μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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*Cross, Beal XXI 317, 331, 335
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
Within the index
15 finer motifs beneath it
Devil plagues impious peoplePersonal offences against gods punished. (Cf. Q551.3.4.2, Q552.14.0.1.)Punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.) (Cf. Q411.11, Q415.7, Q431.13, Q491.1.2, Q499.3, Q551.6.5, Q551.8.2, Q552.17, Q556.6, Q557.7, Q558.5, Q558.14, Q558.17, Q558.18, Q559.9.)Punishment for neglect of services to gods (God). (Cf. Q523.7, Q554.2, Q557.7, Q559.4.)Punishment for betraying confessional. (Cf. Q414.0.9.)Punishment for scoffing at religious teachings. (Cf. Q415.8, Q458.0.5, Q551.10.1, Q552.7, Q552.8, Q552.13.1.2, Q553.1, Q554.3, Q554.4, Q555.1, Q558.1.)Punishment for leaving holy orders. (Cf. Q520.5, Q551.3.4.3.)Punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q286.1, Q421.2, Q428.3, Q451.3.3, Q451.7.0.2.1, Q457.4, Q494.1, Q551.2.1, Q551.6.2, Q551.7.1, Q551.8.4, Q551.9.1, Q552.1.0.1.1, Q552.1.4, Q552.2.0.1.1, Q552.2.3.1.1, Q552.2.3.1.3, Q552.2.3.2.1, Q552.2.3.2.3, Q552.13.1.1, Q552.13.2.1, Q552.13.2.2, Q552.13.3, Q552.15, Q552.16, Q552.18.1, Q552.18.2, Q552.19.1, Q556.4, Q556.5, Q557.6, Q558.13, Q559.5, Q559.7, Q571.1, Q572.3, Q575, Q576.1, Q582.7, Q591, Q595.1.)Punishment for trying to harm sacred animal. Glutton tries to kill a pig dedicated to St. Anthony. The pig turns upon him and tramples him severelyBrahmin punished for killing animalPunishment for change of religious faithPunishment for yielding to temptation by the devil. (Cf. Q582.2.)Cursing punishedPunishment for deceiving (divine) emperorIdolatry punished
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Devil flays impious person. (Cf. G303, Q220.)Flogging as punishment for reviling church. (Cf. Q225.)Thief cast into water in a sack containing a cock, a snake, and a monkey. He had stolen a sacred statue of gold. (Cf. Q212, Q220.)Earth swallows man as punishment for sacrilege (blasphemy, heresy, etc.). (Cf. Q221.3.)Earth swallows heretical city. (Cf. Q225.1.)Animals which eat of saint's body stricken dead. (Cf. B275.3, Q220.)Mysterious death as punishment for worshiping idols on All-Saints-DayDeath by ulcer for destroying churches. (Cf. Q222.)Peasants punished for working on feast day. They cannot leave the field for several days. (Cf. Q223.)Girl punished for jeering at saint. Is stricken dumb and distaff sticks to her hand. (Cf. Q227.)Angel scourges mortal for disobedience to God. (Cf. Q220, Q325, Q458.)

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