Person unusual as to his face — Mythoi

Motif

Person unusual as to his face.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Remarkable persons. · Monstrous persons. · view the constellation · filed as F511.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Chinese Myths & Legends of China , Chapter XVI
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 60
Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , King Lear Act 2

Within the index

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

5 finer motifs beneath it

Person without features (with flat face) Two-faced person. Janus Three-faced person Person with animal face Person with green face

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 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 ears. (Cf. F542.) Person with horns

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Eye with remarkably heavy lid. Requires four men to lift it, or the like. (Cf. F511.1, G631.)

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