μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 152ff. No. 22.
Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it
Sacrifice to offended gods, who hold ship back
Filed beside it
Highest ranking man in land to be sacrificed for good cropsChild sacrificed to gain favor of godsPerson sacrificed to water spirit to secure water supplySacrificial suicide. (Cf. S264.1.2.)Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars

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