μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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  • Irish myth*Cross
  • West IndiesFlowers 569f.
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Filed under Miraculous punishments.

26 finer motifs beneath 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.)Food and drink refused saint miraculously become putrid. (Cf. D2096, Q227.)Punishment: grave fills with sand when digger attempts to bury sinner over holy man. (Cf. Q222.)Punishment: disappearance of ill-gotten gains. (Cf. Q585, Q595.)Miraculous drowning as punishment. (Cf. Q428, Q467.)Eclipse as punishmentMan vomits heart as punishment and lives without it till his deathPunishment: city and inhabitants hurled down precipicePunishment: being suspended between heaven and earth +2 more
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Supernatural manifestations at death of wicked personMagic manifestations as punishmentsDivine favor withdrawn as punishmentMysterious visitation as punishmentMadness as punishment. (Cf. D2065.)Curse as punishmentMiraculous punishment through animals. (Cf. Q415, Q552.4, Q554.5, Q582.6, Q589.1, Q589.1.0.1, Q597.)Mysterious death as punishment. (Cf. Q411, Q574, Q591.1.)Other miraculous punishments
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Saint decrees offenders will not be able to fortify their dwellings. Fences fall, earth gapes when dug. (Cf. D2192, Q227, Q552.)

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