μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Confession – miscellaneous motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it
List of sins: schedule is returned miraculously cleansed of all his sins
Filed beside it
Search for confessor. Great sinner sent from one confessor to another. All say that his sins are too great for forgiveness. Finally he succeedsMonks shrive selves clean under threat of complete exposure of their sins by brother possessed of fiendMiracle attests fact that man does not need to confess. He hangs his sack on a sunbeamSodomist makes sport of confessionUnnecessary for husband to confess as his wife has already done it for himConfessor and penitent exchange confidences. Balance sins and cancel wrongsThe devil goes to confession. Performs very severe penance, but cannot bear to humble himself and to stoop before the altar. (Cf. G303.16.9.)Extortionate confessor demands golden statue

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