Penances — Mythoi

Motif

Penances.

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

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Filed across the traditions

Irish Beal 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 penances Murderer does penance. (Cf. Q171.1.1, Q211.) 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 Penance: giving all earnings to poor Penance: being locked in cellar (well) with key thrown into water Murderer's penance complete when he kills a greater murderer and prevents a crime. (Cf. Q211.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Condemned soul saved by penance. (Cf. Q520.) Man admitted to heaven as reward for penance. (Cf. Q520.)

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