μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Jewish*Neuman.
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Filed under Divine favor withdrawn as punishment.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Sterility of women as punishmentGod refuses king a son on account of his many wars. (Cf. Q305.)Children of incestuous father die without issue. (Cf. Q242.)Sterility as punishment for breaking saint's covenant. (Cf. Q227.)Sterility as punishment for parricide. (Cf. Q211.1.)Sterility as punishment for uncharitableness to holy person. (Cf. Q286.1.)Painful birth of children as punishmentPunishment: reduced number of children
Filed beside it
Virgin Mary withdraws the sacrament from a scoffer. (Cf. Q225.)Punishment: angel ceases to appear to self-righteous hermitDeath of children as punishmentPunishment: small catch of fish for child-murderers. Fisherman and his wife have always caught three fishes. From greed they kill their child in order to have more fish for themselves. But they thereafter catch but two fishes. (Cf. Q211.4.)Failure in all efforts as punishmentRains withheld until king remembers to have monks' huts roofed as promised. (Cf. Q266.)
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Barrenness or impotence induced by magic

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