Hand cut off for broken tabu — Mythoi

Motif

Hand cut off for broken tabu.

Tabu. · Punishment for breaking tabu. · Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as C948.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu.

Filed beside it

Mouth expanded because of broken tabu Nose to be cut off as punishment for breaking tabu Tongue of woman who breaks tabu protrudes and entwines itself around a post in the home Man's liver snatched away because of broken tabu Man's lungs cut out because of broken tabu Face chilled because of broken tabu Head shattered for breaking tabu

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