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P17 Succession to the throne
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- No sons left to rule after father. Lawmaker's sons slain in rebellion against him · P17.0.1 entry
- Son succeeds father as king · P17.0.2 entry
- Vengeance for destruction of fairy-mound pursues king's descendants · P17.0.3 entry
- First man to arrive after king's death to be heir. (Cf. N683.) · P17.1 entry
- Queen chosen to live rather than king so that she can bear an heir to the throne. Serpents alleged to tell by their death which shall die first: male serpent predicts king's death; female, queen's. King has male serpent killed · P17.2 entry
- Dying king names successor · P17.3 entry
- Kingship rotates among brothers · P17.4 entry
- Brothers rule jointly · P17.5 entry
- Succession by mother-right · P17.6 entry
- Succession will fall to line that has been wronged · P17.7 entry
- Kingship given to younger brother. (Cf. P17.10.) · P17.8 entry
- Natural son succeeds to the throne · P17.9 entry
- Three sons each get a kingship, but the youngest the most important in the home country. (Cf. P17.8.) · P17.10 entry
- Slayer of king marries widow and inherits kingdom · P17.11 entry
- King to be succeeded by whoever can carry his dead body a certain distance · P17.12 entry
- What the princes most desire: king asks each of three sons separately. Answers: to study, to make pilgrimages, to build a great kingdom. Last chosen · P17.13 entry