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Punishment: transformation. (Cf. D661.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.3

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Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Grote I 32.
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Filed under Magic manifestations as punishments.

5 finer motifs beneath 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 Punishment: transformation into other object
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Undutiful son punished by toad clinging to face. (Cf. Q281.1.) Punishment: animal skin grows on man's back. He had masked in the skin in order to cheat 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.)
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Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.) Tabu: sexual intercourse in sacred precinct. (Cf. Q551.3.) Transformation as punishment Food concealed from saint miraculously changed to stones. (Cf. Q551.3.) Transformation as fitting punishment. (Cf. D661, Q551.3.)

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