μῦθοι Mythoi
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Humiliating punishments.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Humiliating punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q470

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index
22 finer motifs beneath it
Spitting in face as punishment Branding as punishment. (Cf. H55.) Punishment: disgraceful journey through streets. (Cf. Q432.2.) "Cucking-stool" as punishment. (Cf. Q467.3, Q467.1.) Victim is suspended in a basket over filth and thrown in Tar and feathers as punishment. (Cf. K31.1, K216.2.) Exposing mistress's person (excepting face) to her husband (paramour's friends) Frightful meal as punishment Princess (queen) compelled to keep an inn. (Cf. Q523.5.) Punishment: noble person must do menial service. (Cf. A181, H465.) Princess must sell goods on market as punishment Husband fondles second wife in presence of first as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Noble person must live in hovel Criminal's property destroyed as punishment Adulteress forced to wear symbolic dress. Husband makes her dress in coarse cloth except for her undefiled parts which are covered with gold brocade. (Cf. Q241.) Cutting hair as punishment Indignity to corpse as punishment. (Cf. Q271.1.) Woman must relight magic fires as punishment. Magician in revenge for ill-treatment causes the lights of the city to go out. They can be relighted only from the naked body of the woman in the public square. None can be relighted until all have applied their torches Punishment: being saddled and ridden as horse Loss of social position as punishment Punishment: unseemly exposure of body Beard shaved as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211, P672.) Other humiliating punishments
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Humiliating penances. (Cf. Q470.)

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