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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.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Impiety punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q225

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 18 Nos. 171–173
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • JewishNeuman.
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Filed under Impiety punished. (Cf. Q457.2, Q458.0.5, Q467.2, Q552.2.3.1.2, Q552.2.3.2.2, Q558.11, Q558.12, Q558.17, Q559.4, Q559.5.)

3 finer motifs beneath it
Heresy punished. (Cf. Q414.0.8, Q469.7, Q559.11.)Punishment for denying pagan gods. (Cf. Q413.6.)Punishment for doubting Buddha's religion
Filed beside 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 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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Heretic preaching against God's creation worried to death by fly. (Cf. Q225.)Flogging as punishment for reviling church. (Cf. Q225.)Person miraculously lifted into air and dashed to death as punishment for scoffing at church teachings. (Cf. Q225.)Scoffers turned to stone by saint. (Cf. Q225.)Death by fire from heaven as punishment for scoffing at church teachings. (Cf. Q225.)Mary-image descends and chastises clerk who scoffs at its rude carving. (Cf. Q225.)Dead cock rises, crows, and spatters scoffers so that they become leprous. (Cf. Q225.)Virgin Mary withdraws the sacrament from a scoffer. (Cf. Q225.)Mysterious stranger blows ashes into face of scoffer and chokes him to death. (Cf. Q225.)Mysterious wolf enters church and kills blaspheming priest. (Cf. Q225.)Madness as punishment for scoffer. (Cf. Q225.)Scoffing priest mysteriously stricken dead. (Cf. Q225.)

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