μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • IcelandicFSS 243
  • India*Thompson-Balys.
  • general DeCock Volkssage 80
  • general Child II 312 n. 327, IV 480a, V 53, 56, 230
Within the index

Filed under Punishment: burning alive.

1 finer motif beneath it
Boiling in tar as punishment for impostor. (Cf. Q262.)
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 murder. (Cf. Q211.)Burning as punishment for fratricide. (Cf. Q211.9.)Punishment: imprisonment in white-hot iron housePunishment: burning and scattering ashesPunishment: dancing to death in red-hot shoes

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