Unremittent thirst as punishment — Mythoi

Motif

Unremittent thirst as punishment.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Tedious punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q501.7

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Unremitting torture as punishment.

1 finer motif beneath it

Salt food without drink as punishment for man who accepts Christianity. (Cf. Q232.)

Filed beside it

Punishment of Sisyphus. Must keep rolling a great stone up hill. It continually falls down Punishment of Tantalus. Stands in a pool that ever recedes from his thirsty lips; branches of fruit spring away from him; stone over his head continually threatens to fall Punishment of Loki. A serpent above him continually drops venom in his face Punishment of Prometheus. Chained to a mountain with eagle preying on his vitals, which are restored nightly. (Punishment for theft of fire.) Punishment of Ixion. Lashed to a wheel which revolves continually Punishment of Io. Transformed to cow with gadfly ceaselessly pursuing Ceaseless humming (singing) as punishment for immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Spirit in hell must bathe people endlessly. (Cf. Q578.)

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