μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
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Filed under Other cruel punishments.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Punishment: tearing off flesh with hot pincersPunishment: piercing with needles
Filed beside it
Adulteress caused to fall down stairs from which steps have been removed. (Cf. Q241.)Punishment: climbing red-hot rod. (Cf. S112.2.)Punishment: grinding up in a millPunishment: millstone hung around neck. Woman has had desire to kill frog. (Cf. Q211.8.)Punishment: choking with smoke. This given a lawyer who has "sold smoke", i.e., idle wordsHeart and liver of murderer torn out. (Cf. Q211.)Punishment: twisting entrails from bodyPunishment: sawing in twainScalding as punishmentBaby son hurled into battle as punishment for desertion of fairy mistress. (Cf. Q247, Q411.3.)Murderer torn limb from limb. (Cf. Q211, Q416.)Hands in cleft log as punishment. (Cf. K1111, Q435.)
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Murder with hot iron. Bored through eye or nose

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