Ordeal by boiling water — Mythoi

Motif

Ordeal by boiling water.

Tests. · Tests of truth. · Tests of guilt or innocence. · Ordeals. · view the constellation · filed as H221.4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Irish *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 50, Beal XXI 318
Icelandic Boberg
India Thompson-Balys.
general Basset RTP VII 281, 616, VIII 561

Within the index

Filed under Ordeal by fire. Suspected person must pass through or jump over fire to determine guilt or innocence.

Filed beside it

Ordeal by burning coal Ordeal by hot iron Ordeal by burning oil Ordeal by spitting. Extinguishing fire is proof of innocence

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