μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Deformity as punishment.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q551.8

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman.
Within the index

Filed under Magic manifestations as punishments.

7 finer motifs beneath 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.) Head falls off when man lies to saint. (Cf. Q263.) Magic punishment: tongue protrudes from mouth of sinner and blindness follows Punishment: face distorted
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 sickness as punishment Magic paralysis 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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