Angel of death spares mother who is suckling children. As punishment angel must serve as sexton.
Religion. · Sacred persons. · Angels. · view the constellation · filed as V233.1
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references
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.
- LithuanianBalys Index No. 795*
- RussianAndrejev No. 795A*
- EstonianAarne FFC XXV No. 795*.
- general Type 795*
Within the index
Filed under Angel of death.
Carried in tale types
- The Punishment of the Angel · ATU 759D4 recorded variants