μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Piety rewarded.

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds rewarded. · Piety rewarded. · view the constellation · filed as Q20

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 120, Beal XXI 336
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 1153
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 70.
Within the index
17 finer motifs beneath it
Reward for service of god, hero, or ascetic for a period Fulfillment of precepts rewarded Reward for religious sacrifice Reward for faith Reward for securing converts Reward for carrying Christ across a stream. Christ is in the form of a child. (St. Christopher.) Keeping fast rewarded Reward for faith: boy doomed to die saved (miraculously) Reward for religious pilgrimage Reward for offering food to crucifix (Madonna) Reward for saying of prayers. (Cf. V50.) Reward for austerities of hermit. (Cf. Q144.1.) The further he must carry water, the greater his heavenly reward Reward for writing hymn. (Cf. Q172.5.) Reward for repentance. (Cf. Q174.1.) Reward for carrying out dead man's request Reward for attendance on holy man. (Cf. Q116.1.) Piety rewarded – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Kingdom as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) High position as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Victory as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Escape of hostages miraculously prevented as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Saint's requests for releasing souls from hell. (Cf. Q20.)

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