King must resign if maimed (disfigured) — Mythoi

Motif

King must resign if maimed (disfigured).

Society. · Royalty and nobility. · Kings. · view the constellation · filed as P16.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish MacCulloch Celtic 25, Cross.

Within the index

Filed under End of king's reign.

1 finer motif beneath it

King must resign if he begets natural son

Filed beside it

King (prince) retires from the world (becomes hermit, swineherd) King killed when old Persons buried with dead king Shavings of spear which killed king cast into cataract Kings worshipped after their death King slain by "his own household" in revenge for deposing his father Land where every raja dies; if he rules for a day he dies that night; if he rules for a night, he dies that day King's coffin sunk into river

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