Punishment for desecration of host — Mythoi

Motif

Punishment for desecration of host.

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Impiety punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q222.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish O'Suilleabhain No. 190
England Baughman
general Heptameron No. 33.

Within the index

Filed under 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.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Renegade priest punished by death for allowing heathen to defile the host. A knight slays the priest

Filed beside it

Stone in church sheds blood to foretell coming plunder of church Miraculous flow of blood from desecrated building or object Punishment for heaping indignities upon crucifix Foul portrayal of Jesus on the Cross brings punishment to the artist and the man responsible Magic storm as punishment for profaning of temple Punishment for desecrating church (shrine, idol) Punishment for desecration of holy temple utensils

Carried in tale types

The Two Sinners (previously The Greater Sinner) · ATU 756C 2 recorded variants

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