μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Other miraculous punishments.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Birth of child prevented until girl confesses slander. She has accused a bishop of fathering the childGirl's hand withers as punishment for broken oath to God
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Devils instead of angels visit woman who has forgotten God in her prosperityPunishment: man stricken blind. (Cf. Q451.7.0.2.)Body of murdered man cannot be moved nor can water be drawn from a well to wash it. Leads to exposure of murdererPeasants punished for working on feast day. They cannot leave the field for several days. (Cf. Q223.)Poets lose ability to compose verse as punishment for immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.)Punishment: body will not decay after death because man broke saint's covenant. (Cf. Q227.)Half of house in which false judgment is given slips down hill. (Cf. Q265.)Saints miraculously cause child to fall over cliff as punishment for mother's washing clothes in holy well. (Cf. Q222, Q411.3.)Magic boat keeps thief at sea until he promises to throw ill-gotten gains into sea. (Cf. D1654.6, Q212.)Man miraculously made to excrete his entrails for heresy. (Cf. Q225.1, Q469.7.)
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Impiety punished. (Cf. Q457.2, Q458.0.5, Q467.2, Q552.2.3.1.2, Q552.2.3.2.2, Q558.11, Q558.12, Q558.17, Q559.4, Q559.5.)Punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q286.1, Q421.2, Q428.3, Q451.3.3, Q451.7.0.2.1, Q457.4, Q494.1, Q551.2.1, Q551.6.2, Q551.7.1, Q551.8.4, Q551.9.1, Q552.1.0.1.1, Q552.1.4, Q552.2.0.1.1, Q552.2.3.1.1, Q552.2.3.1.3, Q552.2.3.2.1, Q552.2.3.2.3, Q552.13.1.1, Q552.13.2.1, Q552.13.2.2, Q552.13.3, Q552.15, Q552.16, Q552.18.1, Q552.18.2, Q552.19.1, Q556.4, Q556.5, Q557.6, Q558.13, Q559.5, Q559.7, Q571.1, Q572.3, Q575, Q576.1, Q582.7, Q591, Q595.1.)

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