The phrase Shirt of Flame may refer to:
- a tunica molesta, a shirt or tunic impregnated with flammable material used for torture or execution in Ancient Rome.[1]
- Ateşten Gömlek, known in English as The Shirt of Flame, a Turkish film of a book of the same name by Halide Edib Adıvar.
- a specific form of the poison dress trope in folklore that burned the victim.
- Glauce was given a cursed robe by Medea that "consumed [her] with fierce fire along with her father".[2]
- King Arthur was given a cursed mantle by Morgan Le Fey in . Le Morte d'Arthur – via Wikisource.
- a particular type of clothing given to people about to face burning at the stake.[citation needed]
References
edit- ↑ Mayor, Adrienne. 1997. "Firey Finery". Archaeology. Volume 50, (2), March/April 1997.
- ↑ Apollodorus (1921). The Library Book 1.9.28. Translated by James George Frazer.