Penance to be done until seven spires of Benares are reduced to powder and rebuilt — Mythoi

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Penance to be done until seven spires of Benares are reduced to powder and rebuilt.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q521.7

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Welsh The Mabinogion , PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.)

Filed beside it

Doing penance till green leaves grow on a dry branch Penance: carrying bag of stones (one for each murder) on the back until it falls off. (Cf. Q211.) Penance: carrying iron hoop on head until it falls off Penance: pasturing black sheep until they become white Penance: ferryman setting people over a stream until relieved by another Penance: holding midnight mass until someone will make responses

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