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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| E459.6 | 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. England: Baughman. |
| E443.2.3 | Ghost laid by confessor to priest. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 99. |
| E443.9 | Ghost laid by consecrated water. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E446.3 | Ghost laid by decapitating body. Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3546A, Legends No. 621. |
| E443.7 | Ghost laid by fasting. England: Baughman. |
| E443.2.2 | Ghost laid by formulistic prayer. England: *Baughman. |
| E443.2.4.1 | Ghost laid by group of ministers. By prayer and services, usually with "bell, book, and candle" or some modification of the procedure. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E442 | Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.) *Fb "pæl" II 904ab, "jærn" II 61a; England, U.S.: *Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3546B, Legends No. 698, Ghosts; S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| E441.2 | Ghost laid by placing stones in throat of the corpse. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E443.2 | Ghost laid by prayer. Fb "løse" II 517b; Icelandic: Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E443.2.4 | Ghost laid by priest (minister). England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E446.5 | Ghost laid by pushing it into water. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux RBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| E443.4 | Ghost laid by raising a cross. Icelandic: Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E441 | Ghost laid by reburial. Icelandic: Boberg; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 115 No. 12; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 12; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3590; U.S.: Baughman. Cf. Gaster Exempla 222 No. 175. |
| E443.2.1 | Ghost laid by saying masses. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 95, 99, Beal XXI 330, 332; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 319; English: Wells 61 (Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne); U.S.: Baughman (E341.3.2.). |
| E444 | Ghost laid by talisman. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fantфme"; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 62. |
| E437.2 | Ghost laid in body of water. England, Ireland, Wales: *Baughman. |
| E437.4 | Ghost laid under stone. England: *Baughman. |
| E437.5 | Ghost laid under tree. England: Baughman. |
| E459.2 | Ghost laid when bones are brought to home country from foreign soil. England: Baughman. |
| E451.1 | Ghost laid when crime has been confessed. (Cf. E412.5.) Fb "løse" II 517a. |
| E459.7 | Ghost laid when his skull is thrown into the Ganges. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E451.8 | Ghost laid when house it haunts is destroyed or changed. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E459.3 | Ghost laid when its wishes are acceded to. England: Baughman. |
| E441.1 | Ghost laid when leg is buried. Fb "løse" II 517a. |
| E451.4 | Ghost laid when living man speaks to it. Fb "løse" II 517a; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E451.2 | Ghost laid when penance is done. (Cf. E411.0.2.1.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E451.10 | Ghost laid when rest of poem is recited. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| E451.9 | Ghost laid when revenge is accomplished. Korean: Zong in-Sob 122f. |
| E451.5 | Ghost laid when treasure is unearthed. Fb "løse" II 517b; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda (Cf. E371ff.). |
| E451.3 | Ghost laid when vow is fulfilled. (Cf. E415.3.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung"; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn V (1897) 266ff., (1934) 196ff.; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E266.2 | Ghost leads people to commit suicide. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E544.1.2 | Ghost leaves a ring with the living. England: Baughman. |
| E544.1.1 | Ghost leaves behind a crucifix. England: Baughman. |
| E544 | Ghost leaves evidence of his appearance. (Cf. E322.3.3.1, E542. 1ff.) Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E421.2.1 | Ghost leaves no footprints. Canada, England: *Baughman. |
| E544.1 | Ghost leaves object after appearance. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E588 | Ghost leaves stench behind. Fb "stank"; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 276, Rasmussen II 275. |
| E530.1.1 | Ghost light follows ghost. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.3 | Ghost light haunts burial spot. England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E231.3 | Ghost light hovers over hiding place of body of murdered person. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.5 | Ghost light indicates impending calamity. Scotland: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.7 | Ghost light indicates route funeral will take. (Cf. D1825.7.1.) England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.4 | Ghost light on farm indicates that occupants will move shortly. Scotland: Baughman. |
| E530.1.6 | Ghost light serves as death omen. (Cf. D1812.5.) England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E481.5 | Ghost lives midway between heaven and earth. Fb "spøgelse" III 519b. |
| E272.5 | Ghost misleads traveler on road. See similar actions of fairies, witches, Will-o-the-wisp. (Cf. F402.1.1.) Wales: Baughman. |
| E402.1.1.2 | Ghost moans. (Cf. E547.) Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E587.2.1 | Ghost most numerous on St. Thomas Eve and St. Thomas Day. England: Baughman. |
| E389.1 | Ghost must be summoned by king else he appears head downward. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E225.1 | Ghost of abortion. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 274, 392, 410, 439, Holm 88, Rasmussen III 181f. |
| E522.2 | Ghost of bear. (Cf. E423.2.1.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 87. |
| E524 | Ghost of bird. (Cf. E423.3.) |
| E521.4 | Ghost of calf. (Cf. E423.1.8.1.) *Fb "kalv" II 79a; U.S.: Baughman. |
| E521.3 | Ghost of cat. (Cf. E423.1.2.) Kittredge Witchcraft 497 n. 41. |
| E412.5 | Ghost of church desecrator cannot rest. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E524.2 | Ghost of cock. |
| E521.2 | Ghost of dog. Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Geist"; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 22 No. 202; Jewish: *Neuman; Texas: Bishop Pub. Texas Folklore Soc. XV 119—21; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 488, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 228. |
| E521 | Ghost of domestic beast. |
| E544.1.3 | Ghost of drowned man leaves puddle of salt water where he stands. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E327.4 | Ghost of father returns to rebuke child. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E265.1.2 | Ghost of father slaps son's face; a cancer grows there. Canada: Baughman. |
| E523 | Ghost of fish. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 33. |
| E522.1 | Ghost of fox (Cf. E423.2.3.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 24. |
| E524.1 | Ghost of goose. Fb "gasse" I 425a. |
| E521.5 | Ghost of hog. Fb "svin" III 676b. |
| E521.1 | Ghost of horse. *Howey 31; *Fb "stud" III 619b, "hest" I 599b, "helhest" I 584b; *Kittredge Witchcraft 177 n. 31; *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 164ff.; England: Baughman. |
| E225 | Ghost of murdered child. English: *Child I 218 No. 20; Tobler 30; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 114 No. 9; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 9; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 40 No. 3; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 241, 244; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 392, 410, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 181. |
| E363.5.1 | Ghost of murdered girl appears and lends jewels needed for a ball in exchange for flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E334.2.1 | Ghost of murdered person haunts burial spot. (Cf. E413.) Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E334.3 | Ghost of person abandoned by faithless lover. (Cf. E211ff.) England, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E334.2.2 | Ghost of person killed in accident seen at death or burial spot. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E415.3 | Ghost of priest cannot rest because he failed to say certain masses for the dead. (Cf. E341.3, Q521.6.) Canada, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E521.1.3 | Ghost of race horse wins race in competition with living horses. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E334.5 | Ghost of soldier haunts battlefield. England: *Baughman. |
| E521.5.1 | Ghost of sow. Fb "sø" III 450a. |
| E266.1 | Ghost of suicide drags people into stream. England: *Baughman. |
| E334.4 | Ghost of suicide seen at death spot or near by. (Cf. E411.1.1, E431.16.) England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E334.2.3 | Ghost of tragic lover haunts scene of tragedy. (Cf. E337.3.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E522 | Ghost of wild beast. |
| E261.4.1 | Ghost of witch in her coffin chases man. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E367.5 | Ghost of woman chides unbeliever. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 291. |
| E321.4 | Ghost often visits his widow and her new husband. England: Baughman. |
| E332.3 | Ghost on road asks traveler for ride. (Cf. E581, E582.) |
| E554 | Ghost plays musical instrument. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E554.1 | Ghost plays organ. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 676. |
| E725.2 | Ghost possesses girl and she speaks in dialect unknown to her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E299.2 | Ghost prevents removal of box from abbey. The box takes on miraculous weight. England: Baughman. |
| E279.3 | Ghost pulls bedclothing from sleeper. England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E544.2 | Ghost pulls off blanket from sleeper. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts, Index No. 3540. |
| E234 | Ghost punishes injury received in life. |
| E235.1 | Ghost punishes person who mocks him. Fb "sjæl" III 214b, "gjenganger" I 443b; Spanish Exempla: Keller; U.S.: Baughman. |
| E279.6 | Ghost punishes person who molests him. England, Ireland, Wales: *Baughman. |
| E261.4 | Ghost pursues man. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 677, 681; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 409, 463, Rasmussen III 182, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 62. |
| E384.2 | Ghost raised inadvertently by whistling. England: Baughman. |
| E337 | Ghost reenacts scene from own lifetime. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E235.2.2 | Ghost returns because corpse was not properly burned. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E586.0.1 | Ghost returns before burial. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E363 | Ghost returns to aid living. |
| E376 | Ghost returns to confess misdeed. England: Baughman. |
| E235.2 | Ghost returns to demand proper burial. Fb "lig" II 411b; Irish: *Cross, Baughman; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 199. |
| E234.0.1 | Ghost returns to demand vengeance. (Cf. E232.2.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E419.8 | Ghost returns to enforce its burial wishes or to protest disregard of them. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E415.1 | Ghost returns to hunt lost article. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 3 No. 24; U.S.: *Baughman (E328). |
| E231.5 | Ghost returns to murderer, causes him to confess. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E363.2 | Ghost returns to protect the living. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E232.4 | Ghost returns to slay enemies. U.S.: Baughman; S. A. Indian (Guaporé River): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 378. |
| E232.2 | Ghost returns to slay man who has injured it while living. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E272.2 | Ghost rides behind rider on horse. (Cf. E215.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E581.4 | Ghost rides bus. |
| E581.3 | Ghost rides cow. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E581.6 | Ghost rides giant demijohn. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E581.5 | Ghost rides heavy iron chest. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E581.2 | Ghost rides horse. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E332.3.2 | Ghost rides in carriage, disappears suddenly at certain spot. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E272.1 | Ghost rides in cart. Horse can scarcely pull cart, later dies or goes mad. (Cf. D1654.9, E332, E411.0.3.) Ireland, England: Baughman. |
| E581.4.1 | Ghost rides on bus, disappears before it crosses bridge. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E332.3.1 | Ghost rides on horseback with rider. (Cf. E215.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| E262 | Ghost rides on man's back. *Fb "ryg" III 103a, "spøgelse" III 520a; E. H. Meyer Germanische 76; Schönbach Sitzungsberichte d. Phil. Hist. Classe der Kaiserl. Akad. d. Wiss. zu. Wien CXXXIX (1890) 135; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3511. |
| E581.7 | Ghost sails over sound on bundle of straw. Fb "halmknippe" I 539b. |
| E293.2 | Ghost scares card players. U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E293.1 | Ghost scares thief, prevents theft. England: *Baughman. |
| E599.1 | Ghost searches for breath. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E236.8 | Ghost seeks repayment of stolen money. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| E421.5 | Ghost seen by two or more persons; they corroborate the appearance. England: *Baughman. |
| E599.9 | Ghost seen in two places simultaneously. England: Baughman. |
| E410.2 | Ghost shakes off earth when he rises from grave. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E535.3 | Ghost ship. (Cf. E510.) Canada, England, U.S.: *Baughman. Childs NYFQ V 146ff.; Jones JAFL LVII 244. |
| E402.1.1.4 | Ghost sings. (Cf. E546.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E231.2 | Ghost skeleton points lance at murderer. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E402.1.7 | Ghost slams door. Canada: Baughman. |
| E234.1 | Ghost slaps face of son who cheated him out of property. A cancer grows on son's face. Canada: Baughman. |
| E402.1.1.5 | Ghost snores. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E402.1.1.6 | Ghost sobs. (Cf. E551.) England: Baughman. |
| E402.1.3.1 | Ghost sounds conch shell. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 349. |
| E234.2 | Ghost stampedes stolen cattle being driven past his ranch. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E593.2 | Ghost steals book from priest. *Fb "bog" IV 53b. |
| E593.1 | Ghost steals collar of priest. Evil therefore befalls priest. *Fb "gjenganger" I 443. |
| E593.5 | Ghost steals food and treasure. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 123. |
| E265.1.3 | Ghost strikes man in face, making his mouth crooked. Ireland: Baughman. |
| E542.1.4.1 | Ghost strikes man on face: cancer grows there. Canada: Baughman. |
| E542.1.4.2 | Ghost strikes man on face: marks remain permanently. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E542.1.4 | Ghost strikes man on face. |
| E542.1.3 | Ghost strikes man on mouth; leaves his mouth crooked. Ireland: Baughman. |
| E363.1.1 | Ghost substitutes for bride on her wedding journey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E251.3.4 | Ghost sucks people's breath. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 173. |
| E384.1 | Ghost summoned by beating drum. England: Baughman. |
| E384.3 | Ghost summoned by blast on horn (whistle). Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 29; S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 110. |
| E386.2 | Ghost summoned by charm. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 98; MacCulloch Eddic 298—300, 312. |
| E386.1 | Ghost summoned by holy water. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 312. |
| E384 | Ghost summoned by music. |
| E382 | Ghost summoned by pouring blood of sacrifices into trench. Greek: Fox 145. |
| E381 | Ghost summoned by weeping. See all references to E361. *Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 323f; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 281 n. 41. |
| E387.3 | Ghost summoned for purposes of necromancy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E387.1 | Ghost summoned in order to talk to it. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E387.2 | Ghost summoned to get something from it. |
| E389 | Ghost summoned—miscellaneous. |
| E380 | Ghost summoned. *Fb "mane" II 547a; Irish: Beal XXI 310; Scotland: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3513; Jewish: *Neuman; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E593.4 | Ghost takes bones from grave. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 81. |
| E593 | Ghost takes things from people. |
| E231.1 | Ghost tells name of murderer. Wales: Baughman. |
| E542.3 | Ghost throws man into ditch, leaving his side numb. England: Baughman. |
| E542.4 | Ghost touches man's hat, scorching it and turning lock of his hair white. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E542.1.2 | Ghost touches man's neck, leaves impression of hand on neck. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E453 | Ghost transformed into animal. (Cf. D100, E423.) England: *Baughman. |
| E599.5 | Ghost travels swiftly. (Cf. D2122.) England: Baughman. |
| E591 | Ghost travels under ground. Fb "jord" II 45b. |
| E573 | Ghost tried in court. **Jacoby Zs. f. Vksk. XXIII (1913) 184; Jewish: Neuman. |
| E253 | Ghost tries to kill person for food. Africa (Nyang): Ittman 58. |
| E415.1.1 | Ghost unlaid until iron he hid in life is found. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E299.5 | Ghost unties boats, setting them adrift. Canada: Baughman. |
| E299.3 | Ghost upsets farmers' wagons. England: Baughman. |
| E599.8 | Ghost vanishes when taken home. (Cf. E332.3.3.1.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E279.5 | Ghost violently brands drunkard with "D". U.S.: Baughman. |
| E421.1.6 | Ghost visible only to wild fowls. Greenland: Baughman. |
| E421.1.3 | Ghost visible to dogs alone. England: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 681; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E421.1.2 | Ghost visible to horses alone. *Fb "hest" I 600a, IV 212a; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 26 No. 227; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 678. |
| E421.1.1 | Ghost visible to one person alone. Spanish Exempla: Keller; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 243; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 64; N. A. Indian (Teton): Dorsey AA o.s. II (1889) 148. |
| E587.5 | Ghost walk at midnight. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E572 | Ghost walks through solid substance. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E363.3 | Ghost warns the living. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E599.3 | Ghost watches (follows) its own corpse. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E439.7 | Ghost will not approach a light left burning. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E439.10 | Ghost will not come near person who anoints self with new honey. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E439.9 | Ghost will not return if door is removed and hung backwards. (Cf. D1783.) England: Baughman. |
| E439.8 | Ghost will vanish if seer walks around it nine times. (Cf. D1791, D1273.1.5.) England: Baughman. |
| E422.4.2 | Ghost with bonnet pulled down over her face. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 681. |
| E422.1.6.1 | Ghost with feet twisted backward. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E421.3.3 | Ghost with glowing face. *Fb "gloende" I 465b; England: *Baughman. |
| E596.1 | Ghost works for human being. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E557.1 | Ghost writes on wall the answers to problems of person in trouble. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E531 | Ghost-like building. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 23 No. 207; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E530.1 | Ghost-like lights. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 23 No. 210; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E532 | Ghost-like picture. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E261.1.1 | Ghost's flying head attacks slayer. Japanese: Anesaki 307. |
| E535 | Ghostlike conveyance (wagon, etc.). Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 22 No. 203; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 241—243. |
| E571 | Ghostly barber. *Type 326; *BP I 24; *Fb "balbere" IV 23a. |
| E533.1 | Ghostly bell sounds from under water. England: *Baughman. |
| E533 | Ghostly bell. |
| E539.4.1 | Ghostly chair in cellar jumps up and down on three legs, points with fourth at spot on floor. Witnesses dig up body from under floor. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E539.4 | Ghostly chair. |
| E599.2 | Ghostly corpses seen on floor of house, disappear when coroner comes. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E542.1.1 | Ghostly fingers leave mark on man's hand. *Fb "hеnd" I 765b. |
| E542.1 | Ghostly fingers leave mark on person's body. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E281.2 | Ghostly horse enters house and puts hoofs on breast of sleeper. Tobler 50. |
| E495.1 | Ghostly marriage party. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E236.7 | Ghostly noises disturb village until stolen church plate is returned. (Cf. E402.) England: Baughman. |
| E538.2 | Ghostly rope of suicide appears. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E401.0.1 | Ghostly voice heard on battlefield. (Cf. E502, F418.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E535.2 | Ghostly wagon. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E501.6 | Ghostly warner of wild hunt's approach. Plischke 38. |
| E539.3 | Ghostly wool-packs roll over fields, down hill. England: *Baughman. |
| E400 | Ghosts and revenants—miscellaneous. *Wimberly 451f. s.v. "Ghost", "ghosts"; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Gespenst"; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XX 353; *Feilberg Sjæletro (København, 1914).—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 62, Beal XXI 324; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "revenant"; Slavic: Máchal 230; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 44f. Nos. 40—77 passim; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 153—170, 506—519; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 41 Nos. 12—16; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 1ff., Landtman Finlands Svenska Folkdiktning VII pt. 1, 199f.—Melanesian: Dixon 142ff. |
| E421.3.6 | Ghosts as dogs with glowing tongues and eyes. (Cf. E423.1.1, E522.) *Fb "hund" I 676a; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 334b s.v. "Geister"; England, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E421.4 | Ghosts as shadow. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E243 | Ghosts attack bishop who has suspended priest for singing for all Christian souls. Alphabet No. 686; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| E373 | Ghosts bestow gifts on living. |
| E279.7 | Ghosts blow smithy into air. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E439.6 | Ghosts cannot come near spayed bitch. England: Baughman. |
| E434.3 | Ghosts cannot cross rapid stream. *Fb "gjenganger" I 443b; U.S.: Baughman. |
| E434.4 | Ghosts cannot pass crossroads. (Cf. E431.16, E431.17.) Fb "korsvej" II 277a. |
| E421.2 | Ghosts cast no shadow. *Fb "skygge" III 347a; *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 138ff; *Penzer IV 239 n. 2; U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 682. |
| E565 | Ghosts clank chains. (Cf. E501.13.1.2., E755.2.2.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 675. |
| E256 | Ghosts eat corpse. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 238. |
| E443.3 | Ghosts exorcized by name. Fb "navn" II 675b. |
| E255 | Ghosts flay corpse. Fb "hud" I 661. |
| E558 | Ghosts forced to labor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E293 | Ghosts frighten people (deliberately). England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E755.2.4 | Ghosts gather wood for hell fires. Jewish: bin Gorion II 154ff., 348. |
| E496 | Ghosts gathered on a bridge. *Fb "bro" IV 62b. |
| E280 | Ghosts haunt buildings. (Cf. H1411.) |
| E282 | Ghosts haunt castle. (Cf. F771.4.5.) Type 1160.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château". |
| E283 | Ghosts haunt church. *Type 326.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "église", "chapelle"; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 40 No. 7. |
| E281 | Ghosts haunt house. (It is sometimes hard to tell whether haunters are supposed to be ghosts or familiar spirits of some kind.) *Type 326; BP I 22ff.; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 290, 299; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 33, Beal XXI 310; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman (F470); North Carolina: Brown Collection I 669, 671; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 248; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 311 No. 46, 323 No. 101; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3505; Finnish-Swedish Wessman 25 Nos. 220—222. |
| E278 | Ghosts haunt spring. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 678. |
| E276 | Ghosts haunt tree. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 679. |
| E421.3.5 | Ghosts in glowing wagon. Fb "karet" II 91b. |
| E433.4.1 | Ghosts killed by sacrifice of buffaloes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E259.2 | Ghosts may eat only female animals. Africa (Bulu): Krug 108f. |
| E599.6 | Ghosts move furniture. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E530 | Ghosts of objects. Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Geist"; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 23 No. 205. |
| E433 | Ghosts placated by sacrifices. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 9. |
| E433.4 | Ghosts pleased by human sacrifices. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E273.1 | Ghosts prevent burial of corpse. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 6 No. 44. |
| E291 | Ghosts protect hidden treasure. |
| E245 | Ghosts punish failure to provide for their wants. Haunt man because he does not leave food and drink for them. Corsican: Ortoli Contes de la Corse (Paris, 1883) 337; Africa (Kweli): Sieber 90. |
| E246 | Ghosts punish failure to sacrifice to them. Greek: Grote I 278; S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 109; Africa: Werner African 198. |
| E241 | Ghosts punish intruders into ghost town. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 238, 240. |
| E242 | Ghosts punish intruders into mass (procession) of ghosts. Köhler-Bolte I 133; Gascon: Bladé II 266 No. 3; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 112f. Nos. 1, 2; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3558; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 1; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 39 No. 1; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 48 Nos 64, 65. |
| E251.3.1.1 | Ghosts roast girl daily in oven and devour her flesh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
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