Disenchantment by decapitation

Motif

Disenchantment by decapitation.

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

Scholars’ trail — 9references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 17
FrenchSébillot France III 52, 140
IndiaThompson-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 545B12 recorded variants
The Cat Castle · ATU 545A5 recorded variants
The Black and the White Bride · ATU 4034 recorded variants
The Animal Bride (previously The Mouse [Cat, Frog, etc · ATU 4022 recorded variants
The Frog King or Iron Henry · ATU 4401 recorded variant
The Dog and the Sailor (previously The Dog in the Sea) · ATU 5401 recorded variant

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