μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Lie: man cuts off own head and eats it.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as X1726.1

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Filed across the traditions
  • Africa (Vai) Ellis 239 No. 46.
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Filed under Man cuts off own head.

Filed beside it
Man cuts off own head, picks it up and replaces it. (Cf. E783.)

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