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V229 Saints – miscellaneous
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- Saint commands return from dead with supernatural information · V229.1 entry
- Sanctity of saints · V229.2 entry
- Saint banishes snakes · V229.3 entry
- Saint overcomes (destroys) monsters (dragons) · V229.4 entry
- Saint banishes demons · V229.5 entry
- Saint in conflict with druid · V229.6 entry
- Invaders miraculously defeated by saints · V229.7 entry
- Saints create magic concealing mist. (Cf. D1361.1.) · V229.8 entry
- Unusual fuel used by saints: burning stone, snow and icicles, marble pillar, and green timber · V229.9 entry
- Broken objects restored to their original forms by saint · V229.10 entry
- Saint with tongue of fire (literally) · V229.11 entry
- Sinful beauty is converted and spends the end of her life doing penance (Mary Magdalene, Mary of Egypt, and Thais) · V229.12 entry
- Ground elevates itself to give protection or comfort to saint · V229.13 entry
- Saint in anger shows strength: wall broken by his kick. (Cf. F610.) · V229.14 entry
- Saint disguised as poor man saves almsgiving king from punishment in hell · V229.15 entry
- Lake of milk made through merit of saint · V229.16 entry
- Saint's blessing causes a river to be best place for fishing · V229.17 entry
- Dispute between two saints settled by angel · V229.18 entry
- Objects mourn death of saint (holy man) · V229.19 entry
- Downfall of ascetic (saint) · V229.20 entry
- House and family appear overnight to afford hospitality to benighted priests. (Cf. Q45.1.) · V229.21 entry
- Severed head of saint speaks so that searchers can find it. (Cf. D1610.5.) · V229.22 entry
- Stone turns red when saint's picture is removed · V229.23 entry
- Saint turns snakes to stones. (Cf. D420.) · V229.24 entry