Origin of the custom of wife self-sacrifice (suttee).
Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Origin of customs. · Origin of religious ceremonials. · view the constellation · filed as A1545.5.1
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- India *Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Origin of human sacrifice.
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