Flesh (vital organs) of certain person alleged to be only cure for disease

Motif

Flesh (vital organs) of certain person alleged to be only cure for disease.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Other fatal deceits. · view the constellation · filed as K961.2

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

India*Thompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 882
general Africa (Temne): Schlenker Collection of Temne Traditions (London, 1861) 87ff. No. 7, (Hausa): Tremearne FL XXII 464ff. No. 50.

Within the index

Filed under Flesh of certain animal alleged to be only cure for disease: animal to be killed. (The sick lion.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Brain of snake said to be only cure for monkey's disease. Monkey to be killed by snake when he goes to hole Ogress wife demands eyes of six wives of raja or she will die

Filed beside it

Blood of certain animal said to be sweet. Its death thus brought about Disease to be cured by heart of monkey. (Cf. K544.)

Carried in tale types

The Sick Lion · ATU 501 recorded variant

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