Heads (tongues) of slain enemies as trophies

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Heads (tongues) of slain enemies as trophies.

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Murders. · view the constellation · filed as S139.2.2.1.1

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 Heads of slain enemies impaled upon stakes. (Cf. Q421.1.)

Filed beside it

Impaled head used as target Custom: sitting upon head of slain enemy Heads of defeated enemies hung on conqueror's saddle Hand of slain enemy nailed to castle Heads brandished to intimidate foe

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