Tongue cut out as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) — Mythoi

Motif

Tongue cut out as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q451.4.5

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Irish myth Cross.

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Filed under Tongue cut off as punishment.

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

Murder punished. (Cf. Q411.6, Q413.4, Q414.0.12, Q416.0.2, Q417.1, Q421.0.4, Q424.0.1, Q431.1, Q431.9, Q450.1.1, Q451.1.4, Q451.2.3, Q451.4.5, Q451.7.4, Q469.6, Q469.12, Q491.6, Q497, Q511, Q511.1, Q512.0.1, Q520.1, Q545, Q551.3.3, Q551.8.3, Q552.3.0.2, Q556.2, Q556.10, Q558.9, Q582.3.)

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