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• Beetle makes immoderate request; ant moderate: inverse awards. Creator hears wishes of animals. Beetle wants strong, noble appearance. Ant is modest. Beetle punished by being made to creep on ground. Ant is given own castle. (Cf. A2441.3.1.) A2232.3
• Birds who aspire to blackbird's coat punished. (Cf. A2412.2.2.) A2232.6
• Raven attempts to imitate dove: punished with awkward gait. A2232.10
• Animals refuse to help dig well (make road) and are punished. A2233.1
• Animals eat deity's forbidden fruit: punished. (Cf. A2371.3.1.) A2234.2
• Animal punished for not warning of devil's temptation in Eden. A2236.3
• Animal punished for not heralding dawn. A2236.5
• Animal reveals mistress's adultery: punished by master. (Cf. A2411.2.1.5, A2422.1.1.) A2237.1
• Hare punished for perjury: eyes deep in head. (Cf. A2332.4.1.) A2239.1
• Fly punished for failing to answer question: is speechless, buzzes and associates with foul things. (Cf. A2426.3.3, A2433.5.2.) A2239.2
• Woodpecker punished for stinginess. A2239.4
• Animals punished for assaulting women. A2239.5
• Crocodile is punished for trying to attack man he is carrying: has only half tongue. A2239.7
• Animal punished for hardheadedness (frog toothless, mole sightless). A2239.8
• Flounder complains in race: crooked mouth. In race between fish he cries out in jealousy because herring is winning. He is punished with crooked mouth. (Cf. A2341.1.) A2252.4
• Plant punished for ungracious answer to holy person. A2721.3
• Plant punished for disobedience. A2722
• Plant punished for discontent. A2723
• Plant punished for tardiness. A2725
• Plant punished for tale-telling. A2726
• Animal punished. B275
• Dog sells rotten peas on market: punished by other animals. B294.3
• Tabu: making unreasonable requests. Given power of fulfilling all wishes, person oversteps moderation and is punished. C773.1
• Return from the dead to warn thief that he will be punished. E236.3
• Summoning souls punished: in hour of man's death they overwhelm him. E380.1
• Fairy punished. F386
• Fairy punished for marrying a mortal. F386.2
• Water-spirits must be in water before midnight; delay is punished with death indicated by blood in water. F420.3.4.1
• Water-spirits must be in water before dawn; delay is punished with death. (Cf. F451.3.2.1. and cross-references there given.) F420.3.4.2
• Witches punished in hell. G275.11
• Satan punished in hell fire. G303.17.3.5
• Liar rewarded by the apes. King of apes asks visitors how they like his children (courtiers). Truthful visitor tells that they are very ugly, and is punished. Liar praises their beauty and receives reward. J815.1
• Brother who conforms to naked people's customs honored. Two brothers go to the land of Naked People. One of the brothers wears clothes and is punished. J815.2
• Ass follows after lion and is punished. Ass and cock are surprised by lion. Cock crows and scares lion, who runs. Ass thinks that he has scared lion and pursues. J952.2
• Flute-player thinks song meant for the prince is sung to him. Punished for presumption. J953.3
• Man disregards mother's warning and is punished. J1054
• Man disregards priest's warning and is punished. J1055
• Nurse's false plea admitted: child demanded. A nurse falsely demands pay for caring for a child which she says is the hero's. In court: "The child is indeed mine; give him to me." The child belongs to a peasant. Nurse confesses and is punished. J1162.1
• Adulteress hurled from high rock escapes injury: she may not be punished again. J1184.1
• Inhospitable host punished for hospitality. An abbot has his innkeeper treat his guests with the most shameful neglect. A guest retaliates by telling the abbot that he has been very sumptuously entertained. The innkeeper is discharged. J1561.2
• When with fools, act foolish. A wise man refuses to join a foolish crowd who stayed out in an unexpected rain after a long drought. He is punished by them for being a fool. J1714.3
• Animal or object absurdly punished. J1860
• Cow punished for calf's misdeeds. Blamed for not teaching calf better. J1863
• Wolf punished for his father's misdeeds. J1863.2
• Sickle punished by drowning. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man. It is drowned. J1865
• Sickle punished by being tied in top of a tree. The men hang themselves in the attempt. J1865.1
• Woman disdainfully throws away pills; punished with sores on body, must use the pills to restore herself. J2075.3
• Why the sow was muddy. A magpie is punished by his master, who throws him into a mud puddle. The magpie sees a muddy sow. He says, "You also must have had a quarrel with your master." J2211.2
• Sham-dead man punished. A numskull lies in an old grave to see the Day of Judgment. He hears bells and thinks that the Last Day has come. He is beaten by mule-drivers when he tells them that he is a dead man. He returns home and tells his wife that he returns from the dead. "How goes it in heaven?" "For one thing, avoid mule-drivers." J2311.6
• What should I have done (said)? The mother teaches the boy (the man his wife) what he should say (do) in this or that circumstance. He uses the words in the most impossible cases and is always punished. J2461
• Animal "punished" by being placed in favorite environment. K581
• Bird punished by being thrown into air. K581.4
• Wolf punished by being married. After debate it is decided that marriage is the greatest punishment. K583
• Jackal puts head in anus of sham-dead camel: caught and punished. K1036.1.1
• King's advisor falsely accused of treason. Accusers exposed and punished. K2126.1
• Sham blind man throws suspicion on real blind. He admits his deception so that his companion, who is really blind, is punished. K2165
• Overweening ambition punished. L420
• Overweening ambition punished. Man sets self up as a god. L420.0.1
• Attempt to fly to heaven punished. Car supported by eagles. L421
• Attempt to climb to heaven punished. L421.1
• Self-righteousness punished. L435
• Self-righteous woman punished. She has passed judgment on a girl who has a bastard. L435.2
• Woman with three hundred sixty-five children. Punished for self-righteous condemnation of unchaste girl. L435.2.1
• Woman satirists punished in hell. M402.1.1
• Foolish attempt of second man to overhear secrets (from animals, demons etc.). He is punished. N471
• Disguised king punished by peasant. Beaten because he does not get up early enough. (King Alfred and the cakes.) P15.1
• Children punished for fathers' sins. P242
• Lawyers punished in hell. P422.1
• Tailor punished in hell. P441.3
• Smith punished in hell. P447.4
• Fool not to be punished for his crime. P523.2.1
• Hospitality rewarded – opposite punished. Q1
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Suicide punished. (Cf. Q503.1.) Q211.5
• Fratricide punished. (Cf. Q411, Q414.0.13.) Q211.9
• Murder of parents punished by member of family. Q211.12
• 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
• Grave-robbing punished. Q212.2
• 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
• 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