Reward for austerities of hermit. (Cf. Q144.1.) The further he must carry water, the greater his heavenly reward — Mythoi

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Reward for austerities of hermit. (Cf. Q144.1.) The further he must carry water, the greater his heavenly reward.

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds rewarded. · Piety rewarded. · view the constellation · filed as Q34

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.
general Scala Celi 15a No. 84
general Oesterley No. 80
general *A. E. Schönbach Die Legende von Engel und Waldbruder (Wien, 1901)

Within the index

Filed under Piety rewarded.

Filed beside it

Reward for service of god, hero, or ascetic for a period Fulfillment of precepts rewarded Reward for religious sacrifice Reward for faith Reward for securing converts Reward for carrying Christ across a stream. Christ is in the form of a child. (St. Christopher.) Keeping fast rewarded Reward for faith: boy doomed to die saved (miraculously) Reward for religious pilgrimage Reward for offering food to crucifix (Madonna) Reward for saying of prayers. (Cf. V50.) Reward for writing hymn. (Cf. Q172.5.) Reward for repentance. (Cf. Q174.1.) Reward for carrying out dead man's request Reward for attendance on holy man. (Cf. Q116.1.) Piety rewarded – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Hermit as reward for austerities hears voice of God. (Cf. Q34.)

Carried in tale types

Bad Luck Cannot Be Arrested · ATU 947A 1 recorded variant

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