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Punishment: animal skin grows on man's back. He had masked in the skin in order to cheat.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • India Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 831
Within the index

Filed under Magic manifestations as punishments.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Magic adhesion to object as punishment (for opposition to holy person). (Cf. D2171.1, Q227.) Miraculous adhesion of objects to human hand as punishment for working on holy day. (Cf. Q223.6.) Thief rendered unable to remove burden of stolen goods from his back. (Cf. Q212.) Corpse of murdered man sticks to murderer's back. (Cf. Q211.) Instrument or tool for unlawful work becomes attached to person holding it Sacrilege and blasphemy punished by magic adhesion. (Cf. Q221.3.) Priest's concubine is unable to rise from stone. She is finally freed by prayers and repentance. (Cf. Q243.1.) Punishment for stinginess: bundle of fuel (pitcher of lime) sticks to man's head. (Cf. Q276.)
Filed beside it
Undutiful son punished by toad clinging to face. (Cf. Q281.1.) Punishment: transformation. (Cf. D661.) Punishment: animals become sick Reincarnation as punishment. (Cf. E600, Q584.3.) Magic sickness as punishment Magic paralysis as punishment Deformity as punishment Miraculous burning as punishment. (Cf. Q414.) Person miraculously lifted into air and dashed to death as punishment for blasphemy. (Cf. Q221.3, Q417.) Magic forgetfulness as punishment Premature aging as punishment. (Cf. D1890.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Deceptions punished. (Cf. Q551.2, Q558.10.)
Carried in tale types

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