Beggar's curse. Beggar is refused request. "May your bread turn to stones!" — Mythoi

Motif

Beggar's curse. Beggar is refused request. "May your bread turn to stones!"

Ordaining the future. · Curses. · Pronouncement of curses. · view the constellation · filed as M411.2

Filed across the traditions

England Baughman
Spanish Espinosa Jr. No. 183
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 132, 452 n. 52

Within the index

Filed under Deliverer of curse.

Filed beside it

Curse by oneself. The person in despair curses himself to sink with palace into the earth Curse by parent Dying man's curse Man pursued by hatred of the gods Old woman's curse (satire) Druid's curse Curse by spirit Saint's (prophet's) curse Giantess lays a curse on the one on earth who eventually hears her Curse by berserk, giant (ogre) Curse by girl in revenge of the murdering of her foster father Curse by witch. (Cf. G269.4.) Curse by thrall Curse by priest Curse by monk Fairy lays curse on village

Carried in tale types

Bread Turned to Stone · ATU 751G* 1 recorded variant

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