Tongue cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.) — Mythoi

Motif

Tongue cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q451.4.1

Cited in the index

general *Penzer V 61 n. 1, 143 n.

Within the index

Filed under Tongue cut off as punishment.

Filed beside it

Tongue cut out as punishment for gossip. (Cf. Q314.) Tongue cut off as punishment for incest. (Cf. Q242.) Tongue cut off as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Tongue cut out as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Tongue cut out as punishment for fault-finding (satire). (Cf. Q312.) Man pulls out his own tongue in remorse Tongue cut off as punishment for alleged adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Hanging by tongue as punishment Punishment: stretching tongue to enormous length

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Theft punished. (Cf. Q221.8, Q413.1, Q428.2, Q431.15, Q451.0.4, Q451.1.1, Q451.2.2, Q451.4.1, Q451.5.2, Q451.6.2, Q451.7.0.2.2, Q458.0.3, Q458.2.2, Q467.2, Q469.10.2, Q520.2, Q551.2.3.ff., Q551.6.4, Q551.7.2, Q552.4, Q552.6, Q552.19.3, Q554.1, Q558.6, Q559.10, Q597.3.)

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