Girl (fairy) bites off ear of ravisher. (Cf. F304.4.1, Q244.)

Motif

Girl (fairy) bites off ear of ravisher. (Cf. F304.4.1, Q244.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q451.6.0.1

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish myth*Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Ears cut off as punishment.

Filed beside it

Ears cut off as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.)Ear cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.)

Travels with

Fairy ravished by mortal strikes flesh from his ear Punishment for ravisher. (Cf. Q411.7, Q421.0.3, Q431.6, Q451.6.0.1, Q467.4, Q552.1.2.)

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