Mysterious stranger blows ashes into face of scoffer and chokes him to death. (Cf. Q225.)

Motif

Mysterious stranger blows ashes into face of scoffer and chokes him to death. (Cf. Q225.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q554.3

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 666.

Within the index

Filed under Mysterious visitation as punishment.

Filed beside it

Punishment: devil carries off thief. (Cf. Q212.)Devil in roof of church into which he thrusts voices of loud singers. (Cf. Q223.)Mysterious wolf enters church and kills blaspheming priest. (Cf. Q225.)Mysterious animal punishes penitent. Returning from the pope he is met by a mysterious animal who jumps on his back. Then in the man's room, whither he has carried the animal, a three hours' noise is heard as of a fight. Neither man nor beast is found in the room. (Cf. Q557.)Cheaters visited by god in animal form. Frightened into restitution Creditor in former existence comes to confiscate riches of unkind man in next existence. (Cf. Q281.)

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Punishment for scoffing at religious teachings. (Cf. Q415.8, Q458.0.5, Q551.10.1, Q552.7, Q552.8, Q552.13.1.2, Q553.1, Q554.3, Q554.4, Q555.1, Q558.1.)

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