Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 256
f Odin. Now let us turn to the wheel. On the Continent, in Germany and in France, break-ing on the wheel was a customarymode of execution. The victim wasstretched on the wheel, and with abar of iron his limbs were broken,and then a blow was dealt him acrossthe breast. After that the wheel wasset up… … fi^. 40.—THK SIN-GOD, AFTER G.\IUOZ. 24^ STRANGE SURVIVALS.
Manners and customs · Superstition
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