μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Reincarnation as punishment. (Cf. E600, Q584.3.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.5

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Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 222, 342, 424, 479, 597, 740, 1148, II 355, 670, 691, 792, 918, 1028, 1272.
Within the index

Filed under Magic manifestations as punishments.

1 finer motif beneath it
Reincarnation into degraded form as punishment
Filed beside it
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: transformation. (Cf. D661.) Punishment: animals become sick 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.)
Reincarnation. Return from the dead in another form Reincarnation in form fitted to crime. (Cf. Q551.5.)

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