32 motifs match “sabbath”  ·  back to the chapters

• Why powers of nature work on Sabbath. A1102
• Origin of Sabbath. A1541.4
• Origin of Sabbath from a feast to Venus. A1541.4.1
• Bees work on Sabbath: may not get honey from red clover. (Cf. A2435.5.1.) A2231.3.2
• God gives animals their name on first Sabbath. A2571.0.3
• Ram stung by hornet on Sabbath says, "Damn!" Pious owner resolves to sell it next day. B211.1.1.1.1
• Sabbath-keeping cow. Refuses to work on Sabbath. B259.2
• Tabu: sexual intercourse on Sabbath. C119.1.2
• Tabu: breaking the sabbath. C631
• Tabu: journeying on sabbath. C631.1
• Tabu: washing hair on sabbath. C631.3
• Tabu: lighting or extinguishing lights on sabbath. C631.4
• Tabu: writing on sabbath. C631.5
• Tabu: playing music on sabbath. C631.6
• Sabbatical river. Dry on Sabbath. D915.4.1
• Manna does not fall on Sabbath. (Cf. D1031.0.1.) D1676.1
• Silver not to be taken from mountain of silver on Sabbath. F752.2.1
• Witch's sabbath. A meeting of witches in which church services are burlesqued. G243
• Obeisance to devil at witch's sabbath. G243.1
• Parody of church ceremony at witch's sabbath. G243.2
• Devil appears to Sabbath breakers. (Cf. C631.) G303.6.2.14
• Symbolic interpretation of playing cards. Soldier reproved for playing cards during church says that playing cards are his prayerbook and calendar. Ace: one God, one Faith, one Baptism; 2: old and new Testaments; 3: Trinity; 4: evangelists; 5: wise virgins; 6: days of creation; 7: sabbath; 8. Noah's family; 9: ungrateful lepers; 10: commandments; knave (jack): Judas; queen (of Sheba); king: God; 12 face cards: 12 months; etc. H603
• Man, fined for sabbath-breaking, asks for receipt, explains that if God asks for it, he will not have to journey to hell to get it from the judge. J1289.11
• The rescuers' Sabbath. A Jew, fallen into a pit, refuses to be rescued on Saturday, his Sabbath. The next day he calls for help but the Christians refuse to rescue him on Sunday, their Sabbath. J1613
• Institution of priests and Levites as reward for observance of Sabbath. Q113.4.1
• Failure to observe holiness of Sabbath punished. (Cf. Q551.2.2, Q552.14.1.) Q223.6
• Souls in hell not punished on Sabbath. Q560.2.1
• "Night of Sabbath" (Friday night) only devoted to conjugal pleasures. T310.1.1
• Sabbath. V71
• Manna does not descend on Sabbath. V71.1.1
• Misfortune ascribed to breaking Sabbath. V71.2
• Various events, from creation to Resurrection, that occurred on Sabbath. V71.3