μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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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 knifePenance: creeping naked through thornsPenance: pilgrimage with hands and loins weighted with ironPenance: iron band forged round a man's waistPenance: hanging for a thousand years head downward over a fire of chaffPenance: wearing friar's cord about bare skinPenance: man wears huge serpent coiled around him in lieu of clothing
Filed beside 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.)Humiliating 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 penance

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