Reincarnation as punishment — Mythoi

Motif

Reincarnation as punishment.

The dead. · Reincarnation. · Reincarnation – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as E692

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Introduction

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Reincarnation – miscellaneous.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Bad woman cursed to be reborn as bat Mean person reborn as hyena Tricky potter reborn as crab Jealous woman reborn as chilly Cruel woman reborn as firefly Youth reincarnated as root in punishment for incest

Filed beside it

Reincarnation: animal to object Reincarnation for revenge Reincarnation as compensation Gradual reincarnation – man to tiger Reincarnated person restored to original form Vulture eats only those who will be reborn as human beings in their next birth

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