μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • IrishBeal XXI 316, *Cross
  • Jewish*Neuman.
  • general *Types 756ABC
  • general *BP III 463
  • general **Andrejev FFC LIV, LXIX 126ff., 234ff.
  • general *Toldo II 87
Within the index
20 finer motifs beneath it
Substitutions for penancesMurderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.)Robber does penance. (Cf. Q212.)Life-long penance for brother-sister marriageKing who loved to give death sentence accepts penance of always postponing sentence until thirty days period of examination has passedPenance in wilderness as punishment for men who left holy orders to marry. (Cf. Q226.)Warrior retires to a cloister which he later defends against robbersTedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.)Self-torture as penanceHumiliating penances. (Cf. Q470.)Fearful penancesDangerous penancesPilgrimage as penancePenance: inviting one Brahmin for dinner every WednesdayNegative penancesPenance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.)Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penancePenance: giving all earnings to poorPenance: being locked in cellar (well) with key thrown into waterMurderer's penance complete when he kills a greater murderer and prevents a crime. (Cf. Q211.)
Travels with
Condemned soul saved by penance. (Cf. Q520.)Man admitted to heaven as reward for penance. (Cf. Q520.)

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