Death as punishment for broken oath

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Death as punishment for broken oath.

Ordaining the future. · Vows and oaths. · Vows and oaths. · view the constellation · filed as M101.3

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Punishment for broken oaths.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Death caused by elements (exposure, drowning, etc.) as punishment for broken oath Man offers to sacrifice bangles if he is given a son; when he takes bangles back, son dies

Filed beside it

False swearer not allowed to approach altar Broken oaths cause of maimed people Broken oath causes girl's hand to wither. (Cf. D2062.)Punishment for broken oath: loss of the inheritance of earth or heaven

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