Motif
Restless dead before burial
restless_dead_before_burial
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Burial Vigils and Corpse-Restraint Rites. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
australian aboriginal
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The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia CHAPTER IX / THE BOORAH AND OTHER MEETINGS / CHAPTER X / CHIEFLY AS TO FUNERALS AND MOURNING; lines 4025-4131 confidence: high
The dead are generally buried quickly because the spirit is said to haunt the area or former camp until burial; mysterious lights and fear occur in camp-land until the corpse is buried.
The spirit is said to haunt the neighborhood or former camp until the body is buried, with mysterious lights and fear in camp.
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