μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Death as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Capital punishment. · view the constellation · filed as Q411.6

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Filed under Death as punishment. (Cf. Q455, Q456, Q458.2, Q558, Q582.)

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 Death as punishment for treachery Hero kills mutilators of girl 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Murder punished. (Cf. Q411.6, Q413.4, Q414.0.12, Q416.0.2, Q417.1, Q421.0.4, Q424.0.1, Q431.1, Q431.9, Q450.1.1, Q451.1.4, Q451.2.3, Q451.4.5, Q451.7.4, Q469.6, Q469.12, Q491.6, Q497, Q511, Q511.1, Q512.0.1, Q520.1, Q545, Q551.3.3, Q551.8.3, Q552.3.0.2, Q556.2, Q556.10, Q558.9, Q582.3.)

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