μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Burial alive.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 326 No. 4
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "enterrement"
  • Spanish Espinosa Jr. Nos. 203f.
  • Greek Sophocles' Antigone
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Society Islands Henry 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 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 Enemies buried alive up to their necks and exposed to jackals. (Cf. Q456.1.)
Filed beside it
Old people killed in famine Man kills all guests, hoping some day to kill rival Princess builds tower of skulls of unsuccessful suitors Prince resolves to drive relatives from his domain. Kills many Murderer kills all who come to certain spot Murder by poisoning Burning to death. (See notes to K955 and Q414.) Murder by strangling. See references to Q424 Murder by flaying Murder by stabbing Murder by crushing. (Cf. S167.) Death by dragging behind horse Murder by cutting Murder by slamming down chest-lid. Done while victim is looking into the chest Flogging to death. (Cf. Q458.2.) Immolation
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Burial alive as punishment. (Cf. S123.)

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