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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| V113.1 | Cripples at shrine frightened and run away without crutches. *Herbert III 21; *Crane Vitry 241f. No. 254. |
| V113.2 | Robbers promise to make offerings to the shrine of a hermit if successful. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V114 | Sacred groves. *Frazer Golden Bough XII 293 s.v. "Grove(s), sacred"; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V114.1 | Sacred groves of druids. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V115 | Church bells. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 69a; Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 868ff.; E. Lippert Glockenläuten als Rechtsbrauch (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1939); *P. Sartori Das Buch von deutschen Glocken (Berlin, 1932).—Irish myth: *Cross; Norwegian: Solheim Register 21. |
| V115.1 | Church bell sunk in river (sea). (Cf. F993.) *Fb. "kirkeklokke" IV 260b; Wales, England: *Baughman; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 88; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72 Nos. 608—11; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 88. |
| V115.1.1 | Sunken bell travels on sea bottom. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72 No. 609. |
| V115.1.2 | Raising sunken church bell. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 73 No. 620. |
| V115.1.3 | Sunken church bell cannot be raised. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 73 Nos. 612—22. |
| V115.1.3.1 | Church bell cannot be raised because silence is broken. (Cf. C401.4.) Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72f. Nos. 612, 613, 619. |
| V115.1.3.2 | Church bell cannot be raised because person blasphemes. England: *Baughman. |
| V115.2 | Girl sold for new church bell. (Cf. S210.) England: Child I 91ff. |
| V115.3 | Devil buys church bell and demoralizes congregation. They have always come early before since they had no bell to announce the time. Now they wait for the bell. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 92. |
| V115.4 | What church bells say. Fb "kirkeklokke" IV 260A. |
| V116 | Altars. (Cf. V135.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 18a; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V117 | Pulpits. |
| V118 | Monasteries. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V118.0.1 | Hell as a monastery—the devil, abbot; sinners, monks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V118.1 | Monastery on otherworld island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V118.2 | Subaqueous monastery. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V118.2.1 | Submarine oratory. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V120 | Images. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 271b; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V120.1 | Images and druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V121 | Miraculous image of Christ impressed on napkin. Veronica. Ward II 641 No. 20. |
| V122 | Image bars way of nun trying to escape convent to join lover. Wesselski Mönchslatein 74 No. 65. |
| V122.1 | Image of Jesus descends from cross and wounds nun leaving convent. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V123 | Image blamed by suppliant for misfortunes. Type 1479**, *Wesselski Arlotto I 196 No. 23; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V123.1 | God under compulsion: suppliant threatens to mutilate (crush) holy image if his wish is not fulfilled. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V124 | Preacher criticizes the likeness of Christ exhibited in his church. Says that it is unworthy of the original. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V124.1 | Saint hangs cowl in thornbrake as symbol of Christ on the Cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V125 | Casting of image of Buddha delayed until a maniac's mite is thrown into the furnace. Chinese: Werner 401. |
| V126 | Image of saint speaks. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| V127 | Image of deity in wood (stone). (Cf. V1.11.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 111; Cook Islands: ibid. 131; Marquesas: Handy 122; Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 344. |
| V128 | Motions of various kinds attributed to images. |
| V128.1 | An apple is offered to a statue of the Virgin and her child. The infant reaches out and takes the fruit. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| V128.2 | Portraits exude oil. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| V130 | Other sacred objects connected with worship. |
| V131 | Religious robes (vestments). *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 629c; Gaster Thespis 270f.; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V131.1 | Sight of holy fringe on garment restrains a man from fornication and reforms the harlot. Gaster Exempla 192f. No. 35; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V131.2 | White robes of druids. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V132 | Holy water. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics IV 61f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V132.1 | Holy water prevents a man from committing incest with his daughter. (Cf. T411.) Alphabet No. 523. |
| V132.2 | Holy water disperses demons. (Cf. D1385.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V132.2.1 | Holy water removes mark placed on man's face by the devil. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V132.3 | Drinking holy water facilitates cursing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V133 | Holy candles. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics III 188ff. |
| V134 | Sacred wells. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 640c; Fb "kilde" II 119: Namn och Bygd XXXIII (1945) 1ff. — Danish: Schmidt Danmarks Helligkilder (DF XXXIII); Irish myth: *Cross; England, Wales, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V134.0.1 | Tree beside holy well. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V134.1 | Oracles and auguries from holy well. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V134.2 | Offerings to holy wells. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V134.3 | Fish in water from certain well: water refuses to boil till fish are returned to well. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V134.4 | Ducks in pool in church: water in which they are placed refuses to boil till ducks are restored to pool. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V135 | Altar cloths. (Cf. F962.12.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V135.1 | Poverty-stricken couple wrap newly-born child in altar-coverings. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V136 | Bible. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V136.1 | Copy of gospels buried with saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V137 | House of woman who launders clothes for church spared in great fire. Alphabet No. 76. |
| V140 | Sacred relics. **Saintyves Les réliques et les images légendaires (Paris, 1912); Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 493a. |
| V140.1 | Angel reveals (buried) relics to saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V140.2 | Saint's relics miraculously recovered. *Loomis White Magic 127f. |
| V140.3 | A cow licks the stone under which the secreted body of saint is buried. *Loomis White Magic 62. |
| V140.4 | Testing the authenticity of relics: bones are cast into fire; with great noise they jump away from the flames. *Loomis White Magic 92. |
| V141 | Possession of relic brings prosperity, its loss sickness. Wesselski Mönchslatein 113 No. 96. |
| V142 | Devout possessor of false relics miraculously receives authentic ones. Alphabet Nos. 89, 402; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V142.1 | Sham relics perform miracles if faith is great. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V143 | Saint's bones for lack of worship remove themselves from church. (Cf. D1641.) Alphabet No. 679. |
| V143.1 | Saint's bones miraculously removed from reliquary broken in pillage. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V143.2 | Relics (images) carried away return to their original church. *Loomis White Magic 48. |
| V144 | Belief in miraculous powers of sacred relics. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V144.1 | Sacred relics carried in battle to aid victory. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V144.2 | The relics of saint protect horses from the attack of wild beasts. *Loomis White Magic 106. |
| V150 | Sacred objects—miscellaneous. |
| V151 | Sacred writings. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 530a; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V151.1 | Captive released because of ability to recite beginning of Genesis. (Cf. J1185.) Gaster Exempla 193 No. 38. |
| V200.1 | Flame illuminates cradle of sacred person. (Cf. H41.4.) Saintyves Saints Successeurs 247—48. |
| V201 | God. *Encyc. Relic Ethics Index 223b. |
| V202 | Sacred spirits. Hawaii: *Beckwith Myth 104, 107, 108, 180, 382, 447, 512. |
| V205 | Royal family as sacred. |
| V205.1 | Third son of king possesses sacred power. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 130. |
| V210 | Religious founders. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V211 | Christ. *DeVooys Middelnederlandse Legenden en Exempelen (Den Haag, 1926) 129ff.; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V211.0.1 | Christ born from crown of Virgin's head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.0.2 | Christ conceived on same day He was crucified. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.0.3 | Seventeen marvels at the birth of Christ. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.0.4 | Christ as prophet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.0.5 | Christ called "druid". Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.1 | The Nativity of Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.1 | Air fragrant at Nativity. (Cf. V222.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.2 | Star shines through day of Nativity. (Cf. F961.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.2.1 | Hairy star appears before Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.3 | Shining cloud marks place of Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.3.1 | Vast intolerable light on night of Christ's Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.4 | Virgin suffers no birth pangs at Christ's Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.5 | Elements silent and motionless at Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.6 | A "crown of thorns" among gifts given by the shepherds to Joseph, husband of Virgin Mary. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.7 | Three (seven) druids come to adore infant Jesus. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.1.8 | The Infant Jesus. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.8.1 | Christ in form of an infant nursed by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.8.2 | Christ in form of an infant fondled by nuns. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.8.3 | Christ as infant in mother's arms causes bare hillside to become field of wheat as protection. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2 | Christ on earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.1 | Fiery pillar as sign of Christ's visit. (Cf. F964.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.1.1 | Christ disguised as leper. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.1.2 | Christ disguised as beggar. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.1.2.1 | Jesus had "dark hair and a long red beard". Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.2 | Christ leaves bachall after visit. (Cf. D1277.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.3 | The Crucifixion. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.3.0.1 | Angel warns of Christ's danger. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.3.0.2 | Smith's wife made nails for the Cross because her husband believed Christ to be a true prophet. *Loomis White Magic 51f. |
| V211.2.3.1 | Earth trembles at Crucifixion. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.3.2 | Moon bloody at Crucifixion. (Cf. F961.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.3.3 | Sun darkened at Crucifixion. (Cf. F965.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.3 | Finding of the Cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.4 | Construction of the Cross. |
| V211.4.1 | Cross of Christ made of four kinds of wood. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.5 | The five wounds of Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.5.1 | Blood and wine issue from wound in side of crucified Savior. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.6 | Dialogue between Christ and the Virgin Mary. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.7 | Christ's descent to hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.7.1 | The harrowing of hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.7.2 | Dialogue (debate) between Christ and Satan (at the harrowing of hell). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.7.3 | The three bolts left on hell by Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.8 | Christ's resurrection (on March 27). Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.9 | Christ's ascent to Heaven (on May 5). Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.10 | Letter (message) of Christ. Irish myth: *Cross. Cf. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 642. |
| V211.10.1 | Christ sends message to voyaging clerics. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V212 | Buddha. |
| V212.1 | Sacred books received from Buddha in person. Chinese: Werner 340. |
| V212.2 | Precepts heard from Buddha in person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V220 | Saints. **Toldo Studien zur vgl. Litgsch. I—IX passim; **Saintyves Saints Successeurs 23—26; *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 514a.—Norwegian: Solheim Register 22; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 140—42, 162, 210, 411. For references in addition to those given below, see volume VI s.v. "Saints". |
| V221 | Miraculous healing by saints. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 246a; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V221.0.1 | Relics of saint cure disease. Alphabet Nos. 398, 432; *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| V221.0.1.1 | Oil flowing from relics has curative powers. *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| V221.0.1.2 | The wine (water) occasionally used to bathe relics assumes healing powers. *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| V221.0.1.3 | Shrine of saint carried around to suppress pestilence. *Loomis White Magic 105. |
| V221.0.2 | Saint miraculously healed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V221.0.2.1 | Crippled saint miraculously receives horse and chariot. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V221.0.3 | Miraculous healing power of saint as child. *Loomis White Magic 25. |
| V221.1 | Saint cures palsy. Alphabet No. 731; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V221.2 | Saint restores dumb man's speech. (Cf. D1507.) Alphabet No. 401; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V221.3 | Saint cures leprosy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V221.3.1 | Leper cured by the kiss of a saint. *Loomis White Magic 103. |
| V221.4 | Saint subdues madman. (Cf. D1508.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V221.4.0.1 | Saint cures frenzied animal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V221.4.0.1.1 | Saint's blessing sufficient to control a mad dog. *Loomis White Magic 106. |
| V221.5 | Saint purifies monk with sign of the cross. (Cf. D1766.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V221.6 | Saint sustains man on gallows. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V221.7 | Woman relieved of incurable malady by kissing letter from saint. (Cf. D1266.1.) *Loomis White Magic 105. |
| V221.8 | Wounds cured by saint leave no scars. *Loomis White Magic 106. |
| V221.9 | Cut off parts of body attached again by saint. *Loomis White Magic 84. |
| V221.10 | Men with enormous and unnatural appetite cured by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V221.11 | Saint cures dumb person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V221.12 | Saint cures blindness. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222 | Miraculous manifestation acclaims saint. Alphabet Nos. 345, 354, 602, 637, 762; Irish: Beal XXI 305, 326, 335, O'Suilleabhain 70f., 115; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 45, 182; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V222.0.1 | Birth of saint predicted by visions of miracles. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.0.1.1 | Pillar of fire rises over woman pregnant with future saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.0.1.2 | Saint identified by pillar of fire above her head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.0.1.3 | Dazzling heavenly light by day and night marks place of saint's birth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.0.2 | Angels appear above place where saint is born. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.1 | Marvelous light accompanying saint. Alphabet No. 473; Plummer cxxxviii, clxxviii; Loomis White Magic 27f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V222.1.0.1 | Supernaturally bright light marks sleeping infant saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.1.0.2 | "Fair Drop" from. Heaven falls upon infant saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.1.1 | Radiance fills church when saint dies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.1.2 | Hand of saint made bright by Lord's touch. Too splendid for man's sight thereafter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.1.3 | Column of light descends from heaven upon chosen man. Loomis White Magic 28. |
| V222.1.4 | Lights show where the body of saint is buried. Loomis White Magic 28. |
| V222.2 | Brake in which saint loses tooth bursts into flame. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.3 | Choral singing accompanies saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.4 | House of saint filled with fragrance. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.4.1 | Aromatic smell of a saint's body. *Loomis White Magic 54f. |
| V222.5 | Oil bursts from ground as saint is made bishop. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.6 | Bell sounds at approach of saint. Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V222.6.1 | Church bells ring without aid of human hands at death of holy person. *Loomis White Magic 52. |
| V222.7 | Dead holy man stretches hand from tomb to honor saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.8 | Holy man passes through fire for his faith. Only his clothing burns. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V222.9 | Earthquake accompanies entrance of holy man into palace of heathen emperor. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.10 | Saint falling into an abyss found perched in the branches of a tree which projected from the cliff. As soon as the man is drawn up, the tree vanishes. *Loomis White Magic 127. |
| V222.11 | Flowers fall from saint's mouth while he speaks. (Cf. D1454.2.1.) *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| V222.12 | Holy man restores a garden to bloom. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V222.13 | Sun sends shaft of heat to cook meat given persecuted saint. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V222.14 | Roses lose thorns when saint walks on them. England: Baughman. |
| V222.15 | Saint changes maggots in the sores of a nun into precious stones. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V222.16 | Robbers who enter saint's garden to steal are caused to spade it up for him. This proves him to be saint. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V223 | Saints have miraculous knowledge. Alphabet No. 482; *Loomis White Magic 72f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 25. |
| V223.1 | Saint gives advice. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 119f. |
| V223.2 | Saint warns against poisoned well. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 114 No. 99. |
| V223.3 | Saint can perceive the thoughts of another man and reveal hidden sins. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V223.4 | Saint helps with learning. |
| V223.4.1 | Truant boy learns long lesson while asleep with head in saint's lap. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V223.5 | Saints blessed with ability to discourse in the native idioms of the people whom they visit. *Loomis White Magic 72. |
| V223.5.1 | Saint understands language of wren, fly, cat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V223.6 | Saint as prognosticator. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V223.6.1 | Saint can foretell the weather. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V224 | Miraculous replacement of objects (animals) for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V224.1 | Objects used as firewood for saint miraculously replaced. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V224.2 | Food (animals) eaten by saint miraculously replaced. Loomis White Magic 70; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V224.3 | Animals stolen from saint miraculously replaced. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V224.4 | Performing fox accidentally killed miraculously replaced for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V224.5 | Supply of lime for building church miraculously renewed for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V225 | Saints in several places at once. *Toldo V 343; *Loomis White Magic 131. |
| V226 | Saints as hermits. *Toldo II 99; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V227 | Saints have divine visitors. *Toldo IV 49ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V227.1 | God gives staff of Jesus to saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V228 | Immunities of saints (holy men). (Cf. D1840.) |
| V228.1 | Saint immune to poisoning. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V228.1.1 | Saint drinks poison without being injured. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V228.2 | Anchorite immune to magician's powers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V229 | Saints—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.1 | Saint commands return from dead with supernatural information. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.2 | Sanctity of saints. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.2.1 | Saintly babe repeatedly found with arms extended in form of cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.2.2 | Saintly babe disgorges unclean food. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.2.3 | Saint will drink only milk of cow milked by faithful woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.2.3.1 | Saint as baby refuses to take mother's breast on Wednesdays and Fridays. *Loomis White Magic 114. |
| V229.2.4 | Baptism of a wonder child is accompanied by a variety of phenomena. *Loomis White Magic 23. |
| V229.2.5 | Place of saint's martyrdom perpetually green. *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| V229.2.6 | Martyrs emit milk instead of blood from their wounds. *Loomis White Magic 79. |
| V229.2.6.1 | Saint sheds tears of blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.2.7 | Flowers grow on graves from the mouths or hearts of holy persons. (Cf. E631.1.) *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| V229.2.8 | Saint's body remains unspoiled in the earth for a long time. *Loomis White Magic 43f. |
| V229.2.9 | Tombs of saints distill oil. *Loomis White Magic 43. |
| V229.2.10 | Stones answer "Amen" after saint's preaching. *Loomis White Magic 126. |
| V229.2.11 | Miracle saves saint from unjust censure. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.2.11.1 | Saint causes gluttonous reptile to leap from saint's body into bishop's throat and then return as proof of bishop's injustice. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.2.12 | Extraordinary longevity of saints. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.2.12.1 | Seven Irish saints who never died. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.2.12.2 | Saint lives for 300 (100?) years without eating food or uttering evil. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.2.13 | Saint promises to return from heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.3 | Saint banishes snakes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.4 | Saint overcomes (destroys) monsters (dragons). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.5 | Saint banishes demons. Irish myth. *Cross. |
| V229.5.1 | Saint confines monster (dragon) in lake. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.6 | Saint in conflict with druid. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.6.1 | Saint limits powers of satirist (druid). Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.6.2 | Ale poisoned by druid miraculously purified by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.6.3 | Druid raised in air, cast down, and brains scattered on stone by power of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.6.4 | Druid by spells seeks to drive saint from island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.7 | Invaders miraculously defeated by saints. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.7.1 | Saint drives away an army by bringing upon it a dense and smoky cloud. (Cf. D2163.4.) *Loomis White Magic 123; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V229.8 | Saints create magic concealing mist. (Cf. D1361.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.9 | Unusual fuel used by saints: burning stone, snow and icicles, marble pillar, and green timber. *Loomis White Magic 34f. |
| V229.10 | Broken objects restored to their original forms by saint. *Loomis White Magic 82f., 85. |
| V229.10.1 | Burned clothes restored to their previous form. *Loomis White Magic 128. |
| V229.10.2 | Holy man restores cut-off hands and feet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V229.10.3 | Saint causes grey hair to grow in black. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V229.11 | Saint with tongue of fire (literally). *Loomis White Magic 34. |
| V229.12 | Sinful beauty is converted and spends the end of her life doing penance (Mary Magdalene, Mary of Egypt, and Thais). *Loomis White Magic 109f. |
| V229.13 | Ground elevates itself to give protection or comfort to saint. *Loomis White Magic 45. |
| V229.14 | Saint in anger shows strength: wall broken by his kick. (Cf. F610.) *Loomis White Magic 131. |
| V229.15 | Saint disguised as poor man saves almsgiving king from punishment in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
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