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Motif

Murder punished. (Cf. Q411.6, Q413.4, Q414.0.12, Q416.0.2, Q417.1, Q421.0.4, Q424.0.1, Q431.1, Q431.9, Q450.1.1, Q451.1.4, Q451.2.3, Q451.4.5, Q451.7.4, Q469.6, Q469.12, Q491.6, Q497, Q511, Q511.1, Q512.0.1, Q520.1, Q545, Q551.3.3, Q551.8.3, Q552.3.0.2, Q556.2, Q556.10, Q558.9, Q582.3.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Crimes punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q211

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish Beal XXI 336, O'Suilleabhain 124
  • Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 319f.
  • Spanish Keller, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 202, 205–09
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 267
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 38 No. 25
  • Tuamotu Stimson MS (z-G. 3/818, 1353, 13/127)
  • Eskimo (Cumberland Sound) Boas BAM XV 168, (Greenland): Rasmussen III 76, 111, 294
  • S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano) Métraux RMLP XXXIII 156, 163.
Within the index

Filed under Crimes punished.

16 finer motifs beneath it
God revenges murder after thirty years Enormity of kin murder Emperor punished for his many murders. He is carried to hell Parricide punished. (Cf. Q552.2.3.3, Q552.3.1.1, Q553.3.3.) Matricide punished Uxoricide punished. (Cf. Q414.0.1, Q416.0.2.1, Q596.1.) Murder of children punished. (Cf. Q418.2, Q455.1, Q553.5.) Suicide punished. (Cf. Q503.1.) Killing an animal revenged. (Cf. Q231, Q424.1, Q582.4.) Punishment for splitting head and eating man's brains Punishment for desire to murder. (Cf. Q210.1, Q469.4, Q552.19.2.) Fratricide punished. (Cf. Q411, Q414.0.13.) Punishment for murder of co-wife Punishment for wholesale massacre of tribe Murder of parents punished by member of family Slave killed who killed enemy at owner's order
Filed beside it
Criminal intent punished. (Cf. Q211.8, Q261.1, Q451.7.0.2.4.) Theft punished. (Cf. Q221.8, Q413.1, Q428.2, Q431.15, Q451.0.4, Q451.1.1, Q451.2.2, Q451.4.1, Q451.5.2, Q451.6.2, Q451.7.0.2.2, Q458.0.3, Q458.2.2, Q467.2, Q469.10.2, Q520.2, Q551.2.3.ff., Q551.6.4, Q551.7.2, Q552.4, Q552.6, Q552.19.3, Q554.1, Q558.6, Q559.10, Q597.3.) Abduction punished. (Cf. Q411.8, Q595.2, R10.) Cannibalism punished Treason punished
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Death as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Hanging as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Burning as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Quartering by horses as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.3.) Murderess forced to leap from cliff. (Cf. Q211.) Beheading as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Strangling as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Voluntary exile as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211, Q431.9.) Banishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Torture as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Hand cut off (falls off) as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Foot cut off as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Tongue cut out as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Blinding as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Murderer torn limb from limb. (Cf. Q211, Q416.) Heart and liver of murderer torn out. (Cf. Q211.) Heart of murderer cut out. (Cf. Q211.) Corpse of murderer mutilated. (Cf. Q211.) Beard shaved as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211, P672.) Punishment: carrying corpse of murdered man. (Cf. Q211.) Punishment: carrying corpse of murdered man until stone as long as murdered man is found. This is to be put on the grave Performing impossible task as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Murderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.) Penance: carrying bag of stones (one for each murder) on the back until it falls off. (Cf. Q211.)
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