Ghosts sometimes have rather elaborate conditions that must be fulfilled before they can find release.
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Ghosts sometimes have rather elaborate conditions that must be fulfilled before they can find release.
And they can get rather upset if someone botches this - even if they didn't get any instructions!
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Faithful_Lights_or_Errant_Lights -
Ghosts sometimes have rather elaborate conditions that must be fulfilled before they can find release.
And they can get rather upset if someone botches this - even if they didn't get any instructions!
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Faithful_Lights_or_Errant_Lights@juergen_hubert The bit with the oak and the cradle for the person who's to lay the ghost is a poem in English as well. Alas, cannot cite - it's really short so hard to search.
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@juergen_hubert The bit with the oak and the cradle for the person who's to lay the ghost is a poem in English as well. Alas, cannot cite - it's really short so hard to search.
Variants of this are pretty widespread in German folk tales, and I suspect that they exist in other countries as well.
