Religion

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• Saint commands return from dead with supernatural information. V229.1
• Sanctity of saints. V229.2
• Saintly babe repeatedly found with arms extended in form of cross. V229.2.1
• Saintly babe disgorges unclean food. V229.2.2
• Saint will drink only milk of cow milked by faithful woman. V229.2.3
• Saint as baby refuses to take mother's breast on Wednesdays and Fridays. V229.2.3.1
• Baptism of a wonder child is accompanied by a variety of phenomena. V229.2.4
• Place of saint's martyrdom perpetually green. V229.2.5
• Martyrs emit milk instead of blood from their wounds. V229.2.6
• Saint sheds tears of blood. V229.2.6.1
• Flowers grow on graves from the mouths or hearts of holy persons. (Cf. E631.1.) V229.2.7
• Saint's body remains unspoiled in the earth for a long time. V229.2.8
• Tombs of saints distill oil. V229.2.9
• Stones answer "Amen" after saint's preaching. V229.2.10
• Miracle saves saint from unjust censure. V229.2.11
• Saint causes gluttonous reptile to leap from saint's body into bishop's throat and then return as proof of bishop's injustice. V229.2.11.1
• Extraordinary longevity of saints. V229.2.12
• Seven Irish saints who never died. V229.2.12.1
• Saint lives for 300 (100?) years without eating food or uttering evil. V229.2.12.2
• Saint promises to return from heaven. V229.2.13
• Saint banishes snakes. V229.3
• Saint overcomes (destroys) monsters (dragons). V229.4
• Saint banishes demons. V229.5
• Saint confines monster (dragon) in lake. V229.5.1
• Saint in conflict with druid. V229.6
• Saint limits powers of satirist (druid). V229.6.1
• Ale poisoned by druid miraculously purified by saint. V229.6.2
• Druid raised in air, cast down, and brains scattered on stone by power of saint. V229.6.3
• Druid by spells seeks to drive saint from island. V229.6.4
• Invaders miraculously defeated by saints. V229.7
• Saint drives away an army by bringing upon it a dense and smoky cloud. (Cf. D2163.4.) V229.7.1
• Saints create magic concealing mist. (Cf. D1361.1.) V229.8
• Unusual fuel used by saints: burning stone, snow and icicles, marble pillar, and green timber. V229.9
• Broken objects restored to their original forms by saint. V229.10
• Burned clothes restored to their previous form. V229.10.1
• Holy man restores cut-off hands and feet. V229.10.2
• Saint causes grey hair to grow in black. V229.10.3
• Saint with tongue of fire (literally). V229.11
• Sinful beauty is converted and spends the end of her life doing penance (Mary Magdalene, Mary of Egypt, and Thais). V229.12
• Ground elevates itself to give protection or comfort to saint. V229.13
• Saint in anger shows strength: wall broken by his kick. (Cf. F610.) V229.14
• Saint disguised as poor man saves almsgiving king from punishment in hell. V229.15
• Lake of milk made through merit of saint. V229.16
• Saint's blessing causes a river to be best place for fishing. V229.17
• Dispute between two saints settled by angel. V229.18
• Objects mourn death of saint (holy man). V229.19
• Downfall of ascetic (saint). V229.20
• After birth of son holy person loses miraculous power. V229.20.1
• House and family appear overnight to afford hospitality to benighted priests. (Cf. Q45.1.) V229.21
• Severed head of saint speaks so that searchers can find it. (Cf. D1610.5.) V229.22
• Stone turns red when saint's picture is removed. V229.23
• Saint turns snakes to stones. (Cf. D420.) V229.24
• Conversation of animals reveals to man how to become saint. V229.25
• Angels. V230
• Man beholds angels. V230.1
• Angels powerful. V230.2
• Angel and mortal struggle. V230.3
• Appearance of angel. V231
• Angel in bird shape. V231.1
• Shooting star as angel. V231.2
• Angel with four wings. V231.3
• Angel is form of cleric. V231.4
• Angel appears to woman to warn her not to force girl into marriage. V231.5
• Angel in the form of an old man. V231.6
• Angel as helper. V232
• Angel as helper in battle. V232.1
• Angels appear and help boy prince slay treacherous uncle. V232.1.1
• Angel carries mortal. V232.2
• Angel carries boat to water. V232.2.0.1
• Angel transports saint's staff. V232.2.0.2
• Angels supply food to mortal. V232.3
• Angel shows saint where to dig for water. V232.3.1
• Angel looses man's fetters. (Cf. R121.) V232.4
• Angel as guide. V232.5
• Angel guides chariot. V232.5.1
• Angel reveals location of lost (buried) object. V232.6
• Gifts from angels. V232.7
• Angel brings cross as gift to saint. V232.7.1
• Angel helps Peter to escape from prison. V232.8
• Angel cleans hearth. V232.9
• Angels build church. V232.10
• Angel of death. V233
• Angel of death spares mother who is suckling children. As punishment angel must serve as sexton. V233.1
• Songs of the angels. V234
• Angels sing in honor of saint. V234.1
• Angels sing to welcome saint. V234.1.1
• Angels sing over saint's body. V234.1.2
• Angel choir responds when saint receives orders. V234.1.3
• Angels sing on night of Christ's Nativity. V234.2
• Mortal visited by angel. V235
• Mortals visited by angel in vision. (Cf. V510.) V235.0.1
• Angel invoked by fasting. V235.0.2
• Angel announces birth of Christ to shepherds. V235.1
• Angel comforts repentant sinner. V235.2
• Angel bars abbot from his cell because abbot has cast out a sinning monk. V235.3
• Fallen angels. V236
• Fallen angels become fairies (dwarfs, trolls). V236.1
• Angel bars the way to Baalam's ass. V237
• Guardian angel. (Cf. F403.2.2.2, V232, 246.) V238
• Angels hover over mortal (saint). V238.1
• Angels melt snow around saintly babe. V238.2
• Service of angels marks saint's destination. V238.3
• Air above grave of converted druid full of angels. V238.4
• Angels honor mortal. (Cf. V234.1.) V241
• Angels attend saint's funeral. V241.1
• Angel directs saint's burial. V241.1.1
• Angels hold service over (saint's) tomb. (Cf. V242.) V241.2
• Angels shed light upon saint's tomb. V241.2.1
• Angels run races before saint. V241.3
• Angel baptizes saint. V241.4
• Angel names child. V241.4.1
• Angels set heavenly veil upon head of pious woman. V241.5
• Holy place (object) glorified by angel's presence. (Cf. V421.2.) V242
• Train of angels rises from graveyard. V242.1
• Angel abides in church. V242.2
• Angels attend church service. V242.2.1
• Angel passes daily over blessed stone. V242.3
• Angel answers mortal's prayer. V243
• Angels appear above grave of fallen girl through virtue of prayers said by her lover (young monk). V243.1
• Angel beseeches at unholy grave of redeemed sinner until body is moved to sanctified ground. V244
• Angel punishes mortal. V245
• Angel scourges mortal for disobedience to God. (Cf. Q220, Q325, Q458.) V245.1
• Angel counsels mortal. (Cf. V232, V238.) V246
• Angel leaves letter (book) with instructions for saint. V246.0.1
• Angel dictates (gives) book. V246.0.2
• Angel tells saint where to build his church. V246.1
• Angel as saint's teacher. V246.2
• Angel informs saint of coming of guests. V246.3
• Daily life of angels. V247
• Angels and God. V248
• Angels – miscellaneous motifs. V249
• Angel makes proclamation. V249.1
• Language of angels. V249.2
• Hebrew the language of the angels. V249.2.1
• The Virgin Mary. V250
• Irish saint as "Mary of the Gael". V250.1
• Virgin Mary has golden hair. V250.2
• Virgin Mary prevents (retards) death so as to save sinner's soul. Permits time for repentance and absolution. (Sometimes resuscitation.) V251
• Virgin Mary brings man back to life after he has seen hell's torments. V251.1
• Virgin Mary defends innocent accused. V252
• Virgin Mary returns borrowed money and reveals cheat. A man borrows money from a Jew with the Virgin as security. Unable to return the money in time, he commits the money to the sea with a prayer to the Virgin. The Jew receives it but claims that the money is not paid. The Virgin reveals the cheat. V252.1
• Virgin Mary saves criminal from fire at stake. V252.2
• Faithfulness to Virgin Mary, even if not to Christ, rewarded. V253
• Efficacy of saying "Aves". V254
• Saying of "Aves" obliterates sin. V254.1
• Virgin Mary supports robber on gallows because he once said "Ave Maria". V254.1.1
• Ship in storm saved because of sailors' "Ave Maria". (Cf. D2141.1.) V254.2
• "Ave" on the tongue. Because of faithfulness in saying "Aves" the words are found imprinted on the dead man's tongue. (Cf. V86.2.) V254.3
• Blasphemer paralyzed in all members except tongue which had once said "Ave Maria". V254.3.1
• Devil exorcised by "Ave". V254.4
• Nun forgets to hail Mary and goes into the world to sin. V254.5
• Joseph and Mary threaten to leave heaven when the man who has always prayed to them is refused admittance. V254.6
• Murdered boy still sings "Ave" after his death. (Chaucer's Prioress's Tale.) V254.7
• Criminal who said "Ave" beheaded. His head calls repeatedly, "Ave Maria". V254.7.1
• Virgin Mary will not let devil (authorities) take robber noble who daily says "Ave". V254.8
• Virgin forbids devil to take robber as long as he continues to say two "Aves" daily. V254.9
• Virgin Mary has dissolute monk buried in consecrated ground: his only mass is that of the Virgin. V255
• Devotee of Virgin not buried in consecrated ground has lily issue from mouth so that his grave is made known. V255.1
• Virgin gives private mass to devout lady unable to attend. V255.2
• Miraculous healing by Virgin Mary. (Cf. D2161.) V256
• Healing spittle of Virgin Mary. (Cf. D1500.1.7.2.) V256.1
• Miracles of healing performed before image of Virgin Mary. V256.2
• Virgin Mary restores severed hand to Saint John Damascene. He had cut it off to repress lust. V256.3
• Virgin Mary saves life of man who at devil's instigation has castrated himself. She will not, however, restore his severed members. V256.4
• Virgin Mary restores life to drowned man who always had saluted her. V256.5
• Virgin Mary designates favorite for election for office. V261
• Virgin restores office to an ignorant man because of his faith. V261.1
• Virgin pardons man who repented for cheating in election. V261.2
• Virgin Mary supplies mead for unprepared hostess of the king. V262
• Portrait of the Virgin appears to devotee. V263
• Virgin Mary rescues man attacked by the devil. V264
• Virgin Mary brings man a pact he signed with the devil and frees the man from devil's power. V264.1
• Virgin miraculously prevents nun (monk) from deserting cloister. V265
• Image of Virgin tries in vain to keep nun from leaving convent. V265.1
• Virgin Mary converts a Jew. (Cf. V330.) V266
• Devotee of Virgin is comforted in the hour of death. V267
• Miracles performed under protection of Virgin Mary. V268
• Boy under protection of Virgin Mary pulled from well alive after a week. V268.1
• Virgin Mary saves devotee from death in waves. V268.2
• Virgin Mary destroys Moorish army besieging Constantinople. V268.3
• Virgin Mary saves devotee's son from shipwreck. V268.4
• Image of Virgin Mary works miracles. V268.5
• Virgin Mary as foster mother. V271
• Virgin Mary comforts repentant criminals. V275
• Virgin Mary appears to erring man. V276
• Virgin Mary appears to erring monk and exalts him to prayer. His prayers weave her a garment. V276.1
• Virgin Mary appears and pardons monk who has been too overworked to pray to her. V276.2
• Virgin Mary aids repentant slayer of priest. Priest is resurrected in order to forgive murderer and then is returned to tomb. V276.3
• Virgin Mary appears to devotee. V277
• Virgin Mary appears to devout nun with infant Jesus. The nun devoutly prayed to see Him. V277.1
• Devotee of Virgin Mary given present by her. V281
• Stella Maris: Virgin Mary as protectress of sailors. V282
• Testament of Virgin Mary. V283
• During a flood the Virgin descends into the streets to save her image from the flood waters. V284
• Other sacred persons. V290
• Master poets (ollamhs) as sacred persons. V291
• The Apostles of Christ. V292
• Appearance of the Apostles. V292.1
• The Twelve Apostles of Ireland. V292.2
• Lepers as sacred persons. V293