Head falls off when man lies to saint. (Cf. Q263.)

Motif

Head falls off when man lies to saint. (Cf. Q263.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.8.5

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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 myth*Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Deformity as punishment.

Filed beside it

Deformity as punishment for false judging. (Cf. Q265.)Deformity as punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.). (Cf. Q222.)Deformity (putridity) as punishment for murder. (Cf. D2061.1.4, Q211.)Man's eye bursts forth when he urges saint to marry. (Cf. Q227, Q451.7.0.2.)Magic punishment: tongue protrudes from mouth of sinner and blindness follows Punishment: face distorted

Travels with

Headless man lives four (seven) years. (Cf. Q551.8.5.)Lying (perjury) punished. (Cf. Q431.17, Q451.1.7, Q451.3.2, Q451.5.3, Q451.7.1, Q488.1, Q551.6.1, Q551.8.5, Q551.9.2, Q552.1.7, Q558.2, Q558.15, Q591.)

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