47 motifs match “miracle”  ·  back to the chapters

• Miracle wrought for animal. B255
• Tabu: using miracle for trifling purpose. C96
• Interred body of saint performs signs and miracles. D1685
• Corpse exclaims over miracle. E545.10
• Miracles at certain times. F900.1
• Miracles on first night of Passover. F900.1.2
• All miracles created by God at creation. F900.2
• Miracles cease. F900.3
• Miracles in the desert come to an end with death of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. F900.3.1
• Holiness of saint tested: asked to perform miracles. H257
• The prophet's first disciple. Judge demands that a pseudo-prophet show a miracle. Latter offers to cut off judge's head and resuscitate him. Judge agrees to be the first disciple. J1169.8
• Maid rebukes pilgrim for eating too much. "If both of us had been present at the miracle of the loaves and fishes you would have eaten me too!" Pilgrim: "I wouldn't have eaten you but I would have chewed on you a bit!" J1346
• Foolish imitation of miracle (magic). J2411
• Seduction attempted on threat of performing miracle. K1315.6.2
• The cut-off nose. (Lai of the Tresses.) A woman leaves her husband's bed and has another woman take her place. The husband addresses her, gets no answer and cuts off her nose (hair). In the morning the wife still has her nose (hair). The husband is made to believe that it has grown back by a miracle (or that he was dreaming). K1512
• Miracle must wait till one man is sacrificed. No one volunteers and it does not need to be performed. K1785
• Sham parson: the sawed pulpit. He has sawed the pulpit almost through. He predicts a miracle. The pulpit falls down. K1961.1.3
• Sham miracles. K1970
• Sham miracle. Priest makes congregation believe the painting of the Virgin weeps real tears. K1972.2
• Sham miracle: may the grass grow up! Tricksters who have done no mowing say to their master when he angers them, "May the grass grow up again!" He finds it is full height. K1975
• Sham miracle: wallet (bee-hive) changes to wasps. Tricksters put a wasp nest in the wallet (bee-hive). When the master claims it they give it to him with the curse, "May it turn to wasps!" It does. K1975.1
• Sham miracle: rupees turn to ashes. Cheat tells man rupees carried by horse in sack will turn to ashes if man's tired wife rides on its back. Man promises to pay him back if that should happen. Ashes fall from under saddle when woman does and cheat collects. K1975.2
• Sham miracle: may the food turn raw. Lazy wife takes uncooked food to husband in field. K1975.3
• Two friars take arm from corpse and allege it is a miracle-producing relic. One of the tricksters questions its powers in public. Feigns being struck dead. Feigned resurrection. Tricksters enriched as a result. K1976.1
• Devil at gallows repudiates his bargain with robber. Ring turns to rope. The judge cannot find a rope and is about to release the thief because of the miracle. But the ring in the box presented by the devil as a bribe turns out to be a rope. The man is hanged. M212.2
• The miracle of broken die at gambling saves man. N1.2.1
• Murderer through miracle suspected of theft; murder thus discovered. N271.5
• Escape from undesired lover by miracle. T321
• Anchorite saved by a miracle. When he is about to give in to temptation a dove flies out of his mouth. On repenting the dove re-enters his mouth. T331.5
• Saint performs miracles while yet unborn. (Cf. D1713.) T579.5
• Miracle to permit confession. V23
• Miracle attests fact that man does not need to confess. He hangs his sack on a sunbeam. V29.3
• Masses work miracles. V41
• Miracles at shrine. V113.0.1
• Sham relics perform miracles if faith is great. V142.1
• Birth of saint predicted by visions of miracles. V222.0.1
• Miracle saves saint from unjust censure. V229.2.11
• Miracles of healing performed before image of Virgin Mary. V256.2
• Miracles performed under protection of Virgin Mary. V268
• Image of Virgin Mary works miracles. V268.5
• Man miraculously dies for opposing dogma of Immaculate Conception. Attempt to disprove the dogma by false miracle. Sham dead man is to rise if the dogma is not true. He is found to be actually dead. V312.2
• Conversion to Christianity through miracle. V331.1
• Conversion to Christianity by miracle of seeing blood flow from Jesus' image. V331.1.1
• Miracle manifested to non-believers. V340
• A Christianized Jew becomes a priest. During Mass, he stabs the consecrated host, blood flows (cf. C55, J1261.2, V30). He kills the other priest who saw him commit the sacrilege, and before killing, forces him to renounce his faith. A miracle exposes the murderer. V364
• No need to give sermon about saint again. "Last year I told you all about his life and works. He has performed no new miracles." X452.1
• Eight miracles of Christ's body in the sacrament. Z71.16.1.3