Thorn growing in wound becomes tree

Motif

Thorn growing in wound becomes tree.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants. · view the constellation · filed as F971.3

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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.

BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "épine".

Within the index

Filed under Miraculous blossoming and bearing of fruit.

Filed beside it

Dry rod blossoms Rose grows from table (stone)Fruitless tree bears fruit. Done at saint's request Flowers bloom in winter Flowers spring up when saint strikes ground Sowing and reaping same day Trees put forth leaves on arrival of God in paradise Creeper which blossoms once only in a thousand years

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