μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish myth*Cross
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • Africa (Bankon)Ittman 100.
Within the index

Filed under Punishment: burning alive.

1 finer motif beneath it
Woman saved from being burned as punishment for killing impudent suitor
Filed beside it
Burning as punishment for uxoricide. (Cf. Q211.3.)Burning as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.)Burning as punishment for incest (incontinence). (Cf. Q242, Q243.)Burning as punishment for ravisher. (Cf. Q244.)Burning as punishment for traitor. (Cf. Q261.)Burning as punishment for impostor. (Cf. Q262.)Innocent queen burned at stakeDemons burn heretics at stake. (Cf. Q225.1.)Burning as punishment for betraying the confessional. (Cf. Q224.)Burning for witchcraftBurning for sodomy. (Cf. Q253.)Burning as punishment for fratricide. (Cf. Q211.9.)Punishment: boiling in oil (lead, tar)Punishment: imprisonment in white-hot iron housePunishment: burning and scattering ashesPunishment: dancing to death in red-hot shoes
Travels with
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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