Crossbill, attempting to draw thorn from the crown of thorns, twists bill in the attempt

Motif

Crossbill, attempting to draw thorn from the crown of thorns, twists bill in the attempt.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as reward. · view the constellation · filed as A2221.2.4.2

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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.

EnglandBaughman.

Within the index

Filed under Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.)

Filed beside it

Swallows put on mourning at crucifixion: have never taken it off

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