Earth swallows man as punishment for sacrilege (blasphemy, heresy, etc.). (Cf. Q221.3.)

Motif

Earth swallows man as punishment for sacrilege (blasphemy, heresy, etc.). (Cf. Q221.3.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.2.3.1.2

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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 myth*Cross.
general *Loomis White Magic 101

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Filed under Girl sinks into earth for dancing in church. (Cf. C51.1.5, Q386.)

Filed beside it

Earth swallows man who opposes saint (holy man). (Cf. Q227.)Man who angers saint sinks into earth to his knees. (Cf. Q227.)

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Impiety punished. (Cf. Q457.2, Q458.0.5, Q467.2, Q552.2.3.1.2, Q552.2.3.2.2, Q558.11, Q558.12, Q558.17, Q559.4, Q559.5.)Blasphemy punished. (Cf. Q551.1.8, Q558.4.)

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