μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Horses fail when owner refuses load to saint. (Cf. Q286.1, Q557.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Punishment fitted to crime. · view the constellation · filed as Q589.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross.
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Filed under Punishment fitted to crime – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it
Man cannot drive cow by himself which he refused to share. (Cf. Q272.)
Filed beside it
Man goes forth naked: cursed with nakedness throughout life. (Cf. Q556.) Punishment for stinginess: amends made by being generous and liberal. (Cf. Q276.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Uncharitableness to holy person punished. (Cf. Q1.1, Q553.3.5, Q556.11, Q589.1.) Miraculous punishment through animals. (Cf. Q415, Q552.4, Q554.5, Q582.6, Q589.1, Q589.1.0.1, Q597.)

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