Corpses of dead foes dismembered

Motif

Corpses of dead foes dismembered.

Society. · Government. · Military affairs. · view the constellation · filed as P555.2

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 93.

Within the index

Filed under Defeat in battle.

1 finer motif beneath it

Heads of fallen enemies piled up after battle

Filed beside it

Submission indicated by defeated lying with conqueror's sword between teeth Gate of captured town (castle) to be widened until overlord's spear can pass through crosswise

wander