Animal killed by forcing ball (of hide, wax, etc.) into throat — Mythoi

Motif

Animal killed by forcing ball (of hide, wax, etc.) into throat.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Various kinds of treacherous murder. · view the constellation · filed as K951.5

Filed across the traditions

Greek *Robinson Works of Chaucer 966
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Murder by choking.

Filed beside it

Deserted wife chokes departing husband. Asks for one last kiss Murder by throwing hot stones in the mouth Murder by feeding with bread full of pins Murder by throwing poisoned bread into mouth Murder by putting clod into person's windpipe Murder by feeding with honey-covered sharpened cross-pieces of wood

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “forcing” · wander