The theme of self-decapitation and the severed head is recurring in Indian mythology. Legends from the "Simhasana Dvatrimsika" and the "Kathasaritsagara" speak of how the hero offers blood from his throat as an offering to a goddess. Rajasthani folk tales and songs tell about of warrior-heroes ("jhumjharji" or "bhomiya") who cuts off his head before the war or is decapitated in action, but battles on – without his head – slaying foes until he avenges his beheading and dies. The decapitated body and head motif is not unique to Hinduism and Buddhism and appears across the world, including the Cephalophore saints of Christianity and in Celtic culture.