Hog's forefoot cut off: woman's hand missing — Mythoi

Motif

Hog's forefoot cut off: woman's hand missing.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Person disenchanted. · view the constellation · filed as D702.1.2

Cited in the index

general Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Disenchantment with missing member. While in transformation a person loses a bodily member. When disenchanted, he still lacks the member.

Filed beside it

Cat's paw cut off: woman's hand missing. A man spends a night in a haunted mill, where he cuts off a cat's paw. In the morning the miller's wife has lost her hand. (Cf. D142, D621.1.1.)

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