Plague from Jews' poisoning wells — Mythoi

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Plague from Jews' poisoning wells.

Religion. · Religious beliefs. · Christian and Jewish traditions about each other. · view the constellation · filed as V362

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German H. Rauchfuss Alte Geschichte u. neue Sagen aus Thuringen 60.

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Filed under Christian and Jewish traditions about each other.

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Christian child killed to furnish blood for Jewish rite. (Hugh of Lincoln.) (Cf. V254.7.) Jewish child thrown into oven by father for taking eucharist. Preserved by Virgin Mary A Christianized Jew becomes a priest. During Mass, he stabs the consecrated host, blood flows (cf. C55, J1261.2, V30). He kills the other priest who saw him commit the sacrilege, and before killing, forces him to renounce his faith. A miracle exposes the murderer Jewish traditions concerning non-Jews

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