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Motif

Lies about falling.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as X1731

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

2 finer motifs beneath it
Person falls from great height without injury Man falls from height, goes into solid rock up to knees
Filed beside it
Lies about surgical operations Lies about swallowing. (Cf. F910.) Seeing without eyes Digging without hands Man cuts off own head Absurd stories about beards Lies about sinking Man stays under water for long time Absurd disregard of anatomy – miscellaneous

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