Rewards and punishments

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• Rewards and punishments. Q0
• Hospitality rewarded – opposite punished. Q1
• Gods (saints) in disguise reward hospitality and punish inhospitality. Usually the hospitable person is poor, the inhospitable rich. Q1.1
• Kind and unkind. Churlish person disregards requests of old person (animal) and is punished. Courteous person (often youngest brother or sister) complies and is rewarded. Q2
• Moderate request rewarded; immoderate punished. Q3
• Woodsman and the gold axe. A woodsman lets his axe fall into the water. Hermes comes to his rescue. Takes out a gold axe but the woodsman says that it is not his. The same with a silver axe. Finally he is given his own axe and rewarded for his modest choice. His companion tries this plan and loses his axe. Q3.1
• Lion divides slain bullock. The thief who demands half of the bullock driven off; the traveler who modestly withdraws invited to take half. Q3.2
• Humble rewarded, haughty punished. Q4
• Laziness punished; industry rewarded. Q5
• Lazy jackal punished; industrious pig rewarded. Q5.1
• Lazy owl punished; industrious hummingbird rewarded. Q5.2
• Good thoughts rewarded, bad punished. Q6
• Foolishness brings a man to death, quiet calm to fortune. Q6.1
• Deity descends and makes king and wronged subject change places. Q7
• Deeds rewarded. Q10
• Piety rewarded. Q20
• Reward for service of god, hero, or ascetic for a period. Q20.1
• Fulfillment of precepts rewarded. Q20.2
• Reward for religious sacrifice. Q21
• Old woman gives her only cow believing she would receive a hundred in return from God. A bishop hearing of her faith sends her a hundred cows. Q21.1
• Reward for faith. Q22
• Reward for securing converts. Q23
• Reward for carrying Christ across a stream. Christ is in the form of a child. (St. Christopher.) Q25
• Boy risks life to carry leper across stream. Leper is Christ in disguise. Q25.1
• Keeping fast rewarded. Q26
• Reward for faith: boy doomed to die saved (miraculously). Q27
• Reward for religious pilgrimage. Q28
• Reward for offering food to crucifix (Madonna). Q32
• Reward for saying of prayers. (Cf. V50.) Q33
• Reward for austerities of hermit. (Cf. Q144.1.) The further he must carry water, the greater his heavenly reward. Q34
• Reward for writing hymn. (Cf. Q172.5.) Q35
• Reward for repentance. (Cf. Q174.1.) Q36
• Reward for confession of sins. Q36.1
• Reward for carrying out dead man's request. Q37
• Reward for attendance on holy man. (Cf. Q116.1.) Q38
• Piety rewarded – miscellaneous. Q39
• Asceticism rewarded. (Cf. V462.) Q39.1
• Kindness rewarded. Q40
• Politeness rewarded. Q41
• Ogre appeased by being called uncle (aunt, etc.). Q41.1
• Reward for cleansing loathsome person. Cleansing eyelids, bathing, lousing etc. Q41.2
• Generosity rewarded. Q42
• Spendthrift knight. Divides his last penny. He is later helped by the grateful person. Q42.1
• Child divides last loaf with fairy (witch, etc.). Rewarded. Q42.1.1
• Reward for giving last loaf. Q42.1.1.1
• Man who divides his food with beggar is later freed from captivity by him. Q42.1.2
• Excessive hospitality causes chieftain to become poor. Q42.1.3
• Reward for providing coffins for poor. Q42.2
• Generosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.) Q42.3
• Man frees slave (incognito prince): rewarded when slave becomes king. Q42.4
• Slave freed as reward for killing enemy's two slaves, and given as much land as he can cultivate in three days. Q42.4.1
• Reward for generosity to king's buffoon. Ruler rewards herald who is generous to his buffoon. Q42.5
• Reward for tearing out eye when demanded. Q42.6
• Reward for remitting tribute. (Cf. Q172.7.) Q42.7
• Saint gives a man all his credit for good deeds so that the man may go to heaven. Saint is then rewarded with even greater credit. (Cf. Q172.) Q42.8
• Cobbler gives new pair of shoes to poor boy and says: "You can pay me when you become archbishop." Generously rewarded many years later. Q42.9
• Reward for giving counsel. Q43
• Reward for almsgiving. Q44
• Reward to almsgiving monk given in form of restored honor and position. Q44.1
• Man pardoned for short accounts when it is learned that he has given the money to the poor as alms. Q44.2
• One rupee given away for charity incidentally brings back ten rupees. Q44.3
• Hospitality rewarded. Q45
• Angels entertained unawares. Hospitality to disguised saint (angel, god) rewarded. (Cf. Q42.3.) Q45.1
• Three Nephites give blessings as reward for hospitality. (Mormon tradition.) Q45.1.1
• King refuses to invite Patrick to feast. Poor man kills only cow and uses his only measure of meal to entertain Patrick. Patrick blesses his wife and son. Q45.1.2
• Hospitality to saint repaid: neither he nor his posterity will ever be hurt by venomous creatures. Q45.1.3
• Hospitality to devil repaid. Q45.2
• Man saves the unrecognized devil from thunder and is generously rewarded. Q45.2.1
• Hospitality to ascetic rewarded. Q45.3
• Hospitality to monk rewarded. Q45.3.1
• Revenge given up as reward for hospitality. (Cf. Q151.6.) Q45.4
• Hospitality repaid by attack on devastating enemy. Q45.5
• Hospitality repaid by magic procuring of provisions. Q45.6
• Reward for protecting fugitive. Q46
• Reward for protecting holy fugitive. Q46.1
• Kindness to orphans repaid by dead parents. Q47
• Kindness to animals rewarded. Q51
• Knight covers foal with his coat to protect it from storm. Q51.1
• Reward for kindness to tiger. Q51.2
• Reward for rescue. Q53
• Disguised king rewards rescuer from robbers. (Cf. K1812.) Q53.1
• Magic shirt and information about sought robbers as reward for rescue of poor fisherman. Q53.2
• Plenty of fishes as reward for rescue. Q53.2.1
• Maiden queen offers her hand as reward for rescuing her town. Q53.3
• Maiden gives her hand and riches to man who rescues her from trap. Q53.3.1
• Uprightness rewarded. (Cf. Q151.7.) Q54
• Ruler tries in vain to intimidate judge. Rewards him with high post. Q54.1
• Captive knight freed for having kept his word. Is allowed to leave to collect ransom (or marry fiancée). When he returns his captor frees him (or raises ransom). Q54.2
• Reward for sparing life when in animal form. Q55
• Love rewarded. Q56
• Ruler rewards man's love for his captive wife with riches and freedom. Q56.1
• Ruler rewards captives' love for each other. Sets them free and enriches them. Q56.2
• Queen rewards love of man of low lineage by making him an ambassador. Q56.3
• Attendance on the sick rewarded. Q57
• Reward for shielding Mary in childbirth from gaze of onlookers. Q57.1
• Other good qualities rewarded. Q60
• Self-abnegation rewarded. (Cf. L200.) Q61
• Monk who did not ask for position made abbot. He is given the bribe money paid by other ambitious monks. Q61.1
• Devil spares abbot because of humility. Q61.2
• Reward for ability to keep secrets. Q62
• Patience rewarded. (Cf. W26.) Q64
• Filial duty rewarded. Q65
• Supplying food to ungrateful stepmother rewarded. (Cf. Q151.2.) Q65.1
• Humility rewarded. Q66
• Humility before saint (god) in disguise rewarded. Q66.1
• Kingly duty rewarded. Q67
• Integrity rewarded. Q68
• Truth-speaking rewarded. Q68.1
• Honesty rewarded. Q68.2
• Loyalty rewarded. Q72
• Reward for loyalty to king. Q72.1
• Rewards for other causes. Q80
• Reward for perseverance. Q81
• Nobleman's perseverance wins him coveted place on reserved bench. Elected upon the death of one of its occupants. Q81.1
• Reward for fearlessness. Reward given by devil or ghost. Q82
• Snake helps girl who permits it to wind itself around her body. Q82.1
• Ferocious animal (lion, tiger, etc.) rewards man who does not fear it. Q82.2
• Reward for marital fidelity. (Cf. Q87.) Q83
• Reward for wife's fidelity. Q83.1
• Reward for stoic endurance of pain. Q84
• Reward for asking proper questions. Q85
• Reward for industry. Q86
• Reward to ant for industry. Ant has food all winter because she keeps it safe and dry by airing it in the sun. Q86.1
• Reward for preservation of chastity. Q87
• Ruler marries maiden who has repulsed his advances. Q87.1
• Spurned ruler has the maiden marry highest ranking knight. Q87.1.1
• Married woman spurns king's offer of marriage. King honors her husband. Q87.1.2
• Spurned suitor is offered girl by her mother. He rewards her refusal by a gift of money. Q87.1.3
• Courtier rewarded for resisting princess's advances. When her father learns of the affair he rewards the courtier and has him marry his daughter. Q87.2
• Reward for long-suffering nun: made abbess of convent. Q87.3
• Reward for proficiency. Q88
• Fra Lippo Lippi is freed by Moors because of his greatness as a painter. Q88.1
• Princess kisses ugly poet while he sleeps. Kisses not the ugly face but the divine mouth. Q88.2
• Reward for cleverness. Q91
• Princess given in marriage to clever thief. Q91.1
• King rewards scullion for bon-mot. Makes him a valet. Q91.2
• King rewards poem. (Cf. Q112.0.1.2, Q411.10.1.) Q91.3
• Answer rewarded with gold ring; message rewarded with purse with silver. Q91.4
• Reward for supernatural help. Q93
• Reward for bringing rain. Q93.1
• Reward for resuscitating dead. (Cf. E0.) Q93.2
• Reward for cure. Q94
• Reward for musician. Q95
• Reward for flute-playing. Q95.1
• Nature of rewards. Q100
• Reward fitting to deed. Q101
• Reward like deed: liberal and munificent girl blessed with riches and prosperity. Q101.1
• Material rewards. Q110
• Riches as reward. Q111
• Hero made business partner of rich man. Q111.1
• Riches as reward (for hospitality). (Cf. Q45.) Q111.2
• Riches as reward for help against robbers. Q111.3
• Gold ring as reward. (Cf. Q91.3, Q91.4.) Q111.4
• Giant gives gold, silver and weapon as reward for good advice. (Cf. Q113.1, Q114.) Q111.5
• Treasure as reward. Q111.6
• Jewels as reward. Q111.7
• Large quantity of land as reward. Q111.8
• Half of kingdom as reward. Q112
• Kingdom as reward. Q112.0.1
• Kingdom as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Q112.0.1.1
• Kingdom as reward for poem. (Cf. Q91.3.) Q112.0.1.2
• Kingdom as reward for finding abducted princess. Q112.0.1.3
• Half of property as reward. Q112.0.2
• Two thirds of kingdom as reward for finding abducted princesses. Q112.0.3
• One third of kingdom and the king's daughter as reward for getting victory-stone during the night. Q112.0.4
• Kingdom and hand of princess as reward for virtuous life. Q112.0.5
• Dominion over world as reward. Q112.0.6
• Reward: royal line of descendants. Q112.0.7
• Chieftainship as reward. Q112.1
• Reward: sovereignty for hour (day). Q112.2
• Reward: seat next to king. Q112.3
• Knighthood as reward. Q113
• High honors as reward. Q113.0.1
• Appointment to earldom as reward for good advice. (Cf. Q43, Q111.5.) Q113.1
• Appointment as page as reward. Q113.2
• High position as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Q113.3
• Appointment to priesthood as reward. Q113.4
• Institution of priests and Levites as reward for observance of Sabbath. Q113.4.1
• Gifts as reward. (Cf. Q111.5.) Q114
• Gifts made to advisor. (Cf. Q43.) Q114.0.1
• Precious knife and belt as gift on unknown helper's spearshaft outside his tent. Q114.1
• Gifts as rewards for gifts. Q114.2
• Sword as reward. Q114.3
• Reward: any boon that may be asked. Q115
• Reward: any boon that may be asked – king's wife demanded. Q115.1
• King promises daughter she may marry anyone she desires. Q115.2
• Reward: any boon that may be asked – man asks only for son. Q115.3
• Favorable decree as reward. Q116
• Favorable decree as reward for helping holy person. (Cf. Q38.) Q116.1
• Freedom as reward. Q121
• Slaves freed as reward. Q121.1
• Wine as reward. Twelve jars of honey-sweet wine as reward for protection. (Cf. Q46.1.) Q135
• Miraculous or magic rewards. Q140
• Reward: man's cows magically multiply. (Cf. Q1.) Q141
• Monks' who always shared with the poor receive supplies of flour or bread. Q141.1
• Plentiful game animals (fish) as reward. Q141.2
• Magic treasure as reward for humility. (Cf. Q66.1.) Q142
• Superior rebirth as reward. Q143
• Reward: hearing voice of God. Q144
• Hermit as reward for austerities hears voice of God. (Cf. Q34.) Q144.1