μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.
Within the index

Filed under Prodigy as punishment.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Drowning caused by magic wind as punishment of braggart. (Cf. D906, Q330.)Miraculous drowning as punishment for opposition to saint (holy man). (Cf. Q227.)Miraculous drowning as punishment for desire to murder. (Cf. Q211.8.)Miraculous drowning as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.)Miraculous drowning as punishment for man's flight with stepmother. (Cf. Q242.)Miraculous drowning as punishment for haughtiness. (Cf. Q331.)Flood as punishment for murder (fratricide). (Cf. Q211.)
Filed beside it
Death from elements as punishment for unjust judgment (by poets)Death by thunderbolt as punishmentSinking 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.)
Travels with
Punishment: drowning. (Cf. Q552.19.)Punishment by drowning. (Cf. Q552.19.)

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