μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Human sacrifice to water serpent to secure tribal prosperity.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S263.3.1

Cited in the index
  • general Africa Tauxier La Noir du Yatenga (Paris, 1917) 496f. No. 1, (Senegambia): Béranger-Feraud II 185ff. No. 2.
Within the index

Filed under Person sacrificed to water spirit to secure water supply.

Filed beside it
Serpent in stream demands pair of human eyes for drink of water. (Cf. M225.) Raja sacrifices his entire family so as to purify lake water

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