Motif
slayer overcome by stronger slayer
slayer_overcome_by_stronger_slayer
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 7981-8057 confidence: high
Lityerses, a son of Midas, gives strangers food and drink, compels them to reap, wraps them in a sheaf, beheads them with a sickle, and carries away their bodies wrapped in corn stalks.
Lityerses kills strangers in the harvest-field and is later slain by Hercules or by a stronger reaper.
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