Punishment by poisoning. (Cf. S111.) — Mythoi

Motif

Punishment by poisoning. (Cf. S111.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Capital punishment. · view the constellation · filed as Q418

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Capital punishment.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Murder of faithless wife with poisoned salad. (Cf. Q241.) Venomous snake put into the mouth as punishment for murder of newborn children. (Cf. Q211.4.)

Filed beside it

Death as punishment. (Cf. Q455, Q456, Q458.2, Q558, Q582.) Punishment: millstone dropped on guilty person Punishment: hanging Punishment: burning alive Punishment: being eaten by animals. (Cf. Q453, Q557.) Punishment: drawing asunder by horses. (Cf. Q469.12.) Punishment: dropping and dashing to pieces. (Cf. Q551.10.) Punishment: beheading Punishment: stoning to death. (Cf. Q220.1.1.) Punishment: breaking upon a wheel Punishment: strangling. (Cf. Q469.5, S113.) Punishment: suffocating. (Cf. Q274.2.) Wolf cut open and filled with stones as punishment Punishment: opening own veins and bleeding to death. (Seneca) Punishment: drowning. (Cf. Q552.19.) Capital punishment – miscellaneous

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Murder by poisoning

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