Punishment: throwing dead body into river — Mythoi

Motif

Punishment: throwing dead body into river.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Humiliating punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q491.7

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Fang) Trilles 270.

Within the index

Filed under Indignity to corpse as punishment. (Cf. Q271.1.)

Filed beside it

Disgraceful burial as punishment Debtor's corpse flogged. (Cf. Q271.) Devil beats wicked man's corpse Toads and snakes devour corpse of rich man in his grave Skull used as drinking cup. (Cf. Q478.1.2.) Corpse of murderer mutilated. (Cf. Q211.)

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