Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars — Mythoi

Motif

Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars.

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

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-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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