μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • Irish mythCross.
Within the index

Filed under Slain person dismembered.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Heads of slain enemies impaled upon stakes. (Cf. Q421.1.)Dead man gutted and filled with stonesDead dog buried with enemyParts of corpses used in sportCorpses burned as fuel for cookingCorpse drawn asunderAsh (hazel) stakes thrust through bodies of slain warriorsAshes of murdered person passed through sieve and remains put to manure heap
Filed beside it
Head of murdered man displayed before his own house

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