Saint (pious man) as helper — Mythoi

Motif

Saint (pious man) as helper.

Chance and fate. · Helpers. · Human helpers. · view the constellation · filed as N848

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic *Boberg
Jewish Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Human helpers.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Holy man as helper Hero ransoms maltreated picture of a saint. As reward he gets help from the grateful saint A wise man (saint, brahmin) recognizes that a man unwittingly carries a venomous serpent in his proviant sack and warns him

Filed beside it

Help from little man Lame boy (girl) as helper Old person as helper Help from beggar. (Cf. N825.3.1.) Child as helper. (Cf. N832.) Wise woman as helper Girl as helper Boy as helper. (Cf. N827) Wealthy (powerful) man as helper King as helper Queen as helper Hero (culture hero) as helper Shepherd as helper Cook as helper Hermit as helper Dervish as helper

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