μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • IrishO'Suilleabhain No. 190
  • EnglandBaughman
  • general Heptameron No. 33.
Within the index

Filed under Punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.) (Cf. Q411.11, Q415.7, Q431.13, Q491.1.2, Q499.3, Q551.6.5, Q551.8.2, Q552.17, Q556.6, Q557.7, Q558.5, Q558.14, Q558.17, Q558.18, Q559.9.)

1 finer motif beneath it
Renegade priest punished by death for allowing heathen to defile the host. A knight slays the priest
Filed beside it
Stone in church sheds blood to foretell coming plunder of churchMiraculous flow of blood from desecrated building or objectPunishment for heaping indignities upon crucifixFoul portrayal of Jesus on the Cross brings punishment to the artist and the man responsibleMagic storm as punishment for profaning of templePunishment for desecrating church (shrine, idol)Punishment for desecration of holy temple utensils
Carried in tale types

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