Disenchantment by decapitation — Mythoi

Motif

Disenchantment by decapitation.

Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by rough treatment. · view the constellation · filed as D711

Filed across the traditions

French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17
French Sébillot France III 52, 140
India Thompson-Balys
Africa (Fjort) Dennett 39 No. 5.
general *Types 314, 402, 425, 440, 441, 471, 506, 507, 531, 545A, 545B, 550, 708
general *Fb "hoved" I 655a, "løse" II 517a
general **Kittredge JAFL XVIII 1
general BP I 9, III 60
general Hartland Science 241. Irish myth: *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Disenchantment by rough treatment.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Disenchantment by decapitation and replacement of head Disenchantment by cutting person in two Disenchantment from bird by cutting off bill Disenchantment from flower by breaking stalk Disenchantment from leaf by breaking it from tree Disenchantment from fruit by plucking it from tree

Filed beside it

Disenchantment by violence Disenchantment by rubbing Disenchantment by overcoming enchanted person in fight (contest) Disenchantment by assembling bones Disenchantment by shaving Disenchantment by rough treatment – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

Puss in Boots · ATU 545B 12 recorded variants
The Cat Castle · ATU 545A 5 recorded variants
The Black and the White Bride · ATU 403 4 recorded variants
The Animal Bride (previously The Mouse [Cat, Frog, etc · ATU 402 2 recorded variants
The Frog King or Iron Henry · ATU 440 1 recorded variant
The Dog and the Sailor (previously The Dog in the Sea) · ATU 540 1 recorded variant

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