Woman given to devastating monster as wife to appease it

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Woman given to devastating monster as wife to appease it.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S262.1

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
JapaneseIkeda
general N. Am. Indian (Creek): Alexander N. Am. 71.

Within the index

Filed under Periodic sacrifices to a monster.

Filed beside it

One man disappears each night Tribute of youths regularly sent to foreign king Sacrificial victim chosen by lot. (Cf. N126.)Girl offers to sacrifice herself to dragon in place of her parents

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