μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Irish mythCross.
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Filed under Humiliating punishments.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Humiliating kiss as punishmentHumiliating death as punishment. (Cf. Q411.)Sacrament refused as punishment for desecration of holy place. (Cf. Q222.)Satirizing as punishment for refusal to grant request. (Cf. Q287.)Debtor clerics forbidden churchly offices. (Cf. Q271.)Penance for three years and a half for eating horsefleshHumiliating marriage as punishmentHumiliating penance: king to rub nose five times on red hot griddle
Filed beside it
Spitting in face as punishmentBranding 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 inTar and feathers as punishment. (Cf. K31.1, K216.2.)Exposing mistress's person (excepting face) to her husband (paramour's friends)Frightful meal as punishmentPrincess (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 punishmentHusband fondles second wife in presence of first as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.)Noble person must live in hovelCriminal's property destroyed as punishmentAdulteress 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 punishmentIndignity to corpse as punishment. (Cf. Q271.1.)

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