Rewards and punishments

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• Miraculously long life as reward. (Cf. Q151.) Q145
• Reward: happiness during last year of life. Q145.0.1
• Miraculously long life as reward for hospitality. (Cf. Q45.1.) Q145.1
• Health as reward for drink. Q145.1.1
• Miraculously long life as reward for integrity. (Cf. Q68.) Q145.2
• Reward: end of plague. (Cf. Q552.10.) Q146
• Supernatural manifestations at death of pious person. Q147
• Body of saint miraculously rolls over to make room in his grave for pious man. Q147.1
• Pope who has warred on wicked nobles refused burial in church. Magic wind blows doors open to show he has right to be buried there. [Inadvertant duplication of F963.3.] Q147.2
• Death by kiss from God. Q147.3
• Miraculous or magic reward – miscellaneous. Q149
• Color (of animal) as reward for pious act. Q149.1
• Immunity from disaster as reward. Q150
• Rescue from deluge as reward. Q150.1
• Lot and family rewarded by being saved from destruction of city. (Cf. Q152.) Q150.1.1
• Loss of all evil and corruption as reward. Q150.2
• Life spared as reward. Q151
• Charitable man's death postponed. (Cf. Q42, Q145.) Q151.1
• Death passes by man who fed his stepmother. (Cf. Q65.1.) Q151.2
• Hospitable person saved from death. (Cf. Q45.1.) Q151.3
• Faithful old dog threatened with death proves his worth and is spared. Q151.4
• Humble man miraculously saved from drowning. (Cf. Q4.) Q151.5
• Life spared as reward for hospitality. (Cf. Q45.4.) Q151.6
• Life spared as reward for uprightness. (Cf. Q54.) Q151.7
• Life spared as reward for bravery and constancy. Centurion tells his enemies to kill him rather than attempt to win him. Q151.8
• Resurrection as reward. Q151.9
• Honest brahman spared by tiger. (Cf. Q68.) Q151.10
• Man saved from lions as reward. Q151.11
• Pot of boiling oil thrown at compassionate woman does not harm her. Q151.12
• Women rewarded with their lives for excellent dancing. Q151.13
• City saved from disaster as reward. Q152
• Hospitality of a citizen saves a city from destruction. (Cf. Q45.) Q152.1
• Nature benign and fruitful during reign of good king. (Cf. Q67.) Q153
• Cows white-headed during reign of good king. Q153.1
• Immunity from death by violence as reward. Q154
• Descendants of man who endured pain without crying out not to meet violent deaths. (Cf. Q84.) Q154.1
• Victory as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Q156
• Escape of hostages miraculously prevented as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Q157
• Healing as reward. Q161
• Sight restored as reward. (Cf. F952, Q42.6.) Q161.1
• Healing of disease as reward. Q161.2
• Hunchback healed as reward for kindness. (Cf. Q40.) Q161.3
• Invulnerability as reward for pious act. Q162
• Religious rewards. Q170
• Immunity from punishment for sin as reward. Q171
• Forgiveness of sin for acts of charity. Q171.1
• Husband forgiven for having killed jealous wife: builds monastery and becomes monk in it. Q171.1.1
• Reward: admission to heaven. Q172
• Fairy minstrel asks admission to heaven as reward for playing for saint. (Cf. F262.3.) Q172.0.1
• Rewards in heaven. Q172.0.2
• Child taken to heaven: offers food to crucifix. Q172.1
• Man admitted to heaven for single act of charity. Q172.2
• The rich man's trial in heaven. A piece of bread given to a beggar is placed on the scales. Q172.2.1
• Man admitted to heaven as reward for penance. (Cf. Q520.) Q172.3
• Palace being built in heaven for pious king. Q172.4
• Rooms in heaven are prepared for good man in heaven. The dead miser asks the living man to give him at least one of them. Q172.4.1
• Numerous sinners to go to heaven as reward for man's writing hymn. (Cf. Q35.) Q172.5
• Heaven as reward for renouncement of long life. Q172.6
• Man admitted to heaven for remitting tribute. (Cf. Q42.7.) Q172.7
• Mother of saint admitted to heaven. Q172.8
• Saint goes to heaven every Thursday. Q172.8.1
• Deification as reward. Q172.9
• Saint made judge of doom for men of Ireland (as reward). Q173
• Reward: release from hell. Q174
• Release from hell as reward for repentance. (Cf. Q36.) Q174.1
• Saint's requests for releasing souls from hell. (Cf. Q20.) Q174.1.1
• Saint requests that on Doomsday he may bring out of hell, for every hair of his chasuble, seven condemned souls. Q174.1.1.1
• God grants to saint the boon that no one buried in any of his churches shall go to hell. Q174.1.1.2
• God grants to saint the boon that two persons are to be rescued from hell by him "to the end of the world." Q174.1.1.3
• Saint requests that any person appealing to him at death shall escape hell. Q174.1.1.4
• Reward: holy person to be buried and resurrected in one place. Q175
• God gives "peace and favorable weather" in consequence of enactment of good law. (Cf. Q153.) Q176
• Rewards – miscellaneous. Q190
• Family line of good man rewarded. Q191
• Child given as reward for prayer. Q192
• Crowns and palms as reward. Q193
• Blessings. Q195
• Deeds punished. Q200
• Crimes punished. Q210
• Criminal intent punished. (Cf. Q211.8, Q261.1, Q451.7.0.2.4.) Q210.1
• Murder punished. (Cf. Q411.6, Q413.4, Q414.0.12, Q416.0.2, Q417.1, Q421.0.4, Q424.0.1, Q431.1, Q431.9, Q450.1.1, Q451.1.4, Q451.2.3, Q451.4.5, Q451.7.4, Q469.6, Q469.12, Q491.6, Q497, Q511, Q511.1, Q512.0.1, Q520.1, Q545, Q551.3.3, Q551.8.3, Q552.3.0.2, Q556.2, Q556.10, Q558.9, Q582.3.) Q211
• God revenges murder after thirty years. Q211.0.1
• Enormity of kin murder. Q211.0.2
• Emperor punished for his many murders. He is carried to hell. Q211.0.3
• Parricide punished. (Cf. Q552.2.3.3, Q552.3.1.1, Q553.3.3.) Q211.1
• Matricide punished. Q211.2
• Uxoricide punished. (Cf. Q414.0.1, Q416.0.2.1, Q596.1.) Q211.3
• Murder of children punished. (Cf. Q418.2, Q455.1, Q553.5.) Q211.4
• Queen expelled for poisoning stepson. Q211.4.1
• Woman murders son's wives. (Cf. Q426.1.) Q211.4.2
• Suicide punished. (Cf. Q503.1.) Q211.5
• Killing an animal revenged. (Cf. Q231, Q424.1, Q582.4.) Q211.6
• Punishment for flaying live calf. Q211.6.1
• Punishment for killing sacred whale. Q211.6.2
• Punishment for splitting head and eating man's brains. Q211.7
• Punishment for desire to murder. (Cf. Q210.1, Q469.4, Q552.19.2.) Q211.8
• Wounded king exacts fine from those intending to slay him. Q211.8.1
• Fratricide punished. (Cf. Q411, Q414.0.13.) Q211.9
• God punishes murder of brother-in-law by having murderer's male heirs die. (Cf. Q558.) Q211.9.1
• Punishment for killing foster brother. Q211.9.2
• Punishment for murder of co-wife. Q211.10
• Punishment for wholesale massacre of tribe. Q211.11
• Murder of parents punished by member of family. Q211.12
• Slave killed who killed enemy at owner's order. Q211.13
• Theft punished. (Cf. Q221.8, Q413.1, Q428.2, Q431.15, Q451.0.4, Q451.1.1, Q451.2.2, Q451.4.1, Q451.5.2, Q451.6.2, Q451.7.0.2.2, Q458.0.3, Q458.2.2, Q467.2, Q469.10.2, Q520.2, Q551.2.3.ff., Q551.6.4, Q551.7.2, Q552.4, Q552.6, Q552.19.3, Q554.1, Q558.6, Q559.10, Q597.3.) Q212
• Theft from dwarf (witch) revenged. Q212.1
• Grave-robbing punished. Q212.2
• Punishment of theft: origin of sweating. Q212.3
• Stolen animal's meat impossible to cook. Q212.4
• Abduction punished. (Cf. Q411.8, Q595.2, R10.) Q213
• Cannibalism punished. Q215
• Treason punished. Q217
• Impiety punished. (Cf. Q457.2, Q458.0.5, Q467.2, Q552.2.3.1.2, Q552.2.3.2.2, Q558.11, Q558.12, Q558.17, Q559.4, Q559.5.) Q220
• Devil plagues impious people. Q220.1
• Devil takes shape of old woman to punish impious nuns. Introduces them to three youths disguised as girls and brings about nuns' seduction. Nuns are stoned to death. Q220.1.1
• Personal offences against gods punished. (Cf. Q551.3.4.2, Q552.14.0.1.) Q221
• Discourtesy to god punished. (Cf. Q327.) Q221.1
• Discourtesy to messengers of the Gods punished. Q221.1.1
• Punishment for opposition to Christ at crucifixion. (Cf. Q556.1.) Q221.2
• Blasphemy punished. (Cf. Q551.1.8, Q558.4.) Q221.3
• Seaman who defies God shipwrecked. Q221.4
• Dam builder remarks that God Almighty could not sweep completed dam away. The whole structure gives away, disappears. Q221.4.1
• Man vows to recover loose boat or go to hell trying. He goes to hell. Q221.4.2
• Party of horsemen detained by bad weather vow to reach town whether God will or no. The earth swallows them up. (Cf. Q552.2.3.) Q221.4.3
• Disobedience to God punished. Q221.5
• Lack of trust in God punished. Q221.6
• Doubt of veracity of goddess' statement punished. Q221.7
• Theft from water-deity punished. Q221.8
• Punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.) (Cf. Q411.11, Q415.7, Q431.13, Q491.1.2, Q499.3, Q551.6.5, Q551.8.2, Q552.17, Q556.6, Q557.7, Q558.5, Q558.14, Q558.17, Q558.18, Q559.9.) Q222
• Stone in church sheds blood to foretell coming plunder of church. Q222.0.1
• Miraculous flow of blood from desecrated building or object. Q222.0.2
• Punishment for desecration of host. Q222.1
• Renegade priest punished by death for allowing heathen to defile the host. A knight slays the priest. Q222.1.1
• Punishment for heaping indignities upon crucifix. Q222.2
• Foul portrayal of Jesus on the Cross brings punishment to the artist and the man responsible. Q222.3
• Magic storm as punishment for profaning of temple. Q222.4
• Punishment for desecrating church (shrine, idol). Q222.5
• Stones fall in churchyard, punish desecrators of church. Q222.5.1
• Magic storm as punishment for desecrating of temple. Q222.5.2
• Bold woman who danced naked in church is stricken with leprosy. Q222.5.3
• Thieves who attempt to steal from churches or shrines are miraculously rendered powerless to get out, and walk in a circle. Q222.5.4
• Desecrated church burned by burning straw carried by sparrow. (This is done through power of saint.) Q222.5.5
• Hand stuck for beating an idol. Q222.5.6
• Punishment for desecration of holy temple utensils. Q222.6
• Punishment for neglect of services to gods (God). (Cf. Q523.7, Q554.2, Q557.7, Q559.4.) Q223
• Neglect to pray punished. Q223.1
• Neglect to thank gods punished. Q223.2
• Neglect to sacrifice punished. Q223.3
• Neglect to hear confessional punished. Q223.4
• Priest joins devils after death because he lets woman die without confession. Q223.4.1
• Neglect to attend church punished. Q223.5
• Failure to observe holiness of Sabbath punished. (Cf. Q551.2.2, Q552.14.1.) Q223.6
• Punishment for neglect of mass. Q223.7
• Virgin Mary appears to lady who neglected to hear mass. Woman awakens from trance to find piece of taper the Virgin took from her. Q223.7.1
• Failure to do penance punished. Monk fails and becomes ill. Q223.8
• Neglect to fast punished. Q223.9
• Neglect to fast punished by sight of dragon ready to carry man off to hell. Q223.9.1
• Musician flogged for eating a kid on Friday (day of fast). (Cf. Q458.) Q223.9.2
• Neglect to study scriptures punished. Q223.10
• Neglect to study Tora punished. Q223.10.1
• Failure to circumcise child punished. Q223.11
• Failure to finish period of mourning punished. Q223.12
• Neglect of clerical duties punished. Q223.13
• Monk neglecting to prostrate self at canonical hours expelled from monastery by saint and dies on seventh day. Q223.13.1
• Punishment (fine) for not giving benediction on finished work. Q223.13.2
• Punishment for failure to give customary offering to gods. Q223.14
• Punishment for betraying confessional. (Cf. Q414.0.9.) Q224
• Punishment for scoffing at religious teachings. (Cf. Q415.8, Q458.0.5, Q551.10.1, Q552.7, Q552.8, Q552.13.1.2, Q553.1, Q554.3, Q554.4, Q555.1, Q558.1.) Q225
• Heresy punished. (Cf. Q414.0.8, Q469.7, Q559.11.) Q225.1
• Punishment for denying pagan gods. (Cf. Q413.6.) Q225.2
• Punishment for doubting Buddha's religion. Q225.3
• Punishment for leaving holy orders. (Cf. Q520.5, Q551.3.4.3.) Q226
• Hermit leaving his cell to become robber falls and breaks his neck. He has seen a penitent robber's soul borne to heaven and resolves therefore to be a robber. Q226.1
• Mutinous clerics expelled in shapes of swine. (Cf. Q551.3.2.) Q226.2
• Punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q286.1, Q421.2, Q428.3, Q451.3.3, Q451.7.0.2.1, Q457.4, Q494.1, Q551.2.1, Q551.6.2, Q551.7.1, Q551.8.4, Q551.9.1, Q552.1.0.1.1, Q552.1.4, Q552.2.0.1.1, Q552.2.3.1.1, Q552.2.3.1.3, Q552.2.3.2.1, Q552.2.3.2.3, Q552.13.1.1, Q552.13.2.1, Q552.13.2.2, Q552.13.3, Q552.15, Q552.16, Q552.18.1, Q552.18.2, Q552.19.1, Q556.4, Q556.5, Q557.6, Q558.13, Q559.5, Q559.7, Q571.1, Q572.3, Q575, Q576.1, Q582.7, Q591, Q595.1.) Q227
• Punishment for slaying king under holy protection. Q227.1
• Punishment for imprisoning person under holy protection. Q227.1.1
• Punishment for looking at saint's corpse. Q227.2
• Saint (hero) drives chariot over person who displeases him. Q227.3
• Punishment for trying to harm sacred animal. Glutton tries to kill a pig dedicated to St. Anthony. The pig turns upon him and tramples him severely. Q228
• Brahmin punished for killing animal. Q231
• Punishment for change of religious faith. Q232
• Pagan punished by fellows for conversion to Christianity. Q232.1
• Punishment of Jew for apostasy. Q232.2
• Punishment for leaving Palestine. Q232.2.1
• Punishment for yielding to temptation by the devil. (Cf. Q582.2.) Q233
• Cursing punished. Q235
• Man put in moon for cursing God. He is now the man in the moon. (Cf. A751, Q221.3.) Q235.1
• Punishment for deceiving (divine) emperor. Q236
• Idolatry punished. Q237
• Sexual sins punished. Q240
• Adultery punished. (Cf. Q411.0.1, Q413.2, Q414.0.2, Q416.1.1, Q418.1, Q421.0.2, Q421.0.6, Q424.2, Q428.1, Q431.8, Q432.2, Q434.1, Q451.1.5, Q451.2.4, Q451.4.8, Q451.5.1, Q451.6.1, Q451.14, Q455.2, Q456.0.1, Q457.3, Q458.0.1, Q461.3, Q466.1, Q469.1, Q473.0.2, Q473.1.1, Q473.2.1, Q478.1, Q478.2, Q478.3, Q484, Q493.1, Q499.2.1, Q537.1, Q552.3.0.3, Q555.2, Q587.) Q241
• Desire to commit adultery punished. Q241.1
• Lover refuses to take back unfaithful paramour. Q241.2
• Incest punished. (Cf. Q414.0.3, Q421.0.6, Q431.8.1, Q451.4.3, Q451.7.3, Q520.3, Q541.3, Q552.19.4.) Q242
• Cohabitation of godfather and godmother punished. (Cf. P296.) Q242.1
• Father-daughter incest punished. Q242.2
• Punishment for man who makes advances to sister-in-law. Q242.3
• Father of incestuous children punished. Q242.4
• Incontinence punished – miscellaneous. (Cf. Q414.0.3, Q414.0.3.1, Q431.5.3, Q433.6, Q451.1.4.1, Q458.2.1.) Q243