Avarice punished. (Cf. Q552.3.5, Q589.1.0.1, W151.) — Mythoi

Motif

Avarice punished. (Cf. Q552.3.5, Q589.1.0.1, W151.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Misdeeds concerning property punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q272

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Irish myth *Cross
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 774*
Spanish Boggs FFC XC 98, 760C*, 836C*, Keller
India Thompson-Balys
Chinese Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 67, 196
Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 268, 556, 1264
Tonga Gifford 207
Tuamotu Beckwith Myth 504
Maori ibid. 374
Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 396
Africa (Wakweli) Bender 63, 106, (Fang): Tessman 117, (Jaunde): Heepe 247ff.
West Indies Flowers 568.
general *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 188 nn. 154, 166, 167
general Crane Liber de Miraculis 86 No. 10

Within the index

Filed under Misdeeds concerning property punished.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Devil carries off rich man Avaricious man has neck broken when top of his treasure chest falls on him Avaricious miser tries to eat his adored money and chokes to death Avaricious woman and her gold consumed by hell's fires which burn in her grave

Filed beside it

Debtor punished. (Cf. Q421.0.1, Q473.0.1, Q491.2, Q499.5.) Usury punished Swindler punished. (Cf. Q414.0.6.1, Q456.0.2, Q491.1.1, Q557.3.) Remover of landmarks punished Stinginess punished. (Cf. Q551.2.8, Q589.4.) Covetousness punished

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Punishment for greed: streams of sugar, molasses, and milk from anchorite's tomb dry up and petrify because of townspeople's greed. (Cf. Q272.) Man cannot drive cow by himself which he refused to share. (Cf. Q272.) Greed

Carried in tale types

Bread Turned to Stone · ATU 751G* 3 recorded variants
The Tresspasser's Defense · ATU 1590 2 recorded variants

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