μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish mythCross
  • IcelandicBoberg
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 187.
Within the index

Filed under Magic manifestations as punishments.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Punishment: men stricken with leprosyPunishment: death from unknown disease before end of three days for having obtained food by force from monasteryMagic 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 cheatPunishment: transformation. (Cf. D661.)Punishment: animals become sickReincarnation as punishment. (Cf. E600, Q584.3.)Magic paralysis as punishmentDeformity as punishmentMiraculous 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 punishmentPremature aging as punishment. (Cf. D1890.)
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Magic sickness as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q551.6.)

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