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Motifs — first 20 of 549
- Rodent gnaws away ladder to other world and thus ghosts remain on earth. A666.2
- Ghosts of the sun's children return to cause eclipse. A737.4
- Stars as fires in the hearths of ghosts. A761.4
- Disease caused by ghosts. A1337.0.2
- Animal languages learned from ghosts (spirits). B217.3
- Tabu: shooting at consecrated wafer. Man's ghost wanders. C55.2
- Tabu: masking as ghost in graveyard. C94.5
- Tabu: eating in land of ghosts. C211.2.1
- Tabu: looking at ghosts. C311.1.1
- Tabu: looking through the upturned sleeve of a fur coat. One sees ghosts. C311.1.1.1
- Tabu: looking over cemetery walls, lest one see ghosts. C334
- Tabu: laughing at sight of ghosts. C462
- Tabu: sleeping on the path of ghosts. C735.2.6
- Tabu: finding name of ghost. C824
- Magic object received from ghost. D812.4
- Wagon refuses to move because ghost is sitting in it. (Cf. D1113, D1654.5.) D1317.10
- Magic circle protects from ghosts. (Cf. D1272.) D1381.11.2
- Silver bullet protects against giants, ghosts, and witches. (Cf. D1096.3.) D1385.4
- Copper as defense against ghosts and magic. (Cf. D1252.2.) D1385.5.1
- Saint's bachall keeps off monsters and ghosts. (Cf. D1277.) D1385.8
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1318 Mistaking a Person (Animal, Object) for a Supernatural Being (previously Objects Thought to be Ghosts)
- ATU 1676 The Pretended Ghost (previously Joker Posing as Ghost Punished by Victim)
- ATU 1740B Thieves as Ghosts
- ATU 1837 Holy Ghost in the Church (previously The Parson to Let a Dove Fly in the Church)
- ATU 325* The Sorcerer's Apprentice (previously Apprentice and Ghost)