Punishment: transformation into animal. (Cf. Q226.2.) — Mythoi

Motif

Punishment: transformation into animal. (Cf. Q226.2.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.3.2

Filed across the traditions

S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 31.

Within the index

Filed under Punishment: transformation. (Cf. D661.)

8 finer motifs beneath it

Punishment: Loki's son transformed into wolf which tears his brother to pieces Punishment: woman transformed into bird Punishment: transformation into frog Punishment: transformation into monkey Punishment: man transformed to a mass of worms Punishment: transformation to ass Punishment: transformation to dog Punishment: transformation to calf

Filed beside it

Punishment: transformation of lovers into lion and lioness for desecrating temple. They have had sexual relations in the temple. It was believed that lions do not mate with each other; hence their sin could not be repeated Punishment: calf's head in murderer's hand turns to corpse's head. (Cf. Q211.) Transformation to stone as punishment Punishment: transformation into other object

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Mutinous clerics expelled in shapes of swine. (Cf. Q551.3.2.)

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