Society

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• Blind poets. P427.7.3
• Women poets. P427.7.4
• Bard. P427.7.5
• Poet's rod. P427.7.6
• Poet as judge. P427.7.7
• Poet rewarded for poem. P427.7.8
• Poets banished. P427.7.9
• Excessive demands of poets. P427.7.9.1
• Rivaling poets. P427.7.10
• Druids as rath-builders. P427.8
• Druids (poets) boil spell. P427.9
• Musician. P428
• Harper. P428.1
• Miscellaneous learned professions. P429
• Astronomers. P429.1
• Financiers and merchants. P430
• Merchant. P431
• Merchants as spreaders of news. P431.1
• Usurer. P435
• Wealthy usurer prays that the sons of the rich will become mad. That will benefit his business. His own sons lose their minds. P435.1
• Usurer stops lending money. He does so, not because it is wrong, but because he is losing money. P435.2
• Artisans. P440
• Tailor. P441
• Tailor occupies God's throne for a day. P441.1
• Tailoring only trade devil cannot learn. He fails to knot thread because it would make sign of the cross. P441.2
• Tailor punished in hell. P441.3
• Busy tailor asks soldier to mount watch in his place. P441.4
• Baker. P442
• Baker and devil walking together. P442.1
• Miller. P443
• Water-miller. P443.0.1
• Why millers are thieves. P443.1
• Cabinet-maker. P444
• Brave soldier and timid cabinet-maker as companions. P444.1
• Weaver. P445
• Why weavers are the most unhappy of men. They gave a nail for the Crucifixion. P445.1
• Why weavers have patience. P445.2
• Barber. P446
• Barbers as bunglers of plans. P446.1
• Barbers cunning and greedy. P446.2
• Smith. P447
• Smith from Lochlann (Scandinavia, otherworld [?]). P447.0.1
• Smith as grandfather of king. P447.1
• Smith as rath-builder. P447.2
• Smith as lord of hall of hospitality. P447.3
• Smith punished in hell. P447.4
• Smith honored by king as indispensable. Invited to festival. P447.5
• Rivaling smiths. P447.6
• Goldsmith as lover. P447.7
• Covetous goldsmith. P447.8
• Butcher. P448
• Spinner. P451
• Dressmaker (milliner, etc.). P452
• Shoemaker. P453
• Why shoemakers are indolent. A shoemaker spits at Christ on way to be crucified. Christ tells him, "A poor slobbering fellow thou shalt be, and all shoemakers after thee, for what thou has done to me." (Cf. A2231.2, P445.1.) P453.1
• Hatter. P454
• Mason (bricklayer). P455
• Carpenter. P456
• House-painter. P457
• Woodsman. P458
• Other artisans. P459
• Printer. P459.1
• Other trades and professions. P460
• Soldier. P461
• Soldier who has had both hands severed fights with his teeth until he is killed. P461.1
• Soldier dies happy on learning of enemy's rout. P461.2
• Soldier is ordered to set fire to enemy's armada. Is caught and sawed in two. P461.3
• Woman instructs in art of arms. (Cf. F565.1.) P461.4
• Actor. P471
• Actors banished along with vagabonds. P471.1
• Robber. P475
• Twelve robbers. P475.1
• Robbers defeated and killed. P475.2
• Astrologer. P481
• Painter (artist). P482
• Devil pulls painter from chair. P482.1
• Juggler (conjurer). P483
• Philosopher. P485
• Treacherous philosophers. P485.1
• Government. P500
• Law courts. P510
• Criminal allowed to choose his method of execution. P511
• Chooses to die of old age. Criminal given choice of deaths. (Cf. J1181.) P511.1
• Man condemned to lose his eye is allowed to choose the instrument. P511.2
• Condemned woman may be freed by marrying a rogue. P512
• Release from execution at a woman's request (by marriage to her). P512.1
• Criminal may fight against odds rather than be judicially executed. P513
• Pardoning of criminal comes too late. P515
• Youngest of judges first to give decision. P516
• Crime less serious if committed at request of a lady. P517
• Cities of refuge. P518
• Complacent judge disregards the confession. He has put the criminal to torture without success. When he releases him, the criminal says, "In a moment I should have confessed all." The judge lets him go nevertheless. P521
• Laws. P522
• Lex talionis. One life for one life. Equal number must be given up by each feuding side. (Cf. P535.) P522.1
• A nose for a nose. P522.1.1
• Bringing suit in law courts. P523
• Foreigner may not bring suit. (Cf. P191.) P523.1
• Madman may not bring suit. P523.2
• Fool not to be punished for his crime. P523.2.1
• Slave may not bring suit. (Cf. P170.) P523.3
• Legal security. P524
• Poet may not act as security. (Cf. P427.) P524.1
• Foreigner may not act as security. (Cf. P191.) P524.2
• Contracts. P525
• "It is a debt if it is promised." P525.0.1
• Contract made by madman void. (Cf. P192.) P525.1
• Contract made by woman without her husband void. P525.2
• He nearest to blood of slain man must avenge his death. P525.3
• Legal principles. P526
• "To every cow belongs its calf," a legal principle applied to question of ownership of copy of manuscript. P526.1
• "To every son belongs his mother": in case of suspected illegitimacy, child is not guilty. P526.2
• Taxation and payment of fines or tribute. P531
• Tribe failing to attend yearly feast to send gift as sign of submission. P531.1
• Tribute required of conquered foreigners. P531.1.1
• Tax on treasure trove. (Cf. N500.) P531.2
• Payment of tax (tribute). P532
• Feudal tribute. Specified interchange of aid and gifts. P533
• Hostages. P533.1
• Boys as hostages. P533.1.1
• Eric fines (imposed for personal injury, etc.). (Cf. P522.1.) P535
• Punishment for failure to pay tax. P536
• Nose cut off for failure to pay tax. (Cf. Q451.5.) P536.1
• Payment of stipend. P537
• Law-making. P541
• Heptads. Laws made in groups of seven. (Cf. Z71.5.) P541.1
• Laws made at yearly feast. P541.2
• Laws made at feast every seven years. P541.2.1
• Miscellaneous legal customs. P548
• Military affairs. P550
• Army. P551
• Band of professional warriors. P551.0.1
• Army of young men. Old men excluded. P551.1
• Soldiers chained (tied) together to prevent flight from battle. P551.2
• Clerics exempted from military service. P551.3
• Hero drives retreating warriors back into battle. P551.4
• Boy corps. P551.5
• Law requiring military service of women revoked through influence of saint. P551.6
• Conflicts with the recruiting officers. P551.7
• Retainers not required to go to battle under overlord except for pay. P551.8
• Only 700 subjects of under-king required to serve under overlord on any one hosting. P551.8.1
• "Battle seeds" (semen bellicosum). P551.9
• Battle formations. P552
• Battle-pen. Warriors fight in circle around leader. P552.1
• Superior troops distributed throughout army to prevent their soldierly qualities from being too obvious. P552.2
• Phalanx. P552.3
• Roof of shields. Testudo. P552.3.1
• War-machines. P552.4
• Haircut as preparation for war. P552.5
• Weapons. P553
• Poisoned weapons. P553.1
• Battle-cairn. Losses reckoned by number of stones remaining in pile after each survivor has removed one. P554
• Defeat in battle. P555
• Submission indicated by defeated lying with conqueror's sword between teeth. P555.1
• Corpses of dead foes dismembered. P555.2
• Heads of fallen enemies piled up after battle. P555.2.1
• "Publication of slaying." Heads of slain enemies displayed. P555.2.1.1
• Jawbone cut from slain opponent. P555.2.1.2
• Gate of captured town (castle) to be widened until overlord's spear can pass through crosswise. P555.3
• Challenge to battle. P556
• Challenge by turning left side of shield toward enemy. P556.1
• Challenge to battle by hurling javelin skyward. P556.2
• Military customs. P557
• Warrior not entitled to ransom if captured without arms. P557.1
• Pledge with enemy to be kept. P557.2
• Stones erected where enemy falls. P557.3
• Customs concerning single combat. P557.4
• First to reach field of combat has choice of weapons. P557.4.1
• Warrior who begins combat has right to desist. P557.4.2
• Choice of weapons alternates each succeeding day. P557.4.3
• "Men's truth" (fir fer). Challenger to single combat must submit to same conditions as person challenged. P557.4.4
• Warrior engaged in combat with one-armed opponent allows one hand to be bound to his side. P557.4.4.1
• Warrior disgraced by slaying of those under his protection. P557.5
• Warrior dies with face toward foe. P557.6
• Divorce given to wives before leaving for battle. P557.7
• Tournaments. P561
• King is persuaded to rescind ban on tournaments. P561.1
• Tournament: to avenge death of king. P561.2
• Customs. [Note: Except in so far as customs enter narratives, they are not in the scope of this work.] P600
• Women meet when bathing. P611
• Trumpet blown before house of one sentenced to death. P612
• Charon's fee: putting coin in dead person's mouth to pay for ferry across Styx. P613
• Newcomers forced to pass the night with ruling princess. Given sleeping potion. Goods confiscated for failure to consummate marriage. P616
• People weep when child is born. They sing and laugh at burials. P617
• Bridle goes with horse when horse is bought. P621
• Servant must keep horns and hide of his cattle that are slain. P622
• Fasting (as a means of distraint). P623
• Fasting against God. P623.0.1
• Clerics fast against God for revelation. P623.0.1.1
• Fasting against the Devil. P623.0.2
• Fasting against fairies. P623.0.3
• Fasting against saints. P623.0.4
• Fasting by saints causes tree worshipped by pagans to fall. P623.0.5
• Fasting to enforce saint's dues. P623.0.6
• Calves not let to cows during fast. P623.0.7
• Strangers to be given precedence over man at home. Duke permits visiting duke to go through narrow path first. This sets custom. P631
• Customs concerning recognition of rank. P632
• Couches provided for men of high rank. P632.1
• Cuts of meat distributed according to rank. P632.2
• "The champion's portion." The choicest portion assigned to the bravest at feasts. P632.2.1
• Rank among children recognized by quality of appointments and food. P632.3