Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.) — Mythoi

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Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q537

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Filed under Penances.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Penance: adulteress masks as monk and lives chastely in monastery. (Cf. Q241.) Cleric tempts self among beautiful women, lives chastely

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 Negative penances Sitting (standing) in uncomfortable position as penance

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Anchorites under temptation

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