34 motifs match “altar”  ·  back to the chapters

• Pillars of Hercules at Gibraltar set up by Hercules. (Cf. A901.) A984
• Tabu: using altar for secular purposes. C51.1.1
• Tabu: stealing from altar. (Cf. C51.2.) C51.1.2
• Tabu: allowing a drop to fall upon altar. C51.1.8
• Tabu: altar smoke from sacrifice touching young chief. C564.5
• Transformation: man to altar. D261
• Magic altar. D1166
• Shirt laid upon altar raises storm. (Cf. D1056.) D1541.1.4
• Magic weeping altar. (Cf. D1166.) D1618.3
• Fire turns aside and refuses to catch hold of holy garments, wooden altars and similar sacred things. D2158.1.3.2
• Altar in otherworld. F166.5
• Jinns frequent graveyards, ruined houses, or an altar of sacrifice. F499.3.3
• Altar cloths descend from heaven. F962.12.2
• Mysterious leaf falls on church altar. F962.12.5
• Desecrated altar bleeds. F991.4.1
• Altar shakes when unworthy man is elected. (Cf. D1169.) F1009.3
• Altar floats in air. F1083.0.1.1
• Satan entangles ram's horns on the altar. G303.9.9.20
• Ordeal: names of suspected persons are placed in chalice on altar: the one to whom the lot falls is guilty. H233.1
• What are best and worst stones? Best: altar, whetstone, millstone; worst: hailstone, stone in the eye, gallstone. H659.3.1
• Priest may use his own mother's mass money. At his mother's funeral a boy takes the money laid on the altar for masses. When the priest objects, the boy says, "When your mother dies you may take the money too." J1261.6
• Celibacy at the altar. Monk says, "I vowed three things: poverty in the bath, obedience at the table, and celibacy at the altar." J1264.2
• False swearer not allowed to approach altar. M101.1
• Escape from sacrificial altar on ram with golden fleece. R175.1
• Church (altar) as refuge. R325
• Husband jealous of wife who goes to confession is punished by the priest. When the husband sees the priest take her behind the altar to punish her he volunteers to take the punishment. The wife says, "Pound him well. I am a terrible sinner." T257.4
• Virgin Mary reproves a monk who sleeps at altar. V5.1
• Sacrifice: olive branch laid on altar of Mercy. V15
• The devil goes to confession. Performs very severe penance, but cannot bear to humble himself and to stoop before the altar. (Cf. G303.16.9.) V29.8
• Altar casts away host with louse baked in it. V31.4
• Altars. (Cf. V135.) V116
• Altar cloths. (Cf. F962.12.2.) V135
• Poverty-stricken couple wrap newly-born child in altar-coverings. V135.1
• Parson smears his hand with butter. Rascals have spread butter on the altarbread. The parson preaches, "What is the life of man?" and therewith brings his hand down on the altar-bread: "Pure butter!" X417