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Banishment because of disobedience. Maiden wants to become nun and not marry. (Cf. Q325.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Abridgment of freedom as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as Q431.3

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“The Nunnery on Fire Seeing all these gods arrive to help the novice, the Superior, I Yu, held consultation with the choir-mistress, saying: "We assigned to the Princess the burdensome work of the kitchen because she refused to return to the world; but since she has entered on her duties the gods of the eight caves of Heaven have come to offer her fruit, Ch'ieh Lan sweeps the kitchen, the dragon has dug a well, the God of the Hearth and…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter X · served from our shelf

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Filed under Punishment: banishment (exile).

Filed beside it
Saint prefers to die in exileVoluntary exile as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211, Q431.9.)Banishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.)Banishment till rose grows from table for preventing childbirth. (Cf. F971.2, Q251, T572).)Banishment for seduction. (Cf. Q243.2.)Banishment for rape. (Cf. Q244.)Banishment for imposture. (Cf. Q262.)Banishment as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.)Banishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.)Banishment for assault on king's tax collectorsBanishment as punishment for breach of faith with animals. (Cf. Q263.)Banishment as punishment for fault-finding. (Cf. Q312.)Banishment for desecration of holy places. (Cf. Q222.)Berserks banished because of defeatBanishment as punishment for robbery. (Cf. Q212.)Boy banished for breaking women's water pots
Travels with
Disobedience punished. (Cf. Q431.3, Q451.7.0.2.3, Q456.0.3, Q458.0.2, Q552.1.0.1.1, Q593.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Blind god. HödhrGoddess of mercyAnimal as servant to manAnimal as domestic servantHelpful tigerTransformation: man to tigerTransformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowersMagic object acquired as reward for religious austeritiesMagic peachMagic hairpinMagic waters and medicinesMagic salve (ointment)

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