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Motif

Magic sickness as punishment.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.6

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 187.
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Filed under Magic manifestations as punishments.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Punishment: men stricken with leprosy Punishment: death from unknown disease before end of three days for having obtained food by force from monastery Magic sickness as punishment for lying (perjury). (Cf. Q263, Q583.4.) Magic sickness as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q227, Q572.3.) Magic sickness as punishment for ingratitude. (Cf. Q281.) Magic sickness as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212, Q557.4, Q572.1.) Magic sickness as punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.). (Cf. Q222.) Emaciation caused by envy. (Cf. Q302.) Magic sickness (death) as punishment for inhospitality. (Cf. Q292.)
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 Reincarnation as punishment. (Cf. E600, Q584.3.) 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.)
Magic sickness as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q551.6.)

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