Red as symbolic of martyrdom — Mythoi

Motif

Red as symbolic of martyrdom.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Symbolism. · Color symbolism. · view the constellation · filed as Z141.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Symbolic color: red.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Martyrs called "red wheat"; saints, "Dei triticum" (God's wheat) Mill in which two men are slain said to grind "red wheat"

Filed beside it

Red garment to show anger of king Red as symbol of falsity

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