Custom: sitting upon head of slain enemy

Motif

Custom: sitting upon head of slain enemy.

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Murders. · view the constellation · filed as S139.2.2.1.3

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

Heads (tongues) of slain enemies as trophies Impaled head used as target 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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