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Motif

Lent.

Religion. · Religious services. · Religious feasts and fasts. · view the constellation · filed as V73.6

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Filed under Fasts.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Christ's forty-days' fast called "His Lent" Saint remains silent during Lent by holding stone in mouth Holy man eats pork and beef in Lent because pig is raised on milk, ox on grass; but refuses to eat cake because it contains weevils (live meat)
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Christ in the desert overcomes devil by fasting Fast to prevent pestilence Fast improves health Saint causes two youths to be fed with the best food, says one is doomed to go to hell, the other will practice austerity in his old age Fasting to secure a prosperous journey Fasting on "Golden Fridays" as charm against certain misfortunes

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