This method of death claims the life of a youth who is guided to his lover each night by a light atop a tower to Aphrodite.
This method of death claims the life of a youth who is guided to his lover each night by a light atop a tower to Aphrodite. All the citizens of a city perish in this manner after the devil tricks Dahut into stealing the key to the city gates from her father Gradlon. In Scottish legends, this method of death awaits foolish men who mount a black horse-like demon called a (*) kelpie. Slavic folklore describes how a woman who dies in this fashion becomes a rusalka. This fate claims the lives of young English children who succumb to the sinewy arms of the grindylow, as well as Greek men who are seduced by the song of the sirens. After his wings of wax melt in the sun, Icarus dies in this manner. For 10 points, identify this method of death which condemns sailors to Davy Jones's Locker.
This method of death claims the life of a youth who is guided to his lover each night by a light atop a tower to Aphrodite.
drowning [or shipwreck; or obvious equivalents] 