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Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization

154 tagged occurrences across 11 traditions.

Rites, contests, burial honors, and memorial acts performed for a dead hero, companion, ruler, or kin figure to honor the dead and reaffirm social order.

154total occurrences
152child motifs
11traditions present
800 BCE to 1400 CEknown era range
Reading Note

These counts are generated from tagged extraction evidence. Similarity means structural or thematic recurrence unless a source record explicitly supports historical contact.

Child Motifs

Child MotifRelationshipOccurrencesTraditions
Battle For The Body Of A Fallen Hero functional_variant 2 1
Funeral Games Honoring The Dead alias 2 1
Battle For Recovery Or Dishonor Of A Hero's Corpse functional_variant 1 1
Battle Over The Body And Armor Of A Fallen Warrior functional_variant 1 1
Body Returned From The Sea By Animals functional_variant 1 1
Combat Over The Corpse And Spoils Of A Fallen Warrior functional_variant 1 1
Commemorative Burial With Inscribed Stones ritual_variant 1 1
Commemorative Games For A Dead Father ritual_variant 1 1
Contest For The Arms Of A Dead Hero functional_variant 1 1
Contest For The Hero's Chariot And Horses functional_variant 1 1
Contest Over The Dead Hero's Arms functional_variant 1 1
Corpse Defense And Removal In Battle functional_variant 1 1
Corpse Defilement By Animals functional_variant 1 1
Defense Of A Fallen Beloved Comrade's Body functional_variant 1 1
Disputed Grave And Local Burial Memory uncertain 1 1
Enduring Memorial Speech From A Tomb Image functional_variant 1 1
Enduring Tomb Proclamation memorialization_variant 1 1
Funeral Games After Heroic Death ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Games And Honors For The Dead alias 1 1
Funeral Games As Setting For Contest narrower_than 1 1
Funeral Procession Marked By Reversed Arms And Mourning Display ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Provision For Possible Battlefield Death functional_variant 1 1
Funeral Rites For A Dead Companion ritual_variant 1 1
Funerary Body Retrieval And Funeral Sequence ritual_variant 1 1
Funerary Preparation Of The Hero’s Body ritual_variant 1 1
Hero Cult Games And Victory Crowns ritual_variant 1 1
Heroic Death Followed By Funerary Honors functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Honors For Fallen Warriors alias 1 1
Heroic Relic Marked By An Enemy's Blood symbolic_variant 1 1
Marked Heroic Burial With Inscription And Lament narrower_than 1 1
Memorial Mound And Inscribed Standing Stone For The Threatened Dead narrower_than 1 1
Memorialization Of A Slain Companion Through Ritual Dress ritual_variant 1 1
Poet Or Hero Receives Divine Style Honors After Death functional_variant 1 1
Poetic Commemoration Through Ritual Singers ritual_variant 1 1
Posthumous Divinization And Commemorative Festival ritual_variant 1 1
Posthumous Fame Secured By Tomb And Funeral Games narrower_than 1 1
Posthumous Shrine For A Revered Teacher ritual_variant 1 1
Protective Burial Of A Severed Head ritual_variant 1 1
Protective Covering Over Wounded Heroes uncertain 1 1
Recovery Of Fallen Comrade's Body And Weapons functional_variant 1 1
Respectful Protection Of A Fallen Opponent's Body functional_variant 1 1
Return Of The Enemy's Body To Kin ritual_variant 1 1
Ritual Funeral For Nonhuman Figure narrower_than 1 1
Royal Funeral Procession And Obsequies ritual_variant 1 1
Saviors Of The State Rewarded With Crown And Burial Honors functional_variant 1 1
Sea As Burial Place Or Barrow symbolic_variant 1 1
Self Designated Sacred Burial Place ritual_variant 1 1
Spoils And Doomed Transfer Of Heroic Arms functional_variant 1 1
Supplication For Burial Of The War Dead ritual_variant 1 1
Temple As Combined Divine Sanctuary And Memorial For The Dead functional_variant 1 1
Temporary Truce Between Enemies For Funeral Rites ritual_variant 1 1
Tomb As Watch Tower Or Landmark symbolic_variant 1 1
Truce For Funeral Rites Of The Slain ritual_variant 1 1
Unburied Dead Later Granted Burial By Gods functional_variant 1 1
Vengeance Against The Dead Through The Corpse functional_variant 1 1
Vengeance Killing And Exchange Of The Dead functional_variant 1 1
Warrior's Funeral Pyre With Weapons, Horse, And Companions ritual_variant 1 1
Withheld Funeral Honors Restored Through Intervention functional_variant 1 1
Athletic Contest With Ranked Prizes functional_variant 1 1
Battle For Possession Of A Fallen Hero’s Body functional_variant 1 1
Battle For Possession Of A Hero's Corpse functional_variant 1 1
Battle For The Fallen Companion's Body functional_variant 1 1
Battle Site Etiological Naming And Memorial Stones functional_variant 1 1
Body Moved To Determine Place Of Triumph functional_variant 1 1
Bones Gathered Into An Urn And Covered Before Tomb Raising ritual_variant 1 1
Burial Of The Fallen After Combat ritual_variant 1 1
Cleansing And Reclothing Of Honored Figures ritual_variant 1 1
Compassionate Victor Honors Slain Youth functional_variant 1 1
Comrades Cover The Dead Warrior ritual_variant 1 1
Contest For A Dead Hero's Arms functional_variant 1 1
Contest For The Corpse And Arms Of A Fallen Hero functional_variant 1 1
Contest Over Fallen Warrior's Body Or Arms functional_variant 1 1
Contested Burial Of A Revered Dead Figure ritual_variant 1 1
Corpse Passed Among Successive Households uncertain 1 1
Corpse Devouring Animal Below A Murder Precipice over_specific_label 1 1
Dead Companions Linked By Facing Mounds Across Water ritual_variant 1 1
Death Taunt With Denial Of Burial functional_variant 1 1
Defeated Enemy Requests Burial functional_variant 1 1
Denial And Restoration Of Funeral Rites functional_variant 1 1
Denial Of Burial By Elemental Engulfment narrower_than 1 1
Denial Of Burial To The Defeated Enemy narrower_than 1 1
Denied Funerary Rites And Corpse Exposure narrower_than 1 1
Disfigurement In Honour Of Heroes ritual_variant 1 1
Dishonored Corpse Consigned To Water And Animals functional_variant 1 1
Dishonoring Of The Fallen Enemy's Body functional_variant 1 1
Divine Protection Of A Hero's Remains From A Serpent functional_variant 1 1
Divine Protection Of An Unburied Corpse functional_variant 1 1
Divine Protection Of Warrior’s Corpse And Arms functional_variant 1 1
Divinely Preserved Body Of The Honored Dead functional_variant 1 1
Empty Tomb And Ritual Address To Absent Dead ritual_variant 1 1
Enduring Fame After Heroic Death functional_variant 1 1
Enemy Granted Interval For Funeral Honors functional_variant 1 1
Enmity Ending At Death And Funeral Rites For The Foe ritual_variant 1 1
Etiological Place Name From Death In Battle functional_variant 1 1
Eulogy Of The Defeated Enemy As Peerless Champion functional_variant 1 1
Fallen Warrior Becomes Posthumous Guardian And Receives Cult Honours functional_variant 1 1
Funeral Appeasement And Restoration Of The Enemy Corpse ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Duty Following Lamentation ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Games For A Fallen Warrior alias 1 1
Funeral Games With Heroic Prize Contests narrower_than 1 1
Funeral Or Festival Games With Public Contests And Prizes uncertain 1 1
Funeral Rites And Memorial If The Missing Father Is Dead ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Rites Followed By Lament ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Rites For A Slain Companion alias 1 1
Funeral Ship Pyre With Spouse And Horse ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Ship With Costly Grave Goods ritual_variant 1 1
Funeral Tug Of War Over A Sacred Or Ritual Body ritual_variant 1 1
Funerals Of Fallen Warriors alias 1 1
Funerary Compact And Heroic Memorial functional_variant 1 1
Funerary Honor Marked By Raised Tomb Or Pile ritual_variant 1 1
Guardian Stands Over Fallen Companion functional_variant 1 1
Heroic Infiltration And Inspection Of A Ruler’s Private Chamber heuristic_keyword_match 1 1
Heroic Threat Of Corpse Feeding Birds functional_variant 1 1
Holy Man’s Preparation For Death And Burial ritual_variant 1 1
Honor Paid To The Dead Through Ordained Violent Struggle ritual_variant 1 1
Honored Burial And Lamentation Of Fallen Youth functional_variant 1 1
Honored Transport Of The Hero's Corpse ritual_variant 1 1
Honourable Burial Decided By A Verse functional_variant 1 1
Last Command To Defend The Fallen Body functional_variant 1 1
Mass Death Overwhelms Funerary Order uncertain 1 1
Mass Funeral After Battle narrower_than 1 1
Memorial Mound Preserving A Warrior's Name functional_variant 1 1
Miraculous Handling Of A Hero Poet's Corpse functional_variant 1 1
Miraculous Preservation Of The Dead Body functional_variant 1 1
Monumental Grave For A Fallen Hero functional_variant 1 1
Mourning Procession Or Circular Rite Around The Dead ritual_variant 1 1
Mourning Rites At An Empty Or Symbolic Tomb ritual_variant 1 1
Mourning Without Proper Burial Rites ritual_variant 1 1
Personified Sleep And Death As Bearers Of The Body role_variant 1 1
Personified Winds Summoned To Ignite A Funeral Pyre ritual_variant 1 1
Posthumous Hero Cult ritual_variant 1 1
Posthumous Honor Contrasted With Living Favor symbolic_variant 1 1
Protection Of The Dead From Scavengers ritual_variant 1 1
Protection Of The Warrior's Corpse ritual_variant 1 1
Public Athletic Combat With Prize Distribution ritual_variant 1 1
Public Contest With Ranked Prizes ritual_variant 1 1
Public Cremation And Urn Burial Of An Honored Hero ritual_variant 1 1
Recovery And Mourning Of The Slain Companion functional_variant 1 1
Rites Granted To Enemies And Nameless Dead ritual_variant 1 1
Shared Posthumous Resting Place For Companions functional_variant 1 1
Ship Borne Funerary Pyre ritual_variant 1 1
Speaking Memorial Object Preserves The Dead Person's Name functional_variant 1 1
Stripping The Armor Of The Slain functional_variant 1 1
Struggle Over The Slain Body And Spoils functional_variant 1 1
Transfer Of Hero's Weapons To Companion functional_variant 1 1
Tree Branch As Sign Of Death And Funerary Presence ritual_variant 1 1
Triple Funeral Procession ritual_variant 1 1
Unburied Ghost Requesting Burial Rites functional_variant 1 1
Uncared For Dead Lacking Funerary Rites narrower_than 1 1
Warrior Eulogy Through Catalogue Of Qualities And Possessions functional_variant 1 1
Warrior Memorialized By Raised Stone functional_variant 1 1
Washing The Dead Hero's Body ritual_variant 1 1

Tradition Frequency

Relative bars compare traditions inside this family.
Greek 83 Roman 24 Celtic Irish 19 Greek/Roman 6 Hindu 6 Norse 5 Sufi 5 Comparative 3 Celtic Welsh 1 Islamic 1 Islamicate Folklore 1

How Each Tradition Tells It

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Greek

How This Tradition Tells It

83 occurrences

In Greek, this family appears through Battle For The Body Of A Fallen Hero (2), Funeral Games Honoring The Dead (2), Battle For Recovery Or Dishonor Of A Hero's Corpse (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Iliad and Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica. This is a deterministic summary of 83 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 452-529 high Miraculous Handling Of A Hero Poet's Corpse record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS / THE STORY OF OEDIPUS / THE THEBAID; lines 7639-7678 high Funeral Rites Followed By Lament record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE HOMERIC HYMNS / I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO; lines 5741-5808 high Poetic Commemoration Through Ritual Singers record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST; lines 8642-8754 high Funeral Games As Setting For Contest record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST; lines 8912-9016 high Body Returned From The Sea By Animals record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST; lines 8912-9016 high Enduring Memorial Speech From A Tomb Image record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE MARGITES / THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST; lines 9018-9053 high Poet Or Hero Receives Divine Style Honors After Death record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS; lines 7926-7961 high Contest Over The Dead Hero's Arms record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica THE THEBAID / THE EPIGONI / THE CYPRIA / THE AETHIOPIS; lines 7926-7961 high Heroic Death Followed By Funerary Honors record
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica XXXI. TO HELIOS / XXXII. TO SELENE / XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601; lines 7456-7569 high Speaking Memorial Object Preserves The Dead Person's Name record
Phaedrus PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS; lines 2910-3059 medium Enduring Tomb Proclamation record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20224-20361 high Corpse Defilement By Animals record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20645-20779 high Denied Funerary Rites And Corpse Exposure record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXII. / ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR.; lines 20781-20906 high Dishonoring Of The Fallen Enemy's Body record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22139-22276 high Withheld Funeral Honors Restored Through Intervention record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22714-22855 high Divinely Preserved Body Of The Honored Dead record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22857-22974 high Funerary Preparation Of The Hero’s Body record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 22976-23120 high Unburied Dead Later Granted Burial By Gods record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 23122-23268 medium Enemy Granted Interval For Funeral Honors record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / BOOK XXIV. / ARGUMENT. / THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.; lines 23122-23268 high Public Cremation And Urn Burial Of An Honored Hero record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12676-12812 high Battle Over The Body And Armor Of A Fallen Warrior record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12923-13064 high Corpse Defense And Removal In Battle record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 12923-13064 high Vengeance Killing And Exchange Of The Dead record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 13536-13564 high Heroic Threat Of Corpse Feeding Birds record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19554-19691 high Dishonored Corpse Consigned To Water And Animals record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES. / BOOK XXI. / ARGUMENT.; lines 19819-19969 high Denial Of Burial By Elemental Engulfment record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 20969-21070 high Funeral Games Honoring The Dead record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 20969-21070 high Funeral Rites For A Slain Companion record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 20969-21070 high Mourning Procession Or Circular Rite Around The Dead record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 20969-21070 high Unburied Ghost Requesting Burial Rites record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21072-21199 high Shared Posthumous Resting Place For Companions record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21201-21342 high Bones Gathered Into An Urn And Covered Before Tomb Raising record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21201-21342 high Divine Protection Of An Unburied Corpse record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21201-21342 high Personified Winds Summoned To Ignite A Funeral Pyre record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21344-21448 high Funeral Games Honoring The Dead record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21587-21727 high Public Contest With Ranked Prizes record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 21729-21864 high Funeral Games And Honors For The Dead record
The Iliad ARGUMENT. / THE DEATH OF HECTOR. / BOOK XXIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines 22003-22136 high Funeral Games With Heroic Prize Contests record
The Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 2033-2057 medium Posthumous Honor Contrasted With Living Favor record
The Iliad JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS. / BOOK XV. / ARGUMENT. / THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX.; lines 14933-15057 medium Contest Over Fallen Warrior's Body Or Arms record
The Iliad THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 6373-6515 high Protection Of The Warrior's Corpse record
The Iliad THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS. / BOOK IV. / ARGUMENT. / THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.; lines 5358-5482 high Struggle Over The Slain Body And Spoils record
The Iliad THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. / BOOK VII. / ARGUMENT / THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.; lines 7556-7673 high Truce For Funeral Rites Of The Slain record
The Iliad THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. / BOOK VII. / ARGUMENT / THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.; lines 7675-7813 high Funerary Compact And Heroic Memorial record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15911-16050 high Contest For The Corpse And Arms Of A Fallen Hero record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 15911-16050 high Last Command To Defend The Fallen Body record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 16052-16199 high Personified Sleep And Death As Bearers Of The Body record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 16202-16341 high Combat Over The Corpse And Spoils Of A Fallen Warrior record
The Iliad THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT / THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 16343-16451 medium Spoils And Doomed Transfer Of Heroic Arms record
The Iliad THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN. / BOOK XIX. / ARGUMENT. / THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.; lines 18220-18337 high Miraculous Preservation Of The Dead Body record
The Iliad THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11305-11425 high Death Taunt With Denial Of Burial record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 23583-23696 high Funeral Appeasement And Restoration Of The Enemy Corpse record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 24050-24166 medium Tomb As Watch Tower Or Landmark record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 24313-24477 high Hero Cult Games And Victory Crowns record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25331-25485 high Triple Funeral Procession record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25487-25616 high Funerary Honor Marked By Raised Tomb Or Pile record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25618-25679 medium Return Of The Enemy's Body To Kin record
The Iliad THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 25618-25679 high Vengeance Against The Dead Through The Corpse record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17544-17691 high Battle For Recovery Or Dishonor Of A Hero's Corpse record
The Iliad THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS. / BOOK XVIII. / ARGUMENT. / THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.; lines 17693-17832 high Recovery And Mourning Of The Slain Companion record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16454-16585 high Battle For The Body Of A Fallen Hero record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16454-16585 high Guardian Stands Over Fallen Companion record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16454-16585 high Stripping The Armor Of The Slain record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16587-16719 high Battle For The Fallen Companion's Body record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16721-16857 high Battle For Possession Of A Hero's Corpse record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16721-16857 high Protection Of The Dead From Scavengers record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16859-17004 high Battle For Possession Of A Fallen Hero’s Body record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 16859-17004 medium Honor Paid To The Dead Through Ordained Violent Struggle record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17006-17145 high Contest For The Hero's Chariot And Horses record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17147-17284 high Defense Of A Fallen Beloved Comrade's Body record
The Iliad THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS / BOOK XVII. / ARGUMENT. / THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.; lines 17286-17409 high Battle For The Body Of A Fallen Hero record
The Iliad The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE.; lines 117-192 high Funerary Body Retrieval And Funeral Sequence record
The Odyssey BOOK II / BOOK III / TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS. / BOOK IV; lines 2041-2133 high Memorial Mound Preserving A Warrior's Name record
The Odyssey BOOK XI / THE VISIT TO THE DEAD.88 / BOOK XII / THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.; lines 5320-5420 high Funeral Rites For A Dead Companion record
The Odyssey BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10351-10444 medium Posthumous Fame Secured By Tomb And Funeral Games record
The Odyssey BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10446-10532 high Uncared For Dead Lacking Funerary Rites record
The Odyssey BOOK XXI / BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV; lines 10534-10622 high Mourning Without Proper Burial Rites record
The Odyssey BOOK XXII / BOOK XXIII / BOOK XXIV / FOOTNOTES:; lines 10946-11057 medium Washing The Dead Hero's Body record
The Odyssey PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION / HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I; lines 589-680 high Funeral Rites And Memorial If The Missing Father Is Dead record
The Odyssey THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII; lines 3599-3696 medium Cleansing And Reclothing Of Honored Figures record
The Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 16147-16288 medium Saviors Of The State Rewarded With Crown And Burial Honors record
The Republic BOOK II. / BOOK III. / BOOK IV. / BOOK V.; lines 16453-16611 high Heroic Honors For Fallen Warriors record
The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 2829-2913 high Fallen Warrior Becomes Posthumous Guardian And Receives Cult Honours record
Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

24 occurrences

In Roman, this family appears through Commemorative Games For A Dead Father (1), Contest For The Arms Of A Dead Hero (1), Funeral Procession Marked By Reversed Arms And Mourning Display (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Aeneid of Virgil and The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV. This is a deterministic summary of 24 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5803-5890 high Funeral Provision For Possible Battlefield Death record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3887-3949 medium Empty Tomb And Ritual Address To Absent Dead record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 2843-2858 high Funeral Or Festival Games With Public Contests And Prizes record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 2988-3044 high Athletic Contest With Ranked Prizes record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3046-3130 high Public Athletic Combat With Prize Distribution record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6754-6833 high Denial Of Burial To The Defeated Enemy record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 6957-7018 high Compassionate Victor Honors Slain Youth record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP / BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; lines 7020-7079 high Defeated Enemy Requests Burial record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY / BOOK THIRD / THE STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WANDERING; lines 1764-1832 high Mourning Rites At An Empty Or Symbolic Tomb record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7082-7165 high Funeral Procession Marked By Reversed Arms And Mourning Display record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7167-7255 high Supplication For Burial Of The War Dead record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7167-7255 high Temporary Truce Between Enemies For Funeral Rites record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7257-7341 high Mass Funeral After Battle record
The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7534-7584 high Divine Protection Of Warrior’s Corpse And Arms record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII BOOK THE SEVENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11772-11813 high Corpse Devouring Animal Below A Murder Precipice record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 11973-12064 high Mass Death Overwhelms Funerary Order record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4220-4258 medium Posthumous Divinization And Commemorative Festival record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4357-4418 high Tree Branch As Sign Of Death And Funerary Presence record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8336-8395 high Contest For A Dead Hero's Arms record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8336-8395 high Enduring Fame After Heroic Death record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FOURTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10417-10444 high Commemorative Games For A Dead Father record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE ELEVENTH.; lines 5715-5795 high Divine Protection Of A Hero's Remains From A Serpent record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8455-8538 high Contest For The Arms Of A Dead Hero record
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH.; lines 8694-8768 high Recovery Of Fallen Comrade's Body And Weapons record
Celtic Irish

How This Tradition Tells It

19 occurrences

In Celtic Irish, this family appears through Commemorative Burial With Inscribed Stones (1), Disputed Grave And Local Burial Memory (1), Heroic Relic Marked By An Enemy's Blood (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Gods and Fighting Men and The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge. This is a deterministic summary of 19 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL / CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF GABHRA; lines 14070-14133 medium Monumental Grave For A Fallen Hero record
Gods and Fighting Men BOOK SEVEN: DIARMUID AND GRANIA. / CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS; lines 12021-12052 high Commemorative Burial With Inscribed Stones record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE FLIGHT FROM TEAMHAIR / CHAPTER II. THE PURSUIT / CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS / CHAPTER IV. THE WOOD OF DUBHROS; lines 12417-12432 high Burial Of The Fallen After Combat record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER III. AILNE'S REVENGE / BOOK NINE: THE WEARING AWAY OF THE FIANNA. / CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL WITH THE SONS OF MORNA / CHAPTER II. DEATH OF GOLL; lines 13885-13960 medium Disputed Grave And Local Burial Memory record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS / NOTES / I. THE APOLOGY / II. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE STORIES OF THE FIANNA; lines 15434-15521 low Heroic Relic Marked By An Enemy's Blood record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE HELP OF THE MEN OF DEA / CHAPTER VI. THE MARCH OF THE FIANNA / CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST FIGHTERS / CHAPTER VIII. THE KING OF ULSTER'S SON; lines 7653-7737 high Honored Burial And Lamentation Of Fallen Youth record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12892-12983 high Comrades Cover The Dead Warrior record
Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER V. THE QUARREL / CHAPTER VI. THE WANDERERS / CHAPTER VII. FIGHTING AND PEACE / CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN; lines 12985-13086 high Honored Transport Of The Hero's Corpse record
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TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Heroic Romances of Ireland ALSO THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALE FROM THE SAME VERSION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD / INTRODUCTION / THE COMBAT AT THE FORD; lines 6021-6196 high Eulogy Of The Defeated Enemy As Peerless Champion record
Heroic Romances of Ireland INTRODUCTION / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / THE DRIVING OF THE CATTLE OF FLIDAIS / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 11988-12117 medium Protective Covering Over Wounded Heroes record
Heroic Romances of Ireland INTRODUCTION / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / THE RAID FOR DARTAID'S CATTLE / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 10930-11027 high Etiological Place Name From Death In Battle record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PAGE 48 / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / PAGE 57 / PAGE 58; lines 7264-7278 medium Disfigurement In Honour Of Heroes record
Heroic Romances of Ireland PROLOGUE IN FAIRYLAND / FROM THE LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / THE COURTSHIP OF ETAIN / EGERTON VERSION; lines 1259-1369 high Memorial Mound And Inscribed Standing Stone For The Threatened Dead record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM / THE PROPOSALS; lines 5960-6064 high Marked Heroic Burial With Inscription And Lament record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN / THE SLAYING OF ORLAM; lines 4622-4776 high Warrior Memorialized By Raised Stone record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11289-11433 medium Body Moved To Determine Place Of Triumph record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11435-11617 high Warrior Eulogy Through Catalogue Of Qualities And Possessions record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 11619-11812 high Funeral Games For A Fallen Warrior record
The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge XVIII / HERE NOW IS TOLD THE MISTHROW AT BELACH EOIN. / HERE NOW FOLLOWETH THE DISGUISING OF TAMON / HERE NOW COMETH THE HEAD-PLACE OF FERCHU; lines 9309-9432 high Battle Site Etiological Naming And Memorial Stones record
Greek/Roman

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Greek/Roman, this family appears through Funeral Games After Heroic Death (1), Respectful Protection Of A Fallen Opponent's Body (1), Temple As Combined Divine Sanctuary And Memorial For The Dead (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS. / OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.; lines 8919-8977 high Denial And Restoration Of Funeral Rites record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome LEMURES (LARVAE) AND LARES. / PENATES. / PUBLIC WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS. / TEMPLES.; lines 6070-6142 high Temple As Combined Divine Sanctuary And Memorial For The Dead record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES). / BELLEROPHON.; lines 8325-8402 high Posthumous Hero Cult record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 8266-8323 high Transfer Of Hero's Weapons To Companion record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9593-9685 high Funeral Games After Heroic Death record
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9593-9685 high Respectful Protection Of A Fallen Opponent's Body record
Hindu

How This Tradition Tells It

6 occurrences

In Hindu, this family appears through Royal Funeral Procession And Obsequies (1), Enmity Ending At Death And Funeral Rites For The Foe (1), Funeral Duty Following Lamentation (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Ramayan of Valmiki and Maha-bharata. This is a deterministic summary of 6 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Maha-bharata BOOK X / KARNA-BADHA / BOOK XI / SRADDHA; lines 6115-6263 high Rites Granted To Enemies And Nameless Dead record
Maha-bharata BOOK XII / ASWA-MEDHA / CONCLUSION / TRANSLATOR'S EPILOGUE; lines 7089-7179 medium Funerals Of Fallen Warriors record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto CII. Lakshman Healed. / Canto CVI. Glory To The Sun. / Canto CVIII. The Battle. / Canto CIX. The Battle.; lines 55400-55568 high Enmity Ending At Death And Funeral Rites For The Foe record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto III. The Guardian Goddess. / Canto IV. Within The City. / Canto VI. The Court. / Canto VIII. The Enchanted Car.; lines 45535-45580 medium Heroic Infiltration And Inspection Of A Ruler’s Private Chamber record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40574-40724 high Funeral Duty Following Lamentation record
The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto VI. The Tokens. / Canto XI. Dundubhi. / Canto XII. The Palm Trees. / Canto XIV. The Challenge.; lines 40726-40834 high Royal Funeral Procession And Obsequies record
Norse

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Norse, this family appears through Sea As Burial Place Or Barrow (1), Warrior's Funeral Pyre With Weapons, Horse, And Companions (1), Dead Companions Linked By Facing Mounds Across Water (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7594-7696 high Funeral Ship With Costly Grave Goods record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7698-7821 high Ship Borne Funerary Pyre record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 10444-10568 high Warrior's Funeral Pyre With Weapons, Horse, And Companions record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11061-11198 high Dead Companions Linked By Facing Mounds Across Water record
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF; lines 11601-11720 medium Sea As Burial Place Or Barrow record
Sufi

How This Tradition Tells It

5 occurrences

In Sufi, this family appears through Memorialization Of A Slain Companion Through Ritual Dress (1), Posthumous Shrine For A Revered Teacher (1), Self Designated Sacred Burial Place (1). The strongest concentration is currently in Poems from the Divan of Hafiz and The Mesnevi. This is a deterministic summary of 5 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
Mystics and Saints of Islam CHAPTER XIV / JALALUDDIN RUMI / CHAPTER XV / CHAPTER XVI; lines 5075-5159 high Posthumous Shrine For A Revered Teacher record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz NOTES / XVIII / XXIII / XXVIII; lines 3678-3763 high Holy Man’s Preparation For Death And Burial record
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz XXXVIII / XXXIX / XLIII / NOTES; lines 3107-3219 medium Honourable Burial Decided By A Verse record
The Mesnevi CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII. / CHAPTER VIII.; lines 5084-5172 high Self Designated Sacred Burial Place record
The Mesnevi JAMES W. REDHOUSE, M.R.A.S., ETC. / CONTENTS. / INTRODUCTION.--PLAINT OF THE REED-FLUTE 1 / CONCLUSION 289; lines 314-412 medium Memorialization Of A Slain Companion Through Ritual Dress record
Comparative

How This Tradition Tells It

3 occurrences

In Comparative, this family appears through Ritual Funeral For Nonhuman Figure (1), Funeral Ship Pyre With Spouse And Horse (1), Funeral Tug Of War Over A Sacred Or Ritual Body (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2). This is a deterministic summary of 3 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 13729-13864 medium Funeral Tug Of War Over A Sacred Or Ritual Body record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 3290-3388 high Ritual Funeral For Nonhuman Figure record
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 5484-5571 high Funeral Ship Pyre With Spouse And Horse record
Celtic Welsh

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Celtic Welsh, this family appears through Protective Burial Of A Severed Head (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Mabinogion. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Mabinogion PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6937-7016 high Protective Burial Of A Severed Head record
Islamic

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Islamic, this family appears through Contested Burial Of A Revered Dead Figure (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Koran (Al-Qur'an). This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20884-20904 medium Contested Burial Of A Revered Dead Figure record
Islamicate Folklore

How This Tradition Tells It

1 occurrences

In Islamicate Folklore, this family appears through Corpse Passed Among Successive Households (1). The strongest concentration is currently in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. This is a deterministic summary of 1 tagged motif occurrences, not a claim of historical transmission.

TextLine RangeConfidenceChild MotifExtraction
The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 4780-4885 high Corpse Passed Among Successive Households record
Converges

Shared Structure

The convergence is broad rather than concentrated in one child motif: traditions repeatedly tag passages into this family while emphasizing locally different scenes.

Diverges

Local Emphasis

Roman leans toward Commemorative Games For A Dead Father; Greek leans toward Battle For The Body Of A Fallen Hero; Celtic Irish leans toward Commemorative Burial With Inscribed Stones; Islamic leans toward Contested Burial Of A Revered Dead Figure; Islamicate Folklore leans toward Corpse Passed Among Successive Households; Norse leans toward Sea As Burial Place Or Barrow.

Comparison Mode

Reading Rule

structuralthematiccontact not inferred

Timeline

Approximate eras from the cultural timeline index.
ca. 800-300 BCE

The Upanishads

Hindu - Vedic and early philosophical Sanskrit tradition - 6 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-400 BCE

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

Greek - Archaic Greek poetic and hymnic tradition - 83 tagged occurrences

ca. 750-650 BCE

The Iliad

Greek - Archaic Greek heroic epic tradition - 83 tagged occurrences

ca. 200 BCE-200 CE

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita

Hindu - Sanskrit epic and devotional-philosophical tradition - 6 tagged occurrences

ca. 610-632 CE

The Koran (Al-Qur'an)

Islamic - Early Islamic revelation corpus - 1 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1200 CE source traditions; 1905 retelling

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic Irish - Medieval Irish mythic and heroic material - 19 tagged occurrences

ca. 800-1270 CE

The Poetic Edda

Norse - Old Norse mythological and heroic poetic tradition - 5 tagged occurrences

ca. 1100-1400 CE

The Mabinogion

Celtic Welsh - Medieval Welsh narrative and romance tradition - 1 tagged occurrences