μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Man thrown overboard to placate storm. (Cf. S263.5.3.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S264.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Jewish bin Gorion Born Judas 2d ed. I 227
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 1024
  • Korean Zong in-Sob 107 No. 57.
  • general Type 973*
  • general Child V 496 s. v. "Ships"
  • general Chauvin VII 30 No. 212 n. 2
Within the index

Filed under Sacrifice to rivers and seas.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Man carried on top of mast ready to be sacrificed to storm spirit Woman drowns herself as sacrifice to water-gods to save husband's boat from capsizing. (Cf. S263.5.)
Filed beside it
Sacrifice to tank
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Passenger brings bad luck to ship. Cast overboard. Jonah. (Cf. S264.1.) Man leaps from vessel into jaws of sea-beast, so as to save remaining passengers
Carried in tale types

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