μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. No. 106
  • Italian Novella*Rotunda
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • Africa (Fjort)Dennett 130.
Within the index

Filed under Punishment: burning alive.

1 finer motif beneath it
Burning as punishment for counterfeiting. (Cf. Q261.)
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.)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 murder. (Cf. Q211.)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
Impostor punished. (Cf. K1900, Q413.3, Q414.0.6, Q414.1.1, Q416.0.3, Q431.7, Q433.4, Q458.0.4, Q552.1.3.)

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