Making the dupe strong – by castration — Mythoi

Motif

Making the dupe strong – by castration.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception through false doctoring. · view the constellation · filed as K1012.1

Cited in the index

general *Types 153, 1133.

Within the index

Filed under Making the dupe strong. The false doctor injures him.

Filed beside it

Making the dupe strong – by scalding

Carried in tale types

Making Strong (previously Making the Ogre Strong by Castration) · ATU 1133 1 recorded variant
The Gelding of the Bear and the Fetching of Salve · ATU 153 1 recorded variant

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