G60 constellation

The constellation

G60 Human flesh eaten unwittingly

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Relative's flesh eaten unwittingly · G61 entry
Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies · G62 entry
Unwitting cannibalism: scavenger in wedding feast finds basket of noses put there by hero and thinks it full of meat · G63 entry
Human flesh being cooked speaks out · G64 entry

cross-ref

Accidental cannibalism. A man eats up the dried meat of a Jew on shipboard. It happens that the Jew is carrying his dead father back home for burial in this form. (Cf. G60.) · X21 entry

carried in tale type

The Man from the Gallows · ATU 366