The constellation
Q491 Indignity to corpse as punishment. (Cf. Q271.1.)
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filed under
- Humiliating punishments · Q470 entry
beneath it
- Disgraceful burial as punishment · Q491.1 entry
- Debtor's corpse flogged. (Cf. Q271.) · Q491.2 entry
- Devil beats wicked man's corpse · Q491.3 entry
- Toads and snakes devour corpse of rich man in his grave · Q491.4 entry
- Skull used as drinking cup. (Cf. Q478.1.2.) · Q491.5 entry
- Corpse of murderer mutilated. (Cf. Q211.) · Q491.6 entry
- Punishment: throwing dead body into river · Q491.7 entry
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