Man cuts off own head — Mythoi

Motif

Man cuts off own head.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLVIII XLVIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXIV XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King
Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 1
Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 5
Norse The Poetic Edda , HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA II HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA II

Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it

Lie: man cuts off own head and eats it Man cuts off own head, picks it up and replaces it. (Cf. E783.)

Filed beside it

Lies about surgical operations Lies about swallowing. (Cf. F910.) Seeing without eyes Digging without hands Absurd stories about beards Lies about falling Lies about sinking Man stays under water for long time Absurd disregard of anatomy – miscellaneous

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