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Group No. 134


Letter

M. Ordaining the future

Group No.

M100 – M199

Group name

Vows and oaths

Description

M100. Vows and oaths. *Penzer X 355 s.v. ”vow“; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 659ff.; *Encyc. Rel. Ethics IX 430ff.; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 198ff.; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish *Neuman.
 
M101. Punishment for broken oaths. Kristensen Danske Sagn VI (1) (1900) 33ff., (1936) 18ff.; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M108.1. Babylonians do not keep their oaths. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M110.2. Oath is valid only when decreed in presence of ten. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M110.3. Oath uttered by pious when in danger of succumbing to temptation. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M113.1. Oath taken on sword. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 20; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 197; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M114. Oath taken on sacred object. Jewish: Neuman; Icelandic: *Boberg.
 
M114.1.1. Oath by Tora. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M119.7. Oath by placing hand on genitals. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M119.8. Oath taken by the life of a person. Jewish: Neuman.
 
M119.8.2. Swearing by life of father. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M121. Vow not to shave or cut hair until a certain time. *BP II 431ff.; A. Bugge ”Harald Haarfagres løfte“ Edda VII 166; Helm Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte I 301; Eitrem Opferritus und Voropfer (Skrifter Vidensk. Selsk. i Oslo No. 1, 1914) 400; Frazer Golden Bough III 194; Kruyt Het Animisme 33; FFC LXXXIII xxiv. – Irish: O‘Suilleabhain 24, 45, Beal XXI 307, 316; Icelandic: *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 39; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 53 No. 400B*; Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. ”Achilleus“; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M146.5. Vow to marry none but daughter of certain man. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M146.7. Vow of enemy chief to marry princess of besieged city. Jewish: Neuman.
 
M151.4. Vow not to take food or drink until enemy is killed. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
 
M185. Vow to abide by laws. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M186. Vow never to pass over demarcation line into other’s property. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M187. Oath to abide by results of lot drawing. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
M188. Oath not to mention what has been seen. Jewish: *Neuman.

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