μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Child sacrificed to gain favor of gods.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S263.2

Filed across the traditions
Within the index

Filed under Sacrifice to appease spirits (gods). (Cf. K1603, T211.1.1.)

3 finer motifs beneath it
Gods furnish substitute for child sacrifice. (Cf. S255.) Daughters sacrificed to avert famine Man shows himself willing to sacrifice his child to prove his desire to follow God. He is prevented by abbot
Filed beside it
Highest ranking man in land to be sacrificed for good crops Person sacrificed to water spirit to secure water supply Sacrifice to river-god who has stopped boat in mid-stream Sacrificial suicide. (Cf. S264.1.2.) Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Enchanted person. See also the entire section on transformation. No real difference seems to exist between transformation and enchantment. A bewitched or enchanted person may, however, retain his original physical form, but may be affected mentally or morally Magic hair Soul (or life) kept in special part of body Person with wings on feet (head) Labyrinth. Series of rooms so confusing that one cannot find the way out Daughter pulls out father's magic life-containing hair. As soon as it is taken out he dies Treacherous daughter Sacrifice to offended gods, who hold ship back

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