Burning as punishment for incest (incontinence). (Cf. Q242, Q243.) — Mythoi

Motif

Burning as punishment for incest (incontinence). (Cf. Q242, Q243.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Capital punishment. · view the constellation · filed as Q414.0.3

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.
general Child II 41–48 passim, 113–25 passim, III 508b, V 292b

Within the index

Filed under Punishment: burning alive.

1 finer motif beneath it

Burning monastery and monks in it as punishment for incontinence

Filed beside it

Burning as punishment for uxoricide. (Cf. Q211.3.) Burning as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) 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 stake Demons burn heretics at stake. (Cf. Q225.1.) Burning as punishment for betraying the confessional. (Cf. Q224.) Burning for witchcraft Burning for sodomy. (Cf. Q253.) Burning as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Burning as punishment for fratricide. (Cf. Q211.9.) Punishment: boiling in oil (lead, tar) Punishment: imprisonment in white-hot iron house Punishment: burning and scattering ashes Punishment: dancing to death in red-hot shoes

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Incest punished. (Cf. Q414.0.3, Q421.0.6, Q431.8.1, Q451.4.3, Q451.7.3, Q520.3, Q541.3, Q552.19.4.) Incontinence punished – miscellaneous. (Cf. Q414.0.3, Q414.0.3.1, Q431.5.3, Q433.6, Q451.1.4.1, Q458.2.1.) Fire from heaven consumes adulterous wife who has slandered an abbot. (Cf. Q227, Q414.0.3.)

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