Mary hides in ground nail to be used for cross: origin of thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.)

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Mary hides in ground nail to be used for cross: origin of thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of trees and plants. · Various origins of plants. · Creation of plants by transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A2615.1

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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.

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Filed under Object transformed to plant.

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Plant from mother's milk Canoe transformed into coconut tree Seaweed becomes vegetation

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Origin of thistles. (Cf. A2615.1, A2631.1.)

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