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Motifs
- Animal punished for not warning of devil's temptation in Eden. A2236.3
- Test of fidelity through submitting hero to temptations. H1556.2
- Monk chooses solitude and loneliness to company and temptation. By living alone he escapes sin. J495
- Plea by showing great temptation to crime. J1165
- Thieves tell judge walls of houses were so weak they could not resist temptation of breaking in. J1165.1
- Breaking the glassware to prevent others from doing so. A king thus removes temptation from his subjects. J2522
- Oath uttered by pious when in danger of succumbing to temptation. M110.3
- Father in vision reproves son about to succumb to temptation. P233.10
- Punishment for yielding to temptation by the devil. (Cf. Q582.2.) Q233
- Penance: resisting temptation. (Cf. T330.) Q537
- Anchorites under temptation. T330
- Anchorite saved by a miracle. When he is about to give in to temptation a dove flies out of his mouth. On repenting the dove re-enters his mouth. T331.5
- Man mutilates himself to remove temptation. T333
- Man disfigures his face to remove temptation. T333.3
- Tempted rabbi tears out his eyes to escape temptation. T333.3.1
- Monk goes into desert to avoid temptation of women, the prime source of sin. T334.1
- Saint exposes self to temptation but preserves chastity. Thus insures self greater reward in Heaven. T335
- Monk rebukes brethren who succumb to temptation. When he is exposed to it he understands what temptation is. U231.1
- Monk refuses chance of having temptation removed since he considers it strengthening to have it ever present to test him. V462.12