Burial of living husband or wife with dead spouse — Mythoi

Motif

Burial of living husband or wife with dead spouse.

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Murders. · view the constellation · filed as S123.2

Filed across the traditions

Missouri French Carrière.
general Type 612
general *BP I 126ff., 128
general *Chauvin VII 20 No. 373D

Within the index

Filed under Burial alive.

1 finer motif beneath it

Burial of living man with dead blood brother

Filed beside it

Hostages buried alive Burial alive of drugged person Living children buried with dead mother Avenger plans to let king starve in mountain chamber Burial alive of maiden to keep her safe from rival Enemies buried alive up to their necks and exposed to jackals. (Cf. Q456.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Three Snake-Leaves · ATU 612 6 recorded variants

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