Sacrifice to rivers and seas — Mythoi

Motif

Sacrifice to rivers and seas.

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

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Cited in the index

general *Fb "sø" III 731a, "å" III 1187b.

Within the index

Filed under Sacrifices. (Cf. S255.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Human sacrifice Foundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridge Periodic sacrifices to a monster Sacrifice to appease spirits (gods). (Cf. K1603, T211.1.1.) Sacrifice of strangers Burial of live girl to banish plague Flood stopped by sacrifice of boy and girl Child sacrificed to provide blood for cure of friend. (Cf. S260.1.4.) Sacrifice of child to remove barrenness Sacrifice of brothers promised if girl is born Child bought to serve as sacrifice to demon Sacrifice as an agricultural rite Sacrifice as protection against disease [First Edition: S290. Cruel sacrifices – miscellaneous motifs.]

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