Man mutilates himself to remove temptation — Mythoi

Motif

Man mutilates himself to remove temptation.

Sex. · Chastity and celibacy. · Anchorites under temptation. · view the constellation · filed as T333

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.
general *Mensa Philosophica No. 104

Within the index

Filed under Anchorites under temptation.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Tempted man bites out his tongue and spits it in temptress's face Tempted man burns off his fingers. Frightens his temptress Man disfigures his face to remove temptation Tempted holy man mutilates genitals Hero cuts off head and wraps it in napkin so he will not be tempted by sight of virgins

Filed beside it

Man unsuccessfully tempted by woman. (St. Anthony.) Man tempted by fiend in woman's shape. (Or woman by fiend in man's shape.) Monk cures himself of desire for dead sweetheart. He digs up her remains Saint exposes self to temptation but preserves chastity. Thus insures self greater reward in Heaven Sight or touch of woman as source of sin Woman wagers that she can seduce anchorite Virtuous man seduced by woman

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Self-mutilation. (Cf. T327.1, T327.2, T333.) Mutilation to repel lover. (Cf. S160, T333.)

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