Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars

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Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars.

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S263.6

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Highest ranking man in land to be sacrificed for good crops Child sacrificed to gain favor of gods 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.)

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