μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 13references

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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • SpanishKeller, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 61, 68f.
  • GreekFox 183
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 189, II 54, 851
  • MarquesasBeckwith 269, Handy 73
  • Africa (Bushongo)Torday 250.
  • general *Penzer IV 65 n.
  • general *Encyc. Religion Ethics s. v. "Human sacrifice"
  • general *V. Manzini La superstizione omicida e i sacrifici umani, con particolare riguardo alle accuse contro gli Ebrei (2d. ed., Padua, 1930)
  • general Krappe Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde XXVI (1927) 18–25. – Irish myth: *Cross
  • general N. Am. Indian (Sia): Alexander N. Am. 203, (Hopi): ibid. 205, (Zuñi): ibid. 201, *Benedict 342
Within the index

Filed under Sacrifices. (Cf. S255.)

4 finer motifs beneath it
Child sacrifice as religious riteSacrifice of sister on advice of yogiPrisoners sacrificed to goddessSacrifice of child to save life of another. (Cf. S268.)
Filed beside it
Foundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridgePeriodic sacrifices to a monsterSacrifice to appease spirits (gods). (Cf. K1603, T211.1.1.)Sacrifice to rivers and seasSacrifice of strangersBurial of live girl to banish plagueFlood stopped by sacrifice of boy and girlChild sacrificed to provide blood for cure of friend. (Cf. S260.1.4.)Sacrifice of child to remove barrennessSacrifice of brothers promised if girl is bornChild bought to serve as sacrifice to demonSacrifice as an agricultural riteSacrifice as protection against disease[First Edition: S290. Cruel sacrifices – miscellaneous motifs.]
Travels with
Human sacrifice in connection with funeral. (Cf. S260.1.)

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