μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • IcelandicHerrmann Saxo II 592, Boberg
  • Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 168 No. 24.
Within the index

Filed under Murders.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Murder by grinding in millPregnant woman crushed beneath chariot. (Cf. S185.)Murder by breaking backMurder by crushing headMurder by crushing beneath falling treeMurder by trampling of horses (elephants)
Filed beside it
Old people killed in famineMan kills all guests, hoping some day to kill rivalPrincess builds tower of skulls of unsuccessful suitorsPrince resolves to drive relatives from his domain. Kills manyMurderer kills all who come to certain spotMurder by poisoningBurning to death. (See notes to K955 and Q414.)Murder by strangling. See references to Q424Murder by flayingMurder by stabbingDeath by dragging behind horseMurder by cuttingMurder by slamming down chest-lid. Done while victim is looking into the chestFlogging to death. (Cf. Q458.2.)Burial aliveImmolation
Travels with
Mutilation by crushing. (Cf. S116.)

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