Motif
submerged noble household haunting a black pool
submerged_noble_household_haunting_a_black_pool
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family, within the sub-family Haunted Places, Dwellings, and Burial Sites. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
estonian
-
The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country THE WONDERFUL HAYCOCK. / THE MAGIC EGG. / EMMU LAKE AND VIRTS LAKE. / THE BLACK POOL.; lines 11958-12013 confidence: high
A rich lord fleeing war with family and goods in a six-horse coach loses all when the horses swerve into a deep lake of black water.
The legend connects a noble household’s drowning in black water with later haunting phenomena around the pool.
read in the book →