μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Storm as punishment. (Cf. D905.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.14

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Filed under Prodigy as punishment.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Storm as punishment for affront to disguised supernatural spirit. (Cf. Q221.) Fortress built on Sunday destroyed by tempest. (Cf. C631, Q223.6.) Punishment: flood of mud after which crops of corn come up with black (smutted) ears Mass of sand advances like a tidal wave upon city Rain of stones as punishment Hail as punishment
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 Fire from heaven as punishment. (Cf. F797, F962.2.) 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.)
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Magic storm

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