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

Motif

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

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.2.3.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general Fb "kirkegaard" II 129.

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Filed under Earth swallowings as punishment. (Cf. F940, Q221.4.3.)

3 finer motifs beneath it

Earth swallows man who opposes saint (holy man). (Cf. Q227.)Earth swallows man as punishment for sacrilege (blasphemy, heresy, etc.). (Cf. Q221.3.)Man who angers saint sinks into earth to his knees. (Cf. Q227.)

Filed beside it

Earth swallows object as punishment Saint causes parricide to sink into earth to his knees. (Cf. D1713, Q211.1.)Earth swallows man intending treachery. (Cf. Q261.1.)

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Tabu: dancing in churchyard Dancing punished

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