μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Murderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q520.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Italian Novella Rotunda.
  • general *Types 756BC
  • general **Andrejev FFC LIV, LXIX 85, 118ff., 238ff.
Within the index

Filed under Penances.

Filed beside it
Substitutions for penances Robber does penance. (Cf. Q212.) Life-long penance for brother-sister marriage King who loved to give death sentence accepts penance of always postponing sentence until thirty days period of examination has passed Penance in wilderness as punishment for men who left holy orders to marry. (Cf. Q226.) Warrior retires to a cloister which he later defends against robbers Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.) Self-torture as penance Humiliating penances. (Cf. Q470.) Fearful penances Dangerous penances Pilgrimage as penance Penance: inviting one Brahmin for dinner every Wednesday Negative penances Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.) Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penance
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Husband forgiven for having killed jealous wife: builds monastery and becomes monk in it Murder punished. (Cf. Q411.6, Q413.4, Q414.0.12, Q416.0.2, Q417.1, Q421.0.4, Q424.0.1, Q431.1, Q431.9, Q450.1.1, Q451.1.4, Q451.2.3, Q451.4.5, Q451.7.4, Q469.6, Q469.12, Q491.6, Q497, Q511, Q511.1, Q512.0.1, Q520.1, Q545, Q551.3.3, Q551.8.3, Q552.3.0.2, Q556.2, Q556.10, Q558.9, Q582.3.)
Carried in tale types

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