μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Treachery punished. (Cf. Q413.8, Q414.0.5, Q414.0.6.1, Q417.2, Q423, Q431.2, Q431.10, Q433.7, Q451.1.3, Q451.4.4, Q451.5.4, Q469.7.1, Q552.1.5, Q581.0.1.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Deceptions punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q261

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Spanish Espinosa II Nos. 113, 119, III No. 264, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 75, 80, 106, 110, 126, 138–42
  • Greek Grote I 88f., 109, 171, 203
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Eskimo (Mackenzie Area) Jenness 87
  • Tuamotu Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1122, T-G. 3/912)
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 87, 331
  • Tonga Gifford 101, 142
  • S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano) Métraux RMLP XXXIII 180.
  • general (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 551f.
Within the index

Filed under Deceptions punished. (Cf. Q551.2, Q558.10.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
Intended treachery punished. (Cf. Q210.1, Q552.2.3.4.) Treacherous wife punished. (Cf. K2213.)
Filed beside it
Impostor punished. (Cf. K1900, Q413.3, Q414.0.6, Q414.1.1, Q416.0.3, Q431.7, Q433.4, Q458.0.4, Q552.1.3.) Lying (perjury) punished. (Cf. Q431.17, Q451.1.7, Q451.3.2, Q451.5.3, Q451.7.1, Q488.1, Q551.6.1, Q551.8.5, Q551.9.2, Q552.1.7, Q558.2, Q558.15, Q591.) False judging punished. (Cf. Q551.8.1, Q558.16, Q559.8.) Punishment for breaking promise Hypocrisy punished Flattery punished
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Hanging as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Burning as punishment for traitor. (Cf. Q261.) Burning as punishment for counterfeiting. (Cf. Q261.) Traitor thrown into pit so that he sticks to the waist and is then chased out of the country. (Cf. Q261.) Punishment: breaking upon a wheel Banishment for assault on king's tax collectors Banishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Elder brothers banished for treachery. (Cf. K2211, Q261.) Imprisonment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Hand cut off for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Tongue cut off as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Nose cut off as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Man fettered with the entrails of his own sons as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Death by thunderbolt as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Loss of life as result of one's own treachery. (Cf. Q261.)
Carried in tale types

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