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Motif

Punishment: transformation into other object.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.3.5

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Punishment: transformation. (Cf. D661.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
Punishment: transformation into falling star Punishment: transformation into tree
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: transformation into animal. (Cf. Q226.2.) Punishment: calf's head in murderer's hand turns to corpse's head. (Cf. Q211.) Transformation to stone as punishment

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