μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Death by thunderbolt as punishment.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.1

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“By other women Priam had sons, to wit, Melanip- pus, Gorgythion, Philaemon, Hippothous, Glaucus, Agathon, Chersidamas, Evagoras, Hippodamas, Mestor, Atas, Doryclus, Lycaon, Dryops, Bias, Chromius, Astygonus, Telestas, Evander, Cebriones, Mylius, Archemachus, Laodocus, Echephron, Idomeneus, Hyperion, Ascanius, Democoon, Aretus, Deiopites, Clonius, Echemmon, Hypirochus, Aegeoneus, Lysi- thous, Polymedon; and daughters, to wit, Medusa,…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XII · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 18 Nos. 165, 173
  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 3267
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • GreekFrazer Apollodorus II 34 n. 2 (Iasion), 52 n. 2 (Asopus) → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XII
  • Jewish*Neuman.
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 458
  • general *Blinkenberg The Thunderweapon in Religion and Folklore (Cambridge, Eng., 1911)
  • general *P. Saintyves Pierres magiques (Paris, 1936). Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 336, O'Suilleabhain 123
Within the index

Filed under Prodigy as punishment.

10 finer motifs beneath it
Destruction of property by thunderbolt as punishment. (Cf. Q595.)Thunder slays people for disregard of himLightning strikes monk who despises humility. (Cf. Q331.)Ravisher killed by thunderbolt. (Cf. Q244.)Impostor killed by lightning. (Cf. Q262.)Death by thunderbolt as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q227.)Death by thunderbolt as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.)Death by thunderbolt as punishment for injustice. (Cf. Q296.)Woman who accused saint of raping her is struck by lightning. (Cf. Q263.)Infidel defies God to strike him with lightning. God does. (Cf. Q221.3.)
Filed beside it
Death from elements as punishment for unjust judgment (by poets)Sinking of earth as punishmentFailure of crops during reign of wicked king. (Cf. Q552.10.1.)Ear of stolen animal protrudes from thief's mouth. (Cf. Q212.)Monstrous births as punishment for girl's pride. (Cf. M437, Q331, T550.)Rich lord who robs poor widow of her cow chokes on first mouthful. (Cf. Q212.)Mary-image descends and chastises clerk who scoffs at its rude carving. (Cf. Q225.)Dead cock rises, crows, and spatters scoffers so that they become leprous. (Cf. Q225.)Punishment: woman who has prevented birth of children casts no shadow. (Cf. Q251.)Plague as punishmentPunishment: meeting frightful apparition. (Ghost, mysterious animal, devil.)Punishment: shipwreckFire from heaven as punishment. (Cf. F797, F962.2.)Storm as punishment. (Cf. D905.)Punishment: cloud cuts off view of man promised all he can see for expelling saint. (Cf. Q227.)Food and drink refused saint miraculously become putrid. (Cf. D2096, Q227.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Cupbearer of the godsCreation of diver (bird)Man carried by birdTransformation: ant to personFuture revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8, D1812.5.1.2, D1813.1.)Rain produced by prayer. (Cf. D1391.1, D2141.0.7.1.)Mortal's attempt to defile goddess punishedAbandonment on an island. (Marooning.)

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