μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 326 No. 4
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "enterrement"
  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. Nos. 203f.
  • GreekSophocles' Antigone
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Society IslandsHenry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 557
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 221, 232, Rasmussen II 94, III 53, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 171, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 639, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 34, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 161, (Ungava): Turner RBAE VI 262.
  • general **Feilberg "Levende begravet" (Årbog for dansk Kulturhistorie, 1892)
  • general *Liebrecht 284
  • general *Fb "høj" I 741b, "levende" II 403a–404a, "jord" II 45b. – Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 74, Beal XXI 327
Within the index

Filed under Murders.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Hostages buried aliveBurial alive of drugged personBurial of living husband or wife with dead spouseLiving children buried with dead motherAvenger plans to let king starve in mountain chamberBurial alive of maiden to keep her safe from rivalEnemies buried alive up to their necks and exposed to jackals. (Cf. Q456.1.)
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 stabbingMurder by crushing. (Cf. S167.)Death by dragging behind horseMurder by cuttingMurder by slamming down chest-lid. Done while victim is looking into the chestFlogging to death. (Cf. Q458.2.)Immolation
Travels with
Burial alive as punishment. (Cf. S123.)

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