267 motifs match “christ” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Fire in hell. Christ created fire in hell from his blood; formerly hell was cold. A671.0.2.1
• Christian paradise. A694
• Christian paradise (Terra Repromissionis) corresponding to pagan Celtic otherworld (Ireland). A694.1
• Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars. A700.1
• Wells break forth at birth of Christ. A941.5.0.2
• Hot springs rise where Christ bathed his feet. (Cf. A901.) A942.1
• Indentions on rocks from footprints of Christ. A972.1.1
• End of world heralded by coming of Antichrist, a gigantic destructive one-eyed monster. A1075
• Signs before the birth of Antichrist. A1075.1
• Origin of Christian worship. A1546.3
• First convert to Christianity in Ireland. A1546.3.1
• Why Jews smell bad. They rubbed Christ's body with garlic. A1662.1
• Seven whistlers are the souls of the Jews who crucified Christ. (Cf. F456.1.1.1.) A1715.3
• Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.) A1861.2
• Flies on Christ's body rewarded. They look like nails and prevent more nails being driven. They may eat at the king's table. (Cf. A2545.1.) A2221.2.1
• Blood of scourged Christ on certain spiders. (Cf. A2411.3.2.) A2221.2.3
• Swallows lift Christ's crown of thorns from his brow: why their nests are not destroyed. (Cf. A2431.3.5.) A2221.2.4
• Markings on animals as recollections of Christ's life and sufferings. (Cf. A2412.) A2221.3
• Ant collects incense and myrrh for Christ: grows thin in middle. (Cf. A2451.1, A2453.1.) A2221.4
• Pike helps Christ cross stream: made king of fishes. A2223.4
• Swallows torment Christ on cross: lose voice. (Cf. A2422.9.) A2231.2.2
• Spider steals thread from Christ: has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2356.2.8.) A2231.6
• Origin of rue: from drops of Christ's blood. A2611.7
• Origin of tree for crucifixion of Christ. Planted by Adam's son on the grave of primeval father. A2632.2
• Indentations on plants from Christ's biting them at crucifixion. (Cf. A2751.3.1.) A2721.2.2
• Christ puts knots in wood. Peter, angry at carpenters wants Christ to have iron knots in wood. Christ does make hard knots but not iron. (Cf. A2755.4.) A2738
• Animals speak, praising God, on the night of Christ's Nativity. B211.0.1
• Animals rejoice at Christ's birth. B251.1
• Animals speak to one another at Christmas. B251.1.2
• Cock crows, "Christus natus est." B251.1.2.1
• Cows speak to one another on Christmas. (Cf. B215.) B251.1.2.2
• Cows kneel in stable at midnight of Eve of Old Christmas. B251.1.2.3
• Animals lick Christ-child. B251.10
• Animal christening. B299.10
• Giant whale cast ashore on the night of Christ's Nativity: "fifty men were on the upper parts of its head, and (there was) the limit of vision between each two of them. Such was the amount of ground which the animal occupied. B874.3.2
• Tabu: speaking while gathering fernseed to make wishes come true, at midnight on Christmas Eve when fernseed ripens and falls immediately. C401.5
• Christ asks woman what she is cooking; she replies that she is boiling stones to make her children think they are peas and that they will have food. Christ changes the stones to peas. D452.1.6.1
• Devil takes man waiting for water to turn to wine at midnight on Old Christmas Eve. D477.1.1
• Woman loses eye when she goes to well at midnight on Old Christmas Eve when the water turns to wine. D477.1.2
• Magic spells mixed with Christian prayers. D1273.0.2
• Magic measurement (height of Christ). D1273.4
• Christ's coat of mercy protects Pilate from punishment. D1381.4.1
• Reading letter written by Christ protects against attack. D1381.24.1
• Runes protect from the curse of a dead Christian woman. (Cf. D1266.1.) D1385.20
• All fetters loosed on the night of Christ's Nativity. D1395.8
• Druid's spells kill Christian king. (Cf. D1273.) D1402.13
• Blood from Christ's wounds restores sight. D1505.8.1
• Image of Christ bleeds from thrown stone. D1624.1
• Magic power from christening an animal. D1766.4
• Magic power from christening a cock. D1766.4.1
• Immortality bestowed by Christ. (Cf. V211.) D1851.4
• Three Nephites are granted quasi-immortal state by Jesus Christ at time of resurrection. (Cf. V294.) D1856.2
• Two friars perceive no passing of time from Shrovetide till following Easter while they talk of Christ. D2011.2
• All locks opened on the night of Christ's Nativity. (Cf. D1557.1.) D2088.0.1
• Vineyard in full fruit and blooming palm found in winter on the night of Christ's Nativity. (Cf. V211.1.) D2145.2.2.1
• All diseases healed at birth of Christ. (Cf. V211.1.) D2161.6.1
• Resuscitation by Christ. E121.2
• Ghosts attack bishop who has suspended priest for singing for all Christian souls. E243
• Man attacked on Christmas night by dancing ghosts. E261.3
• Return from dead to prophesy coming of Christ. (Cf. M363, M364.7.2.) E367.3
• Return from dead to convert to Christianity. E367.4
• Unchristened person cannot rest in grave nor enter heaven. E412.2.1
• Wild hunt appears between Christmas and Twelfth Night. E501.11.2.2
• Wild huntsman released from wandering by mould from Christ's grave. E501.17.7.1
• Condemned soul released from hell by Christ. E754.1.6
• Dialogue between Christ and the souls in hell. (Cf. V211.7.2.) E755.2.8
• Pagan otherworld identified with Christian paradise (heaven). (Cf. A694.1.) F160.0.3
• Christianized fairy woman refuses to eat fairy food. F243.0.1
• Fairy professes faith in Christianity. F251.8
• Burial service for fairy queen is held at night in Christian church. F268.1
• Fairy mistress demands mortal lover deny Christian teachings. F302.8
• Fairy borrows comb from Christian maid to comb hair of changeling bride. (Cf. F324.1.) F322.1.1
• Exorcising fairies. Fairies disappear when some name or ceremony of the Christian Church is used. F382
• Abduction of Christianized fairy woman by fairies prevented by saint. F389.2
• Spirit (devil) sent by druids cause death of Christian king. F402.1.11.1
• Spirits set fire to mill. Meet on Christmas (Easter) night. Cease to meet after mortal spies upon them. F416
• Dwarfs and Christianity. (Cf. F420.5.3.4. and cross-references there given. Cf. also F451.9.1.6.) F451.5.9
• Dwarfs invisibly attend wedding or christening feasts of mortals. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.) F451.5.17
• Invisible dwarfs at christening feast made to speak by brewing beer in egg-shell. (Cf. F321.1.1.1, F481.4.) F451.5.17.1
• Dwarfs celebrate weddings and christenings of their own. (Cf. F451.6.5.) F451.6.3.2
• Dwarfs emigrate because Christianity offends them. (Cf. F451.5.9.) F451.9.1.6
• Trolls steal fish at Christmas. F455.6.3.1
• Trolls visit people Christmas Eve. F455.6.5.1
• Trolls and Christianity. (Cf. G304.2.4.1.) F455.7
• Trolls flee before Christianity. (Cf. F382) F455.7.1
• Knockers as ghosts of Jews who crucified Christ and who were forced to work Cornish tin mines as punishment. F456.1.1.1
• Knockers hold midnight mass deep in mines on Christmas Eve. (Cf. E492.) F456.1.2.3.1
• Knockers (ghosts of Jews) are compelled to sing carols in mines at Christmastime. F456.1.2.3.2
• Mountain-men make sausage of Christians. F460.4.4.4
• Persons who at night become nightmares. Those who are born on a Thursday and christened on a Sunday must at certain times (on Thursdays) press somebody or something. F471.1.5
• Person (Antichrist) with flat body. F525.4
• Giants and men fraternize at Christmas. F531.5.1.2
• Giants and Christians. F531.5.8
• Giants hostile to Christianity. F531.5.8.1
• Giants Christianized. F531.5.8.3
• Trees pulled up and thrust into the ground upside down by Antichrist, a giant. F621.2.1
• Miraculous cure for leprosy. Rage at hearing for first time of Christ's passion causes cure. (Cf. F950.3.) F955
• Extraordinary wind blows arrows shot against Christians back against enemy. F963.2
• Apples at Christmas. Tree bears apples only at Christmas. Blossoms at midnight and is full of apples by morning. F971.5.2
• [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): F971.5.3. Flowers blooming at Christmas.] F971.5.3[1st ed.]