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Motif

Corpse of murderer mutilated. (Cf. Q211.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Humiliating punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q491.6

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Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda
  • Greek Grote I 275, 278.
Within the index

Filed under Indignity to corpse as punishment. (Cf. Q271.1.)

1 finer motif beneath it
Murderer's corpse cut into pieces
Filed beside it
Disgraceful burial as punishment Debtor's corpse flogged. (Cf. Q271.) Devil beats wicked man's corpse Toads and snakes devour corpse of rich man in his grave Skull used as drinking cup. (Cf. Q478.1.2.) Punishment: throwing dead body into river
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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