headless-body
morphological TMI F511.0.1
Figures bearing this motif (4)
Acephali · salience 0.95
“These humanoid creatures lack the familiar structure of a head atop their shoulders, instead bearing their facial features directly upon their chests.”
Headless Mule
“This supernatural equine is described as a large, powerful mule without a head, its neck ending in a stump from which bright flames erupt, illuminating its path through the darkness.”
Kabandha
“Kabandha appears in the Ramayana as a Rakshasa of grotesque form, described across sources as a hairy, mountain-sized being with no head or neck, a single vast eye and a fanged mouth set into his chest or belly, and enormously long arms that serve him in place of legs.”