μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Fire from heaven as punishment. (Cf. F797, F962.2.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.13

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Filed across the traditions
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  • Jewish *Neuman.
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Filed under Prodigy as punishment.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Punishment by arrows of fire from heaven Sword (of fire) from heaven drawn upon sinners Gods pour torrents of hot ashes on kingdom as punishment Death by fire from heaven as punishment Destruction of property by fire from heaven as punishment. (Cf. Q595.) Fire from heaven consumes adulterous wife who has slandered an abbot. (Cf. Q227, Q414.0.3.)
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.) Plague as punishment Punishment: meeting frightful apparition. (Ghost, mysterious animal, devil.) Punishment: shipwreck 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.)
Fire from heaven kills people Fire from heaven

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