Murderer's penance complete when he kills a greater murderer and prevents a crime. (Cf. Q211.) — Mythoi

Motif

Murderer's penance complete when he kills a greater murderer and prevents a crime. (Cf. Q211.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Penances. · view the constellation · filed as Q545

Cited in the index

general *Type 756C
general **Andrejev FFC LIV
general Wesselski Archiv Orientální II 39ff.

Within the index

Filed under Penances.

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 Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Murder punished. (Cf. Q411.6, Q413.4, Q414.0.12, Q416.0.2, Q417.1, Q421.0.4, Q424.0.1, Q431.1, Q431.9, Q450.1.1, Q451.1.4, Q451.2.3, Q451.4.5, Q451.7.4, Q469.6, Q469.12, Q491.6, Q497, Q511, Q511.1, Q512.0.1, Q520.1, Q545, Q551.3.3, Q551.8.3, Q552.3.0.2, Q556.2, Q556.10, Q558.9, Q582.3.)

Carried in tale types

The Two Sinners (previously The Greater Sinner) · ATU 756C 4 recorded variants

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