μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

Religion. · Religious beliefs. · Christian and Jewish traditions about each other. · view the constellation · filed as V364

Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3270, Legends Nos. 416ff.
Within the index

Filed under Christian and Jewish traditions about each other.

Filed beside it
Christian child killed to furnish blood for Jewish rite. (Hugh of Lincoln.) (Cf. V254.7.) Plague from Jews' poisoning wells Jewish child thrown into oven by father for taking eucharist. Preserved by Virgin Mary Jewish traditions concerning non-Jews

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