Comparative mythology corpus

Lethal Contest Imposed On Travelers

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11772-11813 high Cercyon challenged travelers to wrestle and killed those who refused or lost; Theseus accepted, overcame, and killed him. record