The constellation
P316 Friend sacrifices his life for the other
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The same sky, in words
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- Friendship · P310 entry
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- Friends want to divide good and evil · P310.1 entry
- Friends avenge each other · P310.2 entry
- Dying hero sends greetings to friends · P310.3 entry
- Friends want their children to be friends too · P310.4 entry
- Defeated enemy turns true friend. (Cf. P311.1.) · P310.5 entry
- One friend dies shortly after the other · P310.6 entry
- Man wins wife for his friend · P310.7 entry
- Friendship possible only between equals · P310.8 entry
- Friends given the power of reading each other's secret thoughts · P310.9 entry
- Sworn brethren. Friends take an oath of lasting brotherhood · P311 entry