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Q469 Other cruel punishments
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- Cruel punishments · Q450 entry
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- Adulteress caused to fall down stairs from which steps have been removed. (Cf. Q241.) · Q469.1 entry
- Punishment: climbing red-hot rod. (Cf. S112.2.) · Q469.2 entry
- Punishment: grinding up in a mill · Q469.3 entry
- Punishment: millstone hung around neck. Woman has had desire to kill frog. (Cf. Q211.8.) · Q469.4 entry
- Punishment: choking with smoke. This given a lawyer who has "sold smoke", i.e., idle words · Q469.5 entry
- Heart and liver of murderer torn out. (Cf. Q211.) · Q469.6 entry
- Punishment: twisting entrails from body · Q469.7 entry
- Punishment: sawing in twain · Q469.8 entry
- Punishment: boring hot irons through ears. (Cf. S112.2.) · Q469.9 entry
- Scalding as punishment · Q469.10 entry
- Baby son hurled into battle as punishment for desertion of fairy mistress. (Cf. Q247, Q411.3.) · Q469.11 entry
- Murderer torn limb from limb. (Cf. Q211, Q416.) · Q469.12 entry
- Hands in cleft log as punishment. (Cf. K1111, Q435.) · Q469.13 entry