Human blood mixed with rice to make leaky tanks hold water — Mythoi

Motif

Human blood mixed with rice to make leaky tanks hold water.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S261.0.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Foundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridge.

Filed beside it

Child as foundation sacrifice smiles and wins freedom. The king asks him why he smiles. "One first expects mercy from the parents; if they have none, then from the king. Now only God will have mercy."

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