Ordeal by holy water. If simpleton closes his eyes to holy water he is possessed; if he laughs he is merely an idiot.
Tests. · Tests of truth. · Tests of guilt or innocence. · Ordeals. · view the constellation · filed as H222.2
Motif
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.
- U.S.Baughman
- Italian NovellaRotunda.
Within the index
Filed under Ordeal by water. Guilt or innocence shown by ability to swim.
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