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S260. Sacrifices. Cf. V10.
5260.1. Human sacrifice. Cf. V12.6; V17.3. Eyrb ch. X 8; Ldb ch. 135, 172; OlåfTr
ch. 173 in FMS II 76, ch. 228 in FMS II 237, by Odd ch. 54 (42); Kjaln ch. 2;
Saxo lib. III c. II13.
5262. Periodic sacrifices to a monster.
S262.0.1. One man disappears each night. Cf. D2087.4. Vols ch. 5.
S262.3. Sacrificial victim chosen by lot. Cf. N126; S264.1. Jomsv ch. 44 (34); Herv
42, 120-21 (FAS I 452); HålfH XI 1 (ib. II 38); Gautr 28 ch. 7 (ib. III 31-32) =
Saxo lib. VI c. V 7, Herrm 427, MC 52; lib. VIII c. XIV 5 = Herrm 586.
5263. Sacrifice to appease spirits (gods).
5263.1. Highest ranking man in land to be sacrified for good crops. OlåfTr ch. 165
in FMS II 41; Ys ch. 15, 43; Herv 42, 120-21 (FAS I 451-53). Cf. Saxo l.c.
5264. Sacrifice to rivers and seas. Cf. VI 1.2. Saxo lib. VI c. V 7 = Gautr l.c., Herrm
427.
5264.1. Man thrown overboard to placate storm. Floam ch. 28; HålfH XI 1 (FAS II
38). Cf. Ljosv ch. 18 (27).
5265. Sacrifice of strangers. Cf. 6låfTr ch. 175 in FMS II 85 (Flb I 343).
S268. Child sacrificed to provide biood for cure of friend.
5268.1. Sacrifice of child demanded as cure for feigned sickness.
5268.1.1. Prince 's life can only be prolonged if servant sacrifices his o nly son to goddess.
Cf. Ys ch. 25, S kald.sk ch. 81 (64), and Hversu Noregr byggåist, in Flb I 24 (FAS
II 8-9, 11); Ldb ch. 227: »blota til langlifis«.
S271. Sacrifice of child to remove barrenness. Cf. S223.
S300-399. ABANDONED OR MURDERED CHILDREN
5300. Abandoned or murdered children. Schlauch 57, 96.
5301. Children abandoned (exposed). GunnlO ch. 3; 6låfH ch. 59 in FMS IV 109 =
6låfTr ch. 229 in FMS II 242 = OddOlåfTr ch. 41 (32): permission to expose
children; Heinzel 49; Dehmer 105; Krause 92-93.
5310. Reasons for abandonment of children.
5311. Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved. Cf. M371. GunnlO ch. 3.
5312. Illegitimate child exposed. I>orstUxaf 252 (FMS III 111, Fjlsl 444); Årm 20
ch. 8, cf. Schlauch 97; Gering I 74.
5312.1. Child of incest exposed. Jomsv, ed. G. Cederschiold, Lund 1875, introd.
5312.2. Violated woman’s child exposed. HrolfKr 22-23 ch. 7 (FAS I ch. 9); cf. ÅsmS
13 a-h.
5312.3. Posthumous child to be exposed. Herv 14, 102 (FAS I 429-30).
S322. Children abandoned (driven forth, exposed) by hostile relative. Cf. P233.2.1.
S341. Exposure prevented.
S341.1. Exposure given up on account of new-born son’s pr otesting stanza. Forstems
jt. Tjaldstædings in Flb III 432-33 (Fjlsl 431-32; Skj I A 34).