Taking of vows and oaths – miscellaneous.
Ordaining the future. · Vows and oaths. · Taking of vows and oaths. · view the constellation · filed as M119
Motif
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Filed under Taking of vows and oaths.
8 finer motifs beneath it
Swearing by the elements: sun, moon, stars, windSwearing by (clan) godsVows taken as an old Norse custom at the festival of YuleVows taken by placing one's foot on a certain post in the hallSwearing on a stone. (Cf. M114.2.)Swearing by "the Seven Things which they serve."Oath by placing hand on genitalsOath taken by the life of a person
Filed beside it
Swearing while one knows that his oath is rendered valuelessOath is valid only when decreed in presence of tenOath uttered by pious when in danger of succumbing to temptationOaths taken over severed pieces of horse. Pieces are then buriedOath taken on ringOath taken on armsOath taken on sacred objectOnly one oath binding. It must be by so and so or else it is worthlessOath taken on hand of saintVow to perform certain act unless cataclysm occursSwearing on a skull