Horses mutilated: tails cut off and manes torn off with the skin in order to humiliate their owner. (Cf. J1169.5.) — Mythoi

Motif

Horses mutilated: tails cut off and manes torn off with the skin in order to humiliate their owner. (Cf. J1169.5.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Mutilations. · view the constellation · filed as S175

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Mutilations.

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: skin cut from back Mutilation by crushing. (Cf. S116.) Mutilation: tearing off ears Mutilation: nose cut off or crushed Mutilation: breaking (two, three) ribs Mutilation: sex organs cut off. (Cf. Q241, Q451.10.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The laughing ass. King has trickster's horse's tail cut off. Trickster retaliates by cutting off part of upper lip of king's ass. At trial the animals are brought forth. Everyone laughs at the ass. Trickster: "If everyone laughs at the ass, how could the ass help laughing at her companion without a tail?" Freed

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