The constellation
S175 Horses mutilated: tails cut off and manes torn off with the skin in order to humiliate their owner. (Cf. J1169.5.)
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- Mutilations · S160 entry
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- The laughing ass. King has trickster's horse's tail cut off. Trickster retaliates by cutting off part of upper lip of king's ass. At trial the animals are brought forth. Everyone laughs at the ass. Trickster: "If everyone laughs at the ass, how could the ass help laughing at her companion without a tail?" Freed · J1169.5 entry
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- Self-mutilation. (Cf. T327.1, T327.2, T333.) · S160.1 entry
- Jealous women mutilate her who is most attractive to men · S160.2 entry
- Fairies mutilate mortals. (Cf. F362.) · S160.3 entry
- Mutilation of envoys. (Cf. R51.3.) · S160.4 entry
- Moon mutilates his earth mistress · S160.5 entry
- Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms) · S161 entry
- Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet) · S162 entry
- Mutilation: cutting (tearing) out tongue. Often to prevent revelation of secret · S163 entry
- Mutilation: knocking out teeth · S164 entry
- Mutilation: putting out eyes · S165 entry