μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Deceptions punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q263

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Scholars’ trail — 15references

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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 19 No. 177
  • SpanishKeller, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 115, 188, Espinosa II No. 94
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 113, 150, II 529, 1272
  • HawaiiBeckwith 153
  • TuamotuStimson MS (T-G. 3/711)
  • Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 98
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rasmussen III 160
  • Africa (Fjort)Dennett 89 No. 22, (Ibo, Nigeria): Thomas 124, (Dahome): Einstein 29.
  • general *Fb "sværge" III 692b, "ed" I 234
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 55 (ET 146), 104 (ST 166, 455)
  • general Scala Celi 103b No. 556
  • general Alphabet Nos. 380, 417. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it
Death as punishment for perjury
Filed beside it
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.)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.)False judging punished. (Cf. Q551.8.1, Q558.16, Q559.8.)Punishment for breaking promiseHypocrisy punishedFlattery punished
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Punishment for refusal to marry after girl is pregnant. (Cf. Q263, Q451.2.1.)Banishment as punishment for breach of faith with animals. (Cf. Q263.)Banishment for lying. (Cf. Q263.)Arms cut off as punishment for slandering. (Cf. Q263.)Lips sewed together as punishment for slander. (Cf. Q263.)Dumbness as punishment for lying. (Cf. Q263.)Nose of falsely accusing bishop bitten off. (Cf. Q263.)Blinding as punishment for perjury. (Cf. Q263.)Lying goat punished by being half-shorn. (Cf. Q263, K1151.)Magic sickness as punishment for lying (perjury). (Cf. Q263, Q583.4.)Head falls off when man lies to saint. (Cf. Q263.)Magic burning to death as punishment for perjury. (Cf. Q263.)Woman who accused saint of raping her is struck by lightning. (Cf. Q263.)Mysterious death as punishment for lying (perjury). (Cf. Q263.)Perjurer stricken dead. (Cf. Q263.)Punishment: lie becomes truth. (Cf. Q263.)

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