Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness.
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Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Korean Zong in-Sob 147 No. 65.
- general *Type 327
- general BP I 115ff.
- general *Fb "hale" I 537, "lysepile" II 487
Within the index
Filed under Cannibal cuts captive's finger to test fatness.
Carried in tale types
- Hansel and Gretel · ATU 327A 12 recorded variants
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