Thistle serves as milk-cup for Virgin Mary: white spots on leaves

Motif

Thistle serves as milk-cup for Virgin Mary: white spots on leaves.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Plant characteristics as reward. · view the constellation · filed as A2711.4.2

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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.

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Within the index

Filed under Tree protects Jesus from rain: is green all year. (Cf. A2765.1.)

Filed beside it

Hazel gives Virgin Mary shelter. Blessed Plant receives name because of service to Virgin Mary

Carried in tale types

Flight to Egypt · ATU 750E4 recorded variants

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