Skull of suicide must roll in dust until it has saved a life. Man uses the skull to kill an owl that was about to kill a rabbit; thus after 777 years of rolling it has saved a life and is freed. (Cf. Q211.5.) — Mythoi

Motif

Skull of suicide must roll in dust until it has saved a life. Man uses the skull to kill an owl that was about to kill a rabbit; thus after 777 years of rolling it has saved a life and is freed. (Cf. Q211.5.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Tedious punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q503.1

Cited in the index

general Köhler-Bolte I 406.

Within the index

Filed under Wandering after death as punishment.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Suicide punished. (Cf. Q503.1.)

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