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Magic invulnerability of saints. (Cf. Q162, V228.)

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic invulnerability. · view the constellation · filed as D1840.1

Cited in the index
  • general *Toldo IV 84. Irish myth: *Cross.
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Filed under Magic invulnerability.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Magic invulnerability of saint enables him to break poisonous snakes in bare hands Saint invulnerable to poison St. Cecilia withstands three blows of beheading sword and lives three days after
Filed beside it
Magic invulnerability of animals Magic invulnerability of ogres Invulnerability from certain things Invulnerability for limited time Attainment of invulnerability. (Cf. D1840.) Loss of invulnerability
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Invulnerability as reward for pious act Immunities of saints (holy men). (Cf. D1840.)

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