μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Corpse drawn asunder.

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Murders. · view the constellation · filed as S139.2.2.6

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
Within the index

Filed under Other indignities to corpse.

Filed beside it
Heads of slain enemies impaled upon stakes. (Cf. Q421.1.) Dead man gutted and filled with stones Dead dog buried with enemy Parts of corpses used in sport Corpses burned as fuel for cooking Ash (hazel) stakes thrust through bodies of slain warriors Ashes of murdered person passed through sieve and remains put to manure heap

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