Man boasts he fears saint no more than hornless sheep; killed by hornless sheep. (Cf. Q333.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Man boasts he fears saint no more than hornless sheep; killed by hornless sheep. (Cf. Q333.1.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Punishment fitted to crime. · view the constellation · filed as Q582.5

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Fitting death as punishment. (Cf. Q411, D2060.)

Filed beside it

Sisters throw unique jewel into lake; killed and thrown after it Man who brings fire to his house at devil's instigation burns to death. (Cf. Q233.) Murderer killed by his own spear. (Cf. Q211.) Man dies from drop of blood of pet hound he has killed. (Cf. Q211.6.) Woman killed by horse got through immoderate request. (Cf. Q338, Q557.) Boy who threw stones at clerics killed by thrown stone. (Cf. Q227.) Person drinks poison he prepared for another Man falls dead when he sees his sons whom he has reared in sin all killed

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Overweening punished. (Cf. Q552.19.1, Q582.5.) "God has no use for me, and the devil will not take me." On the way home the bold woman is strangled by the devil. (Cf. Q582.5.)

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