μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Persons buried with dead king.

Society. · Royalty and nobility. · Kings. · view the constellation · filed as P16.4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 303, *Boberg.
  • general *Wesselski Märchen 230
Within the index

Filed under End of king's reign.

1 finer motif beneath it
Suttee. Wife burned with dead king
Filed beside it
King (prince) retires from the world (becomes hermit, swineherd) King must resign if maimed (disfigured) King killed when old 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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