The constellation
S262 Periodic sacrifices to a monster
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Sacrifices. (Cf. S255.) · S260 entry
beneath it
- One man disappears each night · S262.0.1 entry
- Woman given to devastating monster as wife to appease it · S262.1 entry
- Tribute of youths regularly sent to foreign king · S262.2 entry
- Sacrificial victim chosen by lot. (Cf. N126.) · S262.3 entry
- Girl offers to sacrifice herself to dragon in place of her parents · S262.4 entry
keeps company
- Sacrifice of strangers · S265 entry
- Hound of hell. Cerberus (monstrous dog) guards the bridge to the lower world · A673 entry
- Hind with golden horns · B101.4 entry
- Two-headed dog · B15.1.2.1.4 entry
- Hydra: nine-headed monster. Middle head immortal · B15.1.2.8.1 entry
- Man-eating mares · B16.1.3.1 entry
- Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse · B21 entry
- Magic goblet (glass) · D1171.6.2 entry
- Transportation by magic goblet. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) · D1520.23 entry
- Immortality exchanged. Wounded Centaur immortal but cannot be cured. He gives away his immortality to Prometheus and is thus allowed to die · D1853 entry
carried in tale type
- The Dragon-Slayer · ATU 300
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. V