Absurd disregard of anatomy – miscellaneous — Mythoi

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Absurd disregard of anatomy – miscellaneous.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies: logical absurdities. · Absurd disregard of anatomy. · view the constellation · filed as X1739

Filed across the traditions

U.S. *Baughman.

Within the index

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

2 finer motifs beneath it

Person swallows pin or needle; it later emerges through skin of relative Lie: man makes drinking water from his own skull

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 Man stays under water for long time

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