Flies on Christ's body rewarded. They look like nails and prevent more nails being driven. They may eat at the king's table. (Cf. A2545.1.)

Motif

Flies on Christ's body rewarded. They look like nails and prevent more nails being driven. They may eat at the king's table. (Cf. A2545.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as reward. · view the constellation · filed as A2221.2.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

EstonianAarne FFC XXV 150 No. 68 (cf.No. 69).

Within the index

Filed under Animals blessed for good services at crucifixion. (Cf. A2231.2.)

Filed beside it

Blood from cross on robin redbreast: He helps Jesus; rewarded with red breast. (Cf. A2353.2.)Blood of scourged Christ on certain spiders. (Cf. A2411.3.2.)Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.)

Travels with

Why flies may eat anywhere. (Cf. A2221.2.1, A2229.4.)

Carried in tale types

The Flies Instead of Nails on Christ's Heart · ATU 772*1 recorded variant

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