Victim kills swallower from within — Mythoi

Motif

Victim kills swallower from within.

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

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Greek Fox 86
India Thompson-Balys
Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 291
Chinese Graham
Japanese Ikeda
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 321 n. 159
Africa Werner African 199.
general Herbert III 196
general Oesterley No. 251

Within the index

Filed under Extraordinary swallowings.

3 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Person (animal) swallowed without killing Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) Person swallowed and disgorged Victim speaks from swallower's body One animal jumps through body of another Monster swallows people through anus Swallowed person becomes bald Swallowed person bereft of clothing Tent-house folded and swallowed as means of carrying it Extraordinary swallowings – miscellaneous

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