Man stays under water for long time — Mythoi

Motif

Man stays under water for long time.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as X1737

Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it

Man falls through ice, has to swim two miles to come out at an air hole

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 falling Lies about sinking Absurd disregard of anatomy – miscellaneous

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