Test of death by putting burning wood in the mouth of fallen warriors

Motif

Test of death by putting burning wood in the mouth of fallen warriors.

Tests. · Tests of truth. · Other tests of truth. · view the constellation · filed as H248.4

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IcelandicBoberg.

Within the index

Filed under Test of death: to see whether person is dead or feigning.

Filed beside it

Sham-dead person tested by hot lead poured on hand Sham dead tested by stinging insects down back Sham dead tested by pricking Sham dead detected by batting eyes

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