Death's messengers — Mythoi

Motif

Death's messengers.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Symbolism. · Personifications. · view the constellation · filed as Z111.6

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Death personified.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Death's messengers bribed with food Salt in food given Death's messengers renders them harmless

Filed beside it

Death enclosed in a bottle Death magically bound to tree. While he is bound no one can die Death as eight-headed monster Death excluded from sacred grove Death (fate) assumes various forms to destroy men

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “messengers” · wander