Madness as punishment. (Cf. D2065.) — Mythoi

Motif

Madness as punishment. (Cf. D2065.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q555

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. I
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 9
Greek Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica , THE CYPRIA
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 5
Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 70 CHAPTER III. THE GREEN CHAMPIONS

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Greek *Frazer Apollodorus I 146 n. 2, 183 n. 3 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. II
Jewish *Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Loomis White Magic 98

Within the index

Filed under Miraculous punishments.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Madness as punishment for scoffer. (Cf. Q225.) Madness as punishment for adulterer. (Cf. Q241.) Madness as punishment for thieves. (Cf. Q212.) Punishment for incest: father and son maddened; cut off their sexual organs

Filed beside it

Supernatural manifestations at death of wicked person Magic manifestations as punishments Prodigy as punishment Divine favor withdrawn as punishment Mysterious visitation as punishment Curse as punishment Miraculous punishment through animals.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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic insanity. (Cf. D2161.3.8.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Twins quarrel before birth in mother's womb

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