μῦθοι Mythoi
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The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish mythCross.
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Filed under Unremitting torture as punishment.

1 finer motif beneath it
Salt food without drink as punishment for man who accepts Christianity. (Cf. Q232.)
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Punishment of Sisyphus. Must keep rolling a great stone up hill. It continually falls downPunishment 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 fallPunishment of Loki. A serpent above him continually drops venom in his facePunishment 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 continuallyPunishment of Io. Transformed to cow with gadfly ceaselessly pursuingCeaseless humming (singing) as punishment for immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.)Spirit in hell must bathe people endlessly. (Cf. Q578.)

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