μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sinking of earth as punishment.

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Finnish-Swedish Wessman 18f. Nos. 164, 188
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Tuamotu Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 511.
Within the index

Filed under Prodigy as punishment.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Quaking of earth as punishment. (Cf. D2148.) Land sinks and lake appears as punishment Grave sinks so that grave-robbers cannot get out. (Cf. Q212.2.) Earth swallowings as punishment. (Cf. F940, Q221.4.3.)
Filed beside it
Death from elements as punishment for unjust judgment (by poets) Death by thunderbolt 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.) 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.)

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