Ordeal by boiling water.
Tests. · Tests of truth. · Tests of guilt or innocence. · Ordeals. · view the constellation · filed as H221.4
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 4references
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- Irish*Cross, O'Suilleabhain 50, Beal XXI 318
- IcelandicBoberg
- IndiaThompson-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.
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