Victim kills swallower from within by burning — Mythoi

Motif

Victim kills swallower from within by burning.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary swallowings. · view the constellation · filed as F912.1

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Kalevala rune 17 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XVII
Africa (Zulu) Callaway 332ff.
general *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18
general Hartland Perseus III 15
general Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69

Within the index

Filed under Victim kills swallower from within.

Filed beside it

Victim kills swallower from within by cutting Swallowed person eats on swallower's liver (heart) until disgorged. (Cf. F914, F915.1.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed Giant swallows man Man builds boat and sails about in giant's belly Quest over path bristling with sharp points (knives, axes, etc.)

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