Mutilation: skin cut from back — Mythoi

Motif

Mutilation: skin cut from back.

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Mutilations. · view the constellation · filed as S166

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Herrmann Saxo II 447, Boberg
Missouri French Carrière
Spanish Espinosa III Nos. 163–7
India Thompson-Balys.
general Hdwb. d. Märchens II 102a n. 140

Within the index

Filed under Mutilations.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Mutilation: beard torn off with the skin (and cheeks). (Cf. S187.1.) Mutilation: cheek and chin cut off, but held together by biting the beard Mutilation: shoulder-skin torn off in wrestling Mutilation: cheeks cut off. (Cf. S166.2.) Mutilation: chin and lips cut off Blood-eagle cut on man's back by flaying and salting

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 hands (arms) 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 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.)

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