Enemies buried alive up to their necks and exposed to jackals. (Cf. Q456.1.)

Motif

Enemies buried alive up to their necks and exposed to jackals. (Cf. Q456.1.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Murders. · view the constellation · filed as S123.6

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.

Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 570.

Within the index

Filed under Burial alive.

Filed beside it

Hostages buried alive Burial alive of drugged person Burial of living husband or wife with dead spouse 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

Travels with

Punishment: burial alive up to the breast (neck)

wander