Motif
Coercive cutting of hair to overcome resistance
coercive_cutting_of_hair_to_overcome_resistance
A motif of the Sacred Treasures and Power Objects family, within the sub-family Wonder Objects and Marvelous Implements. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) / CONTENTS; lines 7255-7309 confidence: medium
Amboina court examples describe prisoners confessing when threatened with hair-cutting; Dutch authorities later made hair-cutting a practice when torture failed to obtain confession.
In Amboina court examples, prisoners resist torture until threatened with or subjected to hair-cutting, after which confession follows.
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