Negative penances — Mythoi

Motif

Negative penances.

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

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Penances.

4 finer motifs beneath it

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.) Lone fasting as penance

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.) Self-torture as penance Humiliating penances. (Cf. Q470.) Fearful penances Dangerous penances Pilgrimage as penance Penance: inviting one Brahmin for dinner every Wednesday Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.) Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penance

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