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Group No. 161


Letter

R. Captive and fugitives

Group No.

R300 – R399

Group name

Refuges and recapture

Description

R315. Cave as refuge. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo, (Greenland): Rasmussen I 150.
 
R325. Church (altar) as refuge. Fb “kirke” II 125b; Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 276 n. 4; Jewish: *Neuman; Gaster Thespis 303f.; Japanese: Ikeda.
 
R345. Cities of refuge. Jewish: *Neuman.

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