The constellation
M268 Marriage promised to save life
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The same sky, in words
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- Other promises · M260 entry
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- Chaste woman promises herself to her lover when the rocks leave the coast. (They are moved by magic.) · M261 entry
- Person promises to have but one consort if he is cured · M262 entry
- Retreat in return for cessation of attack. Host agrees to march back a day's journey if warrior will cease his feats of arms upon them until a certain battle in the future · M263 entry
- Man promises to build church if he is saved at sea · M266 entry
- Promise to give another one's wife for a day · M267 entry
- Sons agree to meet at father's grave after they have been out in world for one year to learn trade · M271 entry
- Supernatural woman promises to return if she gives birth to a boy · M272 entry