King's promise irrevocable

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King's promise irrevocable.

Ordaining the future. · Bargains and promises. · Bargains and promises. · view the constellation · filed as M203

Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
Missouri FrenchCarrière
Spanish ExemplaKeller
IndiaThompson-Balys
West IndiesFlowers 560.
general Basil Pentamerone I No. 5

Within the index

Filed under Bargains and promises.

3 finer motifs beneath it

King punishes one of his men who robs someone to whom the king has given safe conduct King kills self to carry out own promise King sells self and family into slavery to keep promise

Filed beside it

Making of bargains and promises Fulfilling of bargain or promise Demanding of promised boon postponed Breaking of bargains or promises Promise made merely as a matter of form not binding Land grants (bargains)Price set on one's head

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