Suttee. Wife burned with dead king — Mythoi

Motif

Suttee. Wife burned with dead king.

Society. · Royalty and nobility. · Kings. · view the constellation · filed as P16.4.1

Filed across the traditions

Slavic Máchal 233
India *Thompson-Balys
Melanesia Codrington 288ff.
Africa Frobenius Atlantis VII 106, 227.
general *Penzer IV 255 ff., 264
general **Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 198ff., 302ff., 395ff., XV 74ff.
general Chauvin VII 20
general Mansikka FFC XLIII 330ff.
general Hert Die Indogermanen II 440, 490ff.
general Grimm Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer I 622
general Hoops' Reallexikon IV 556ff.
general Schreuer Zs. f. Vgl. Rechtswissenschaft XXXIV 19ff. Icelandic: *Boberg

Within the index

Filed under Persons buried with dead king.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Wife commits suicide (dies) on death of husband. (Cf. P16.4.1.)

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