μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Headless person. (Cf. F401.4, F531.1.2.1.)

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F511.0.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic Boberg.
  • general *Chauvin VII 77 No. 121
Within the index

Filed under Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast Headless persons cannot smell or hear
Filed beside it
Person with more than one head Persons whose heads are stone-hammers Man carries his head under his arm Man with half a head Beheaded man's head replaced crooked Man with venomous worm in his head Gigantic skull of ancient king discovered Person with animal's head. (Cf. F511.1.3, F526.) Person unusual as to his face Person unusual as to his ears. (Cf. F542.) Person with horns
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Spirits without heads (or with heads under arms) Headless giant. (Cf. F511.0.1.)

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