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Motif

Tongue cut off as punishment.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q451.4

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 98 No. 836G*, Espinosa II No. 94
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham
  • Japanese Ikeda
  • Korean Zong in-Sob 145 No. 64.
  • general DeCock Volkssage 93
Within the index

Filed under Mutilation as punishment. (Cf. S160.)

10 finer motifs beneath it
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 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
Filed beside it
Hands and feet cut off as punishment Threat to cut off hand or foot Strong girl breaks impudent suitor's right hand and left foot Hands and feet cut off as punishment for robbery. (Cf. Q212.) Hands cut off as punishment. (Cf. S161.) Laming as punishment. (Cf. S162.) Loss of speech as punishment Nose cut off as punishment Ears cut off as punishment Blinding as punishment Punishment: thong of leather cut from back Punishment: woman's breasts cut off Punishment: genitalia cut off Piecemeal mutilation as punishment Lips sewed together as punishment for slander. (Cf. Q263.) Punishment: head split into many pieces
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Punishment for cutting off bird's tongue. (Cf. Q451.4, Q552.5.1.)

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