Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.) — Mythoi

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Tedious penances. (Cf. H1110, Q500.)

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

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Filed under Penances.

7 finer motifs beneath 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 Penance to be done until seven spires of Benares are reduced to powder and rebuilt

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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 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

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