Comparative mythology corpus

Punitive Bodily Disfigurement As A Visible Mark

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Hindu The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto XI. Agastya. / Canto XII. The Heavenly Bow. / Canto XVI. Winter. / Canto XVIII. The Mutilation.; lines 28687-28811 high Rāma stops Śūrpaṇakhā’s purpose, rebukes Lakṣmaṇ for jesting with a savage wrathful creature, and orders that she be marked and disfigured. record