Lies about swallowing. (Cf. F910.) — Mythoi

Motif

Lies about swallowing. (Cf. F910.)

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as X1723

Within the index

Filed under Absurd disregard of anatomy. (Cf. X1202, X1203, X1204.)

3 finer motifs beneath it

Swallowed person is discovered in animal's stomach still alive Falcon and heron eaten by wild boar recovered alive from his body Person enters animal's body

Filed beside it

Lies about surgical operations Seeing without eyes Digging without hands Man cuts off own head Absurd stories about beards Lies about falling Lies about sinking Man stays under water for long time Absurd disregard of anatomy – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Extraordinary swallowings

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