Murder by throwing hot stones in the mouth

Motif

Murder by throwing hot stones in the mouth.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Various kinds of treacherous murder. · view the constellation · filed as K951.1

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

SpanishBoggs FFC XC 38 No. 285A*
JapaneseIkeda
IndonesiaDeVries's list No. 33
PapuaKer 103
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 324 n. 167
Africa (Wachaga)Gutmann 188.

Within the index

Filed under Murder by choking.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Murder by hot iron in mouth Murder by thrusting spear (tongs) into mouth Murder by throwing hot fruit into victim's mouth

Filed beside it

Deserted wife chokes departing husband. Asks for one last kiss Murder by feeding with bread full of pins Murder by throwing poisoned bread into mouth Murder by putting clod into person's windpipe Animal killed by forcing ball (of hide, wax, etc.) into throat Murder by feeding with honey-covered sharpened cross-pieces of wood

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