μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Magic manifestations as punishments.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Miraculous burning as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q227.)Magic burning to death as punishment for perjury. (Cf. Q263.)
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 sickness as punishmentMagic paralysis as punishmentDeformity as punishmentPerson 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.)
Travels with
Punishment: burning alive

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