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Punishments in hell. (Cf. Q174.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Punishments in hell. · view the constellation · filed as Q560

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 391, 467f., 470f., 585
  • Spanish Espinosa Jr. Nos. 202, 204, Keller
  • Greek Grote I 129
  • Egyptian Müller 179f.
  • Jewish *Neuman, Moreno Esdras
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 598.
  • general Fb "helvede" IV 209a
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 41
  • general Krappe "Notes on Dante's Inferno" Archivum Romanicum VI 376–385, XI 592–603
  • general Festskrift til Feilberg 202. – Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 319–23, O'Suilleabhain 51, 53, 58
Within the index
11 finer motifs beneath it
Punishments in land of dead (detailed) Respite from hell Sinners endure hell tortures for one year Punishments being prepared in hell Pain of souls tormented in hell alternately ebbs and flows Punishments in hell fitted to crimes. (Cf. Q580.) Letter sent to the relatives from man punished in hell Man admitted to neither heaven nor hell. He has tricked the devil Punishments by heat in hell. (Cf. A671.2.4.) Punishments by cold in hell Other punishments in hell
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Reward: release from hell

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