(Threat of) bodily mutilation

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Includes references to mutilation and dismemberment of both living and dead bodies, and also explicit threats of bodily mutilation.

Motif hierarchy
Violence (Threat of) bodily mutilation Murder Assassination Beheading Fratricide Patricide Unjust execution Rape Violent punishment Beating

Connected textual entities

Tabelle Inset Story Entity Type Motif Creditor Inset Story Deception Violent punishment (Threat of) bodily mutilation Debt Deception of would-be lover Money in exchange for promise of sex Impossible conditions Revenge Blood Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes Cross dressing Marriage Mistaken or concealed identity Gender play Judgement Court of law Coerced Marriage Gaza Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Familial duty Disposal of corpse Theft Punishment for theft Patricide Beheading Grief Mistaken or concealed identity Latronis Filii Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Cannibalism Disguise Disposal of corpse Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Theft Punishment for theft Imprisonment Caves and underground spaces Judgement Court of law Mel Inset Story Animal tale Violent punishment (Threat of) bodily mutilation Food and drink Beating Dog Weasel Nasus praemorsus Inset Story Father/son relationships Violent punishment Familial relationships (Threat of) bodily mutilation Theft Punishment for theft Debt Judgement Court of law Nomina Inset Story (Threat of) bodily mutilation Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Impotence anxiety Genitalia Bodily transformation Sex change Gender play Nutrix Inset Story Deception Familial relationships Deceitful old man Murder Deceitful old woman Riches Childbirth Pregnancy (Threat of) bodily mutilation Familial duty Mistaken or concealed identity Children Old woman Judgement Court of law Parricida Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Familial relationships Illness Medicine Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Food and drink Deceitful son Patricide Age versus youth Boar Polyphemus Inset Story Father/son relationships Deception Illness Medicine Murder Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Cannibalism Disguise Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Theft Punishment for theft Imprisonment Blindness Ring Disability Samson Inset Story Biblical narrative Gullible (would-be) lover Humiliation Deceitful woman Violent punishment Murder Suicide (Threat of) bodily mutilation Imprisonment Deception of would-be lover Blindness Sapientes Inset Story Deception Violent punishment Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Magic Caves and underground spaces Beheading Blindness Evidence Deceitful advisor Dreams Age versus youth Senex Caecus Inset Story Deception Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Overheard secret Impossible conditions Wise old woman Wise old man Blindness Simia Inset Story Animal tale (Threat of) bodily mutilation Theft Genitalia Monkey Lion Riding/carried by an animal Striges Inset Story Deception (Threat of) bodily mutilation Cannibalism Disguise Disposal of corpse Magical beings (spirits, demons, djinn, witches) Magic Rooster Theft Punishment for theft Food and drink Tonstrix Inset Story Chastity Lesson: women’s cleverness and deceit Deception Deceitful woman Violent punishment Adultery Gullible husband (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disguise Food and drink Multiple lovers Cross dressing: woman in men’s clothes Cross dressing Deceitful lover Evidence False evidence of virtue Cross dressing: man in women’s clothes Homosexuality Marriage Gender play Member of Clergy Woman locked up/kept indoors Violence Vaticinium and Amici Inset Story Chastity Father/son relationships Animal tale Familial relationships Illness Medicine Riches (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disguise Magic Food and drink Bird Talking bird Dynastic marriage Overheard secret Blood Identity object Ring Bathing Dreams Bodily transformation Friendship Sword Marriage Vidua Inset Story Deception Deceitful woman Suicide (Threat of) bodily mutilation Disposal of corpse Punishment for theft Blood Evidence Marriage Death of husband Grief Vulpes Inset Story Deception Animal tale (Threat of) bodily mutilation Beating Fox