Murder by feeding with honey-covered sharpened cross-pieces of wood

Motif

Murder by feeding with honey-covered sharpened cross-pieces of wood.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Various kinds of treacherous murder. · view the constellation · filed as K951.6

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 71.

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Filed under Murder by choking.

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

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