μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Uncharitableness punished. (Cf. Q494.1.1, Q552.3.0.1, Q571.2, Q572.2, Q574.2, Q585.1, Q595.3.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Unkindness punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q286

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish O'Suilleabhain 93, 129, 131, Beal XXI 330, 337
  • Spanish Espinosa Jr. Nos. 186, 202–04
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 16
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Werner 255 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X
  • general Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 415 No. 14.
Within the index

Filed under Unkindness punished.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Uncharitableness to holy person punished. (Cf. Q1.1, Q553.3.5, Q556.11, Q589.1.) Priest will not bury dead unless paid in advance. Ruler has him buried alive with the corpse. (Cf. Q456.2.)
Filed beside it
Ingratitude punished. (Cf. Q551.6.3, Q597.2.) Irreverent young people punished by outraged old man Reproach concerning physical deformity (blemish) punished. (Cf. Q411.9.) Cruelty punished. (Cf. E501.3.1, Q415.3.1.) Refusal to grant request punished. (Cf. Q499.4.) Punishment for mockery. (Cf. Q556.8, Q583.1.) Hard-heartedness punished. (Cf. Q415.2.) Inhospitality punished. (Cf. P320, Q45, Q551.6.7, Q556.7, W158.) Monkey destroys nest of bird who has made sport of him Injustice punished. (Cf. Q265, Q552.1.6.) Slander punished
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Uncharitable king loses power. (Cf. Q286.) Failure of crops as punishment for uncharitableness. (Cf. Q286.) Magic blindness as punishment for uncharitableness remitted. (Cf. Q286.) Magic sickness as punishment for uncharitableness remitted. (Cf. Q286.) Mysterious death of animals as punishment for uncharitableness remitted. (Cf. D2089.3, Q286.) Man refuses to give to charity: his property disappears. (Cf. Q286, Q595.3.) Uncharitable king loses wealth. (Cf. Q286, Q585.1.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Blind god. Hödhr Goddess of mercy Animal as servant to man Animal as domestic servant Helpful tiger Transformation: man to tiger Transformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowers Magic object acquired as reward for religious austerities Magic peach Magic hairpin Magic waters and medicines Magic salve (ointment)

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