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Motifs
- Soul-bridge: easy for righteous to cross, more difficult for others. A661.0.5.1
- River in heaven burns wicked and gives joy to righteous. E755.1.2
- Test of righteousness. H1573.6
- Ability to cross bridge as test of righteousness. H1573.6.1
- Doctor loses a horse for the sake of the truth. Overlord asks two doctors whether he is entitled to all the possessions of his retainers. One doctor unrighteously answers yes and receives a horse. The other who tells the truth receives nothing. J551.3
- Man addresses colt: "Abide, Satan! I am a righteous man and a psalm singer." J1785.4.1
- Self-righteousness punished. L435
- Self-righteous hermit must do penance. He has said of a condemned man that he deserves his punishment. L435.1
- Self-righteous monk rebuked by abbot. Abbot tells him to search his own heart to see if he is free of sin before attacking others. L435.1.1
- 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
- Self-righteous tailor in heaven expelled. Throws God's footstool at an old woman thief on earth. L435.3
- Divine promise not to destroy sinful city if righteous live there. M294
- Punishment: angel ceases to appear to self-righteous hermit. Q553.2
- Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness. T251.11
- Woman sent by deity to tempt self-righteous anchorite. T332.1
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