Saint never drives fly or gnat from his face

Motif

Saint never drives fly or gnat from his face.

Traits of character. · Favorable traits of character. · Kindness. · view the constellation · filed as W10.1

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish myth*Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Kindness. (Cf. Q40.)

Filed beside it

Saint gives calf to wolf Generosity Hospitality as a virtue. (Cf. P320.)Woman shelters son's murderer out of charity Bishop exchanges places with prisoner so as to have him return to his mother Envious man sets out to kill one who is noted for his generosity. He is won over by the generosity of his intended victim

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