Image of Virgin saves painter. Stretches forth hand and keeps him from falling

Motif

Image of Virgin saves painter. Stretches forth hand and keeps him from falling.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Characteristics of magic objects. · Automatic magic objects. · Magic automata. · view the constellation · filed as D1639.2

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

Spanish ExemplaKeller.
general Ward II 628 No. 17
general *Wesselski Mönchslatein 162 No. 124

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Filed under Automata: other motifs.

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Automata as door-keepers Images at church turn backs as mark of disfavor. Done when abandoned woman or merman enters. (Cf. B82, D1622.)Statue laughs and reveals crime Calf of gold moves Carved image jumps at maker's command

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