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137: 40: 282: 123: 61: 310: 104: 76: 204:. In idiomatic speech, "snake pits" are places of horror, torture and death in European legends and fairy tales. The 315: 57: 28: 50: 83: 214:
is said to have been thrown into a snake pit and died there, after his army had been defeated in battle by King
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on the top of the stone, and a lady who puts snakes into a snake pit. This particular execution is described in
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Sigenot – he is protected by a magical jewel that had been given to him earlier by a
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