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Motif

Self-torture as penance.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q522

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  • general *Andrejev FFC LXIX 127, 156.
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Filed under Penances.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Self-crucifixion as penance. (Cf. Q462.) Penance: killing oneself with wooden knife Penance: creeping naked through thorns Penance: pilgrimage with hands and loins weighted with iron Penance: iron band forged round a man's waist Penance: hanging for a thousand years head downward over a fire of chaff Penance: wearing friar's cord about bare skin Penance: man wears huge serpent coiled around him in lieu of clothing
Filed beside 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.) 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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