Contest in Scratching Each Other with the Nails
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"Contest in Scratching Each Other with the Nails"[1] is the title of AT 1095. "The man sends his wife to meet the ogre with whom he is to have the scratching contest. She tells the devil that her husband has gone to have his nails sharpened. She shows him deep wounds her husband has scratched on her body (obscene). The ogre leaves in terror. K83.1, part of deceptions of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature."
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See also
- Anasyrma, the gesture of lifting up the skirt or kilt
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