The constellation
S263 Sacrifice to appease spirits (gods). (Cf. K1603, T211.1.1.)
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● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Sacrifices. (Cf. S255.) · S260 entry
beneath it
- Highest ranking man in land to be sacrificed for good crops · S263.1 entry
- Child sacrificed to gain favor of gods · S263.2 entry
- Person sacrificed to water spirit to secure water supply · S263.3 entry
- Sacrifice to river-god who has stopped boat in mid-stream · S263.4 entry
- Sacrificial suicide. (Cf. S264.1.2.) · S263.5 entry
- Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars · S263.6 entry
cross-ref
- Man falls into sacrificial grave prepared for others. Rich man orders poor people to dig a grave in order to bury all in it as sacrifice to avert famine. But a Christian frees them and promises those who become Christian a living. The rich man himself falls in the grave and dies · K1603 entry
- Woman drowns herself as sacrifice to water-gods to save husband's boat from capsizing · T211.1.1 entry