E599.9
• Playful revenant. E599.10
• Locked doors open at touch of ghosts. E599.11
• Human being transported by a ghost. E599.12
• Dead person bathes. E599.13
• Reincarnation. Return from the dead in another form. E600
• Origin of reincarnation: miscarried message of immortality. E600.1
• Science of reincarnation taught. E600.2
• Reincarnation: former lives remembered. E601
• Man by magic sees his wives in their former incarnations as dog and sow. E601.1
• Reincarnated benefactor helped by man he has befriended in former life. E601.2
• Punishments earned on one life paid in next reincarnation. E601.3
• Reincarnation in form determined at death. E602
• Limited number of souls in world necessitates reincarnation. E603
• Definite number of reincarnations. E604
• Seven reincarnations. E604.1
• Reincarnation in another human form. E605
• Reincarnation with change of sex. E605.1
• Reincarnation: woman reborn as man. E605.1.1
• Man reborn as woman. E605.1.2
• Reincarnation: god reborn as man. E605.2
• Reincarnation: spirit reborn as man. E605.2.1
• Reincarnation: man becomes god. E605.3
• Reincarnation: man becomes spirit. E605.4
• Reincarnation: prince becomes common man. E605.5
• Reincarnation: common man becomes prince. E605.6
• Man reincarnated as child. (Cf. E607.2.) E605.7
• Reincarnation as child which is within a fish. E605.7.1
• Horse-headed men reborn as money-lenders. E605.8
• Reincarnation as conjurer. E605.9
• Reasons for reincarnation. (Cf. E693.) E606
• Reincarnation as punishment for sin. E606.1
• Reincarnation to complete unfinished work. E606.2
• Methods of reincarnation. E607
• Bones of dead collected and buried. Return in another form directly from grave. E607.1
• Bones of dead collected and thrown into river. E607.1.1
• Person transforms self, is swallowed and reborn in new form. (Cf. D605.7, D610.) E607.2
• Person is swallowed and then reborn. E607.2.1
• Rebirth by crawling into woman's womb. E607.2.2
• Hauling canoe over dead man's body causes return from dead in new form. E607.3
• Reincarnation by fasting. E607.4
• Cauldron of regeneration (reincarnation). E607.5
• Reincarnation as animal. E610
• Reincarnation: man to animal to man. E610.1
• Reincarnation: boy to bird to boy. Boy returns as bird, who later becomes the boy. E610.1.1
• Reincarnation: man to fish to man. E610.1.2
• Reincarnation as domestic animal. E611
• Reincarnation as horse. (Cf. D131.) E611.1
• Reincarnation: man as horse-head. E611.1.1
• Reincarnation as donkey. E611.1.2
• Reincarnation as cow. (Cf. D133.1.) E611.2
• Divinity reincarnated as cow. E611.2.0.1
• Reincarnation as bull. E611.2.1
• Divinity reincarnated as bull. (Cf. A132.9.) E611.2.1.0.1
• Reincarnation as bullock. E611.2.1.1
• Reincarnation as an ox. E611.2.2
• Reincarnation as calf. E611.2.3
• Reincarnation as a buffalo. E611.2.4
• Man reincarnated as swine. E611.3
• Man reincarnated as wild boar. E611.3.1
• Man reincarnated as goat. (Cf. D134.) E611.4
• Man reincarnated as cat. E611.5
• God reincarnated as cat. E611.5.1
• Man reincarnated as dog. (Cf. D141.) E611.6
• Reincarnation as wild animal. E612
• Reincarnation as lion. E612.1
• Reincarnation as wolf. E612.2
• Reincarnation as hare. E612.3
• Reincarnation as fox. (Cf. D113.3.) E612.4
• Reincarnation as deer. E612.5
• Reincarnation as seal. (Cf. D127.1.) E612.6
• Reincarnation as mongoose. E612.7
• Reincarnation as bear. E612.8
• Reincarnation as hyena. E612.9
• Reincarnation as jackal. E612.10
• Reincarnation as elephant. E612.11
• Reincarnation as monkey. E612.12
• Reincarnation as rat. E612.13
• Reincarnation as otter. E612.14
• Reincarnation as bird. E613
• Reincarnation of murdered child as bird. E613.0.1
• Reincarnation of unbaptized child as bird. E613.0.2
• Reincarnation of old maids as birds. E613.0.3
• Reincarnation of drowned persons as birds. E613.0.4
• Severed heads of monster become birds. E613.0.5
• Reincarnation of girl eaten by tiger as bird. E613.0.6
• Reincarnation as duck. E613.1
• Reincarnation as sheldrake. E613.1.1
• Reincarnation as owl. E613.2
• Reincarnation as hawk. (Cf. D152.1.) E613.3