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• Eclipse as punishment by deity. A737.9
• Man in moon is person thrown or sent there as punishment. A751.1
• Man in moon has punishment for burning brush on Sunday. A751.1.1
• Man in moon is put there as punishment for cursing God. A751.1.2
• Man in moon as punishment for disdainful sacrifice (Cain). A751.1.3
• Moon's phases as punishment for moon's misdoing. A755.6
• Waters created as punishment. A910.2
• Origin of mountains as punishment. A969.7
• Origin of stones: punishment for discourtesy. Jesus asks a man what he is sowing. He answers, "Stones." Jesus turns the crop to stones. This is how stones originate. A973
• Why stones no longer grow: punishment for injuring foot of holy person. A975.1.1
• Calamity as punishment for sin. A1003
• Flood as punishment. A1018
• Flood as punishment for breaking tabu. A1018.1
• Flood as punishment for incest. A1018.2
• A "flame of fire swifter than a blast of wind" as punishment for the sin of the Irish. A1031.1
• Rainy weather sent by saint as punishment. A1131.2
• Origin of death: punishment for scorning deity. A1335.6
• Disease as punishment. A1337.0.5
• Man must work as punishment for theft of fire. A1346.1
• Origin of menstruation – Eve and the serpent. It is a punishment because Eve had intercourse with the serpent. A1355.1
• Origin of menstruation – punishment because Eve ate forbidden fruit. A1355.1.1
• Origin of evil inclinations: punishment for fall of man. A1384.1
• Fire witheld from men as punishment. A1415.0.1
• Creation of animals as punishment. A1730
• Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum. A1731
• Creation of animals as punishment for incest. A1733
• Creation of fly: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.) A2031.1
• Creation of flea: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.) A2032.1
• Animal characteristics as punishment. A2230
• Animal characteristics: punishment for impiety. (Cf. A2221, A2311.8, A2422.2, A2302.2, A2355.1.2, A2542.1.) A2231
• Animal characteristics: punishment for discourteous answer to God (saint). (Cf. A2411.2.6.) A2231.1
• Animal characteristics: punishment for hostility at crucifixion. (Cf. A2221.2.) A2231.2
• Animal characteristics: punishment for working on holy day. A2231.3
• Animal characteristics: punishment for immoderate request. Dissatisfied animal finds that when his request is granted he is worse off than before. A2232
• Camel asks for horns: punishment, short ears. (Cf. A2325.4.) A2232.1
• Bees pray for sting: punishment, first sting suicidal. (Cf. A2346.1.) A2232.2
• Animals ask for goddess's perfume: punishment, bad odor. (Cf. A2416.1.) A2232.5
• Animal characteristics: punishment for laziness. A2233
• Animal characteristics: punishment for disobedience. A2234
• Raven does not return to ark in obedience to Noah: black color is resulting punishment. A2234.1.1
• Animal characteristics: punishment for planning man's downfall. A2236
• Animal characteristics: punishment for carrying devil into paradise. A2236.2
• Animal characteristics punishment for meddling. A2237
• Animal characteristics: punishment for greed. A2238
• Animal characteristics from miscellaneous punishments. A2239
• Why the gorilla and chimpanzee have hair all over the body. Punishment for not guarding possessions at creation. A2322.6
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee have large teeth in mouth: punishment for neglecting possessions. A2345.9
• Why gorilla and chimpanzee live in forests: punishment for neglecting their possessions. A2433.2.1.2
• Origin of plant as punishment. (Cf. A2230.) A2631
• Punishment for first murder: thistles, etc. Until murder was committed, only useful plants grew on earth; since then, thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.) A2631.1
• Punishment for Fall of Man: thistles, etc. A2631.1.1
• Plant characteristics as punishment. A2720
• Barren trees as punishment of earth for disobedience at man's fall. A2721.8
• Why grain grows only at top of stalk (punishment for men's sinfulness). A2793.5
• Punishment for having refused to take part in Bacchic rites. C57.2
• Punishment for breaking tabu. C900
• Punishment for breaking tabu: assigner of punishment suffers his own penalty. C901.4
• King breaks his own tabu and meets with the punishment he has set for violation of it. (His nose is cut off). C901.4.1
• Hair turns to gold as punishment in forbidden chamber. (Cf. C611.) C912
• Burning as punishment for breaking tabu. C927
• Falling to ashes as punishment for breaking tabu. C927.2
• Burning and drowning as punishment for breaking tabu. C927.3
• Death from insanity as punishment for breaking tabu. C928
• Punishment for breaking tabu: water withdrawn from lake. C939.1
• Punishment for broken tabu: good money turns to counterfeit. C939.2
• Sore mouth as punishment for breaking tabu. C941.3.1
• Paralysis as punishment for broken tabu. C941.5
• Dumbness as punishment for breaking tabu. (Cf. C311.1.4.) C944
• Mutilation as punishment for breaking tabu. C948
• Nose to be cut off as punishment for breaking tabu. C948.2
• Miscellaneous punishments for breaking tabu. C980
• Teeth blackened as punishment for breaking tabu. C985.2
• Curse as punishment for breaking tabu. C987
• Punishment by adhesion for breaking tabu. C994
• Transformation: meat to toad. Punishment for ungrateful son. D444.2
• Transformation: bread to stone. As punishment. (Cf. D441.1, D444.2, D444.4, D476.) D471.1
• Transformation: food to muck. As punishment. D472.1
• Transformation as punishment. D661
• Transformation as punishment for denouncing saint. Der Heiligen Leben und Leiden 100ff. (Santa Barbara). D661.2
• Disenchantment by three nights' silence under punishment. D758.1
• Christ's coat of mercy protects Pilate from punishment. D1381.4.1
• Silence under punishment breaks power of enchantment. D1741.3
• Deaf and dumb man can see soul taken to happiness or punishment. D1821.7
• Giantess' punishment is pure illusion. D2031.0.5
• Person caused to squint as punishment. D2062.2.3
• Return from dead to inflict punishment. E230
• Return from dead as punishment for trying to raise ghost. (Cf. E384ff., F491.7.) Ghost accuses man of stealing a trifle and thus has revenge. E235.3
• Vampire brought to life through endurance of punishment by her victim. E251.2.1
• Reason for Flying Dutchman's punishment. E511.1
• Punishments earned on one life paid in next reincarnation. E601.3
• Reincarnation as punishment for sin. E606.1
• Reincarnation as punishment. E692
• Youth reincarnated as root in punishment for incest. E692.6
• Mysterious punishments in otherworld. F171.6
• Other punishments by fairies. F361.17
• Fairy transformed as punishment. F386.4
• Fairy imprisoned as punishment. (Cf. F386.1.) F386.5
• Knockers as ghosts of Jews who crucified Christ and who were forced to work Cornish tin mines as punishment. F456.1.1.1
• Strong man serves ogre as punishment for stealing food. F613.4
• Fish disappear from sea. Punishment for woman's having washed a child with a fish. F931.2