Man with half a head

Motif

Man with half a head.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F511.0.5

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish myth*Cross.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Headless person. (Cf. F401.4, F531.1.2.1.)Person with more than one head Persons whose heads are stone-hammers Man carries his head under his arm 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

Hero attacked by revenant with half a head, carrying man with half a body. (Cf. E461, E422.1.1, F511.0.5.)

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