Inhospitality to saint (god) punished. (Cf. Q1.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Inhospitality to saint (god) punished. (Cf. Q1.1.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Unkindness punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q292.1

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 772*
Russian Andrejev No. 796I*
Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 13
Spanish Espinosa Jr. No. 181
Greek Fox 20, 94
India Thompson-Balys
S. Am. Indian (Chincha) Alexander Lat. Am. 231.
general *Loomis White Magic 101

Within the index

Filed under Inhospitality punished. (Cf. P320, Q45, Q551.6.7, Q556.7, W158.)

Filed beside it

Inhospitality to orphans punished Abuse of hospitality punished

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Gods (saints) in disguise reward hospitality and punish inhospitality. Usually the hospitable person is poor, the inhospitable rich Punishment: man reborn as girl. (Cf. Q292.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Farmwife is Changed into a Woodpecker · ATU 751A 5 recorded variants
Flight to Egypt · ATU 750E 4 recorded variants
A Man Invites God to his House · ATU 751A* 1 recorded variant
The Farmwife Must Take Two Snakes as Foster-Children [Q594] · ATU 751B 1 recorded variant
Wealth Leads to Pride · ATU 751C* 1 recorded variant

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