St. Peter's mother dropped from heaven because of hardheartedness. She is permitted to go to heaven on a stalk, but is weighted down by people holding to her skirts. She shakes them off. (Cf. Q172.) — Mythoi

Motif

St. Peter's mother dropped from heaven because of hardheartedness. She is permitted to go to heaven on a stalk, but is weighted down by people holding to her skirts. She shakes them off. (Cf. Q172.)

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Unkindness punished. · view the constellation · filed as Q291.1

Cited in the index

general *Type 804
general *BP III 538
general Köhler-Bolte I 60.

Within the index

Filed under Hard-heartedness punished. (Cf. Q415.2.)

Filed beside it

Punishment of hard-hearted masters in other world. (Cf. Q285.4.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Monk's cordon cannot stand the strain. Franciscan claims that his cordon will save him from Hell. Benedictine answers that he once had a dream in which he saw St. Francis throw his cordon to save members of his order in Purgatory and so many clung to it that it snapped. (Cf. Q291.1.) Reward: admission to heaven

Carried in tale types

The Farmwife is Changed into a Woodpecker · ATU 751A 2 recorded variants
St · ATU 804 1 recorded variant

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