Lone fasting as penance — Mythoi

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Lone fasting as penance.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q535.4

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Jewish Neuman.

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Filed under Negative penances.

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Penance: not to speak Penance: lioness foregoes meat. Her two cubs are killed. The jackal tells her that he has had the same experience. She gives up eating meat and lives on grass Refraining from sexual intercourse as penance. (Cf. C110.)

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