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
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- England Baughman.
Within the index
Filed under Tree protects Jesus from rain: is green all year. (Cf. A2765.1.)
Filed beside it
Carried in tale types
- Flight to Egypt · ATU 750E 4 recorded variants
ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “milk-cup” · wander