House of skulls. Murderer's abode

Motif

House of skulls. Murderer's abode.

Marvels. · Extraordinary places and things. · Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. · view the constellation · filed as F771.1.9

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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general Type 756B
general Andrejev FFC LXIX 86.

Within the index

Filed under Castle of unusual material.

Filed beside it

Golden castle (palace, house)Silver castle Copper castle Steel castle (house)Palace of jewels. (Cf. F721.5.1.)Crystal castle Palace of ice Castle of wax, shining like gold Gingerbread house. House made of cake Castle of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F756.1, F763, F785.3.)

Carried in tale types

Robber Madej (previously The Devil's Contract) · ATU 756B36 recorded variants

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