Plague as punishment — Mythoi

Motif

Plague as punishment.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.10

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Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 165
German O. Busch Nordwestthüringer Sagen 145, E. Handreck Müllersagen 194, O. Schöppner Sagenbuch d. bairischen Lande I 72
Spanish Exempla Keller
Jewish *Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Prodigy as punishment.

1 finer motif beneath it

Recurrent plague during reign of wicked king. (Cf. Q552.3.)

Filed beside it

Death from elements as punishment for unjust judgment (by poets) Death by thunderbolt as punishment Sinking of earth as punishment Failure 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.) Punishment: meeting frightful apparition. (Ghost, mysterious animal, devil.) Punishment: shipwreck Fire 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.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Reward: end of plague. (Cf. Q552.10.)

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