Right hands cut off enemy's messengers — Mythoi

Motif

Right hands cut off enemy's messengers.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q451.1.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 118 118.— THE THEEE AEMY-SUEGEONS.
Chinese Myths & Legends of China , Chapter X
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 8
Irish Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster , Ch. 20 DEATH OF CUCHULAIN

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Hands cut off as punishment. (Cf. S161.)

Filed beside it

Hand cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.) Hand cut off for contempt of court Hand cut off for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Hand cut off (falls off) as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Arms cut off as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Arms cut off as punishment for slandering. (Cf. Q263.)

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