μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Death as punishment for treachery.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Capital punishment. · view the constellation · filed as Q411.4

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross.
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Filed under Death as punishment. (Cf. Q455, Q456, Q458.2, Q558, Q582.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
Man killed at once for treacherously slaying overlord Woman who disrobes to attract attention of hostile fighter killed
Filed beside it
Husband kills returning adulteress. (Cf. Q241.) Husband kills wife and paramour Punishment: winning as wife and then killing Undesired suitor hiding under girl's bed is killed Death of father (son, etc.) as punishment Hero kills mutilators of girl Death as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Death as punishment for ravisher. (Cf. Q244.) A man in every house in the land killed as punishment for abduction by their king Death as punishment for reproach concerning physical deformity (blemish). (Cf. Q284.) Death as punishment for impudence. (Cf. Q326.) Death as punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.). (Cf. Q222.) Maidens slain in revenge for deaths of young men Death as punishment for thievery Death as punishment for spying on uncanny persons Death as punishment for dropping on emperor's coat

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