[First Edition: S290. Cruel sacrifices – miscellaneous motifs.]
Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel sacrifices. · Sacrifices. · view the constellation · filed as S290[1st ed.]
Motif
Within the index
Filed under Sacrifices. (Cf. S255.)
Filed beside it
Human sacrificeFoundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridgePeriodic sacrifices to a monsterSacrifice to appease spirits (gods). (Cf. K1603, T211.1.1.)Sacrifice to rivers and seasSacrifice of strangersBurial of live girl to banish plagueFlood stopped by sacrifice of boy and girlChild sacrificed to provide blood for cure of friend. (Cf. S260.1.4.)Sacrifice of child to remove barrennessSacrifice of brothers promised if girl is bornChild bought to serve as sacrifice to demonSacrifice as an agricultural riteSacrifice as protection against disease