Punishment for greed: streams of sugar, molasses, and milk from anchorite's tomb dry up and petrify because of townspeople's greed. (Cf. Q272.) — Mythoi

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Punishment for greed: streams of sugar, molasses, and milk from anchorite's tomb dry up and petrify because of townspeople's greed. (Cf. Q272.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.3.5

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Failure of crops during reign of wicked king. (Cf. Q552.10.1.)

Filed beside it

Failure of crops as punishment for uncharitableness. (Cf. Q286.) Failure of crops as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Failure of crops and milk as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Failure of crops for mistreating the dead Famine as punishment Famine as punishment for oppression by victors Drought as punishment Food magically disappears Punishment: water famine Murrain upon cattle as punishment

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Avarice punished. (Cf. Q552.3.5, Q589.1.0.1, W151.)

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