The constellation
H215 Magic manifestation at execution proves innocence
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Test of guilt or innocence · H210 entry
beneath it
- Sword magically changed to wood when executioner is to decapitate innocent person · H215.1 entry
- Gallows rope breaks when innocent person is hanged · H215.2 entry
- Grass refuses to grow: indication of innocence of man hanged there. (Cf. E631.2, F974.) · H215.3 entry
- Ineradicable handprint as indication of innocence. (Cf. D1654.3.) · H215.4 entry
keeps company
- Suitors assigned quests · H336 entry
- Adventures from pursuing enchanted animal (hind, boar, bird). (Guiding Beast.) · N774 entry
- Punishment: burning alive · Q414 entry
- Angels · V230 entry
- Stubbornness · W167 entry
- Heaven. A blissful upper world · A661 entry
- Banishment from heaven for breaking tabu · C955 entry
- Person in magic sleep surrounded by protecting hedge · D1967.1 entry
- Residence in a tree · F562.2 entry
- Devil travels in coach drawn by four blood-red horses, the hoofs of which strike fire from the pavement · G303.7.3.5 entry
carried in tale type
- Our Lady's Child · ATU 710
attested in