Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.333
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.333
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v1.c3.s21.333
¹⁴⁵ Cf. Herodotos, v. 5 (of the Thracians); iv. 71 (of the Scythians); Procopius, De Bello Gothico, ii. 14 (of the Heruli). So in Germany Brynhild and Nanna are instances (cf. Weinhold, Altnordisches Leben, 476 et seq.). The universality of the custom must not be exaggerated, as Zimmer, 331, is inclined to do. To burn all the wives of a king would, in primitive ages, have been a