Red hot iron carried with the bare hands without harm to the saint

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Red hot iron carried with the bare hands without harm to the saint.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic invulnerability. · view the constellation · filed as D1841.3.2.3

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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.

general *Loomis White Magic 34.

Within the index

Filed under Fire does not injure a saint.

1 finer motif beneath it

Saint carries fire in hand to warm guests

Filed beside it

Fiery furnace as a mean of torture for a saint remains ineffective Saint walks through glowing coals without harm Holy maidens carry glowing embers in their chasubles without being burned

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