Bees build church of wax to contain consecrated host. (Cf. A2012.1.)

Motif

Bees build church of wax to contain consecrated host. (Cf. A2012.1.)

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Religious animals. · view the constellation · filed as B259.4

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

general *Kittredge Witchcraft 150, 469 n. 112
general Alphabet No. 695. – *Loomis White Magic 65. – Irish myth: Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous religious animals.

1 finer motif beneath it

Animals refrain from spoiling consecrated food

Filed beside it

Ass insists upon payment of tithes. When stolen by thieves, the ass refuses to eat for three days because the thieves' provender has not been tithed Sabbath-keeping cow. Refuses to work on Sabbath Hog will not accept food from excommunicated men Bird's wings drip blood when birds hear of Day of Judgment

Travels with

Creation of bee to provide wax for candles in church. (Cf. B259.4.)Bee-master puts consecrated host into beehive. Has success with his bees. (Cf. B259.4.) – When he dies, his spirit haunts the place

wander