Religion

1,052 motifs · page 6 of 6

• Man who is disappointed with his religious order renounces his vow. V475.3
• Saint leaves his order because he is fond of music. V475.4
• Anchorite tempted by money to return to worldly life. V475.5
• Religious visions. V510
• God speaks in vision to devotee. V510.1
• Only man without sin can see God. V510.2
• Visions of the other world. V511
• Visions of heaven. V511.1
• Saints have visions of heaven. V511.1.1
• Vision of angels defending road to heaven against devils. V511.1.2
• Visions of hell. V511.2
• Vision of fires of hell. V511.2.1
• Vision of gate of hell. V511.2.2
• Girl sees vision of her mother in hell. She chooses to live the poor life of her father which leads to heaven. V511.2.3
• Visions of purgatory. V511.3
• Visions of Land of the Saints. V511.4
• Vision of judgment. Man sees his own soul being judged. V512
• His faith into the balance. A clerk sees his good and evil deeds being weighed. He asks them to throw his faith in Christ (the Virgin) into the scale. He is saved. V512.1
• Man whose only good deed was unintentional sees this deed outweigh all his evil in the scales of judgment. V512.2
• Saints have miraculous visions. V513
• Saint incited (instructed) through vision. V513.1
• Vision of the earth in the devil's snares. Saint sees earth in snares. V513.2
• Non-religious visions. V514
• Allegorical visions. V515
• Allegorical visions – religious. V515.1
• Vision of chairs (thrones) in heaven. Chairs of gold, silver, crystal (glass) assigned to saints according to merit. (Cf. A661.0.3.) V515.1.1
• Wife sees moon enter mouth of husband; husband sees star enter mouth of wife: famous child (saint) will be born. V515.1.2
• Saint sees vision of flames covering Ireland quenched except for sparks; then great light appears, dispelling darkness. Flames are those of the faith brought by St. Patrick; they become less until restored by St. Columkill. V515.1.3
• When shower falls, small stone becomes larger, large stone wastes away. Vision of present and future state of Irish church. V515.1.3.1
• Vision in which swineherd sees yew tree upon a rock, with an oratory in front of it and angels ascending from it. Vision interpreted by druid as symbolizing founding of Cashel and the royal line of Munster. V515.1.3.2
• Constantine's vision of the Cross. V515.1.4
• Vision of dry bones. V515.1.5
• Allegorical visions – political. V515.2
• Vision in which chieftain sees pair of gray seals that sucked at his two breasts. They are two of his allies who are being overpowered by invaders. V515.2.1
• Vision in which king sees whelp reared by him gather dogs of Ireland and Britain against him but suffer death in battle at last. The whelp is one of king's two foster sons. V515.2.1.1
• Vision in which saint foresees allegorically the ramifications of king's family. V515.2.2
• Vision in which king sees his four sons changed into lion, greyhound, beagle, cur, which fight with alternating success, until lion subdues the other three. V515.2.3
• Vision of future. V516
• Salvation. V520
• Sinner reformed after visit to heaven and hell. V522
• The only king ever saved in spite of himself. V523
• Sinner who thinks of God saved; devotee who thinks of worldly things goes to hell. V525
• Worship of particular deity brings reward of birth in Brahma-world. V526
• Pilgrimages. V530
• Pilgrimage to Holy Land. V531
• Pilgrimage to follow roads Christ walked. V531.1
• Pilgrimage to Mecca. V532
• Pilgrimage to Benares. V533
• Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. V535
• Intervention of Providence saves person's life. (Cf. R341.) V540
• Man is prevented from taking passage on ship which later sinks. V541
• Man hears voice telling him to leave danger spot in mine. V542