Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms) — Mythoi

Motif

Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms).

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Mutilations. · view the constellation · filed as S161

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic *Boberg
Missouri French Carrière
Spanish Keller, Espinosa II Nos. 99–103, Espinosa Jr. No. 137
Jewish *Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys
Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 710, 885
Eskimo (Labrador) Hawkes GSCan XIV 151.
general Heptameron No. 48

Within the index

Filed under Mutilations.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Masons who build mausoleum of princess lose their right hands so they may never again construct so fine a building. (Cf. S165.7, W181.2.) Mutilation: cutting off fingers

Filed beside it

Self-mutilation. (Cf. T327.1, T327.2, T333.) Jealous women mutilate her who is most attractive to men Fairies mutilate mortals. (Cf. F362.) Mutilation of envoys. (Cf. R51.3.) Moon mutilates his earth mistress Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet) Mutilation: cutting (tearing) out tongue. Often to prevent revelation of secret Mutilation: knocking out teeth Mutilation: putting out eyes Mutilation: skin cut from back Mutilation by crushing. (Cf. S116.) Mutilation: tearing off ears Mutilation: nose cut off or crushed Mutilation: breaking (two, three) ribs Horses mutilated: tails cut off and manes torn off with the skin in order to humiliate their owner. (Cf. J1169.5.) Mutilation: sex organs cut off. (Cf. Q241, Q451.10.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Hands cut off as punishment. (Cf. S161.)

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