74 motifs match “saints”  ·  back to the chapters

• Land of the saints surrounded by fiery circle. A661.0.10
• Indentions on rocks from imprint of gods and saints. A972.1
• Certain stones are druids' (saints') seats (chairs). A989.3
• Battle of saints with Lucifer at end of world. A1082.6
• Indra sends down buffalo whose milk is offered to the saints. B184.2.3.3
• Stags plow for man. Also draw chariot, bear burdens, and allow saints to use their horns as a book rest B292.4
• Transformation combat between saints. D615.5
• Magic healing oil from saints (sacred places). (Cf. D1500.1.10.) D1500.1.19.2
• Cures by the milk of the mothers of saints. (Cf. D1500.1.10.) D1500.1.33.1.1
• Magic immovability of saints (or their possessions). D1654.0.1
• Magic knowledge of saints and holy men. D1810.0.3
• Saints have foreknowledge of coming of guests. D1812.0.2
• Saints magically detect crime. D1817.2
• Magic sight of saints. (Cf. D1810.0.3, V220.) D1820.1
• Magic invulnerability of saints. (Cf. Q162, V228.) D1840.1
• Magic invisibility of saints. (Cf. V229.8.) D1981.2
• Saints cause illusions. D2031.0.1
• Saints cause magic thirst. D2063.3.1.1
• Magic multiplication of objects by saints. (Cf. D2100.2, V220.) D2106.1
• Mosque turns around in order to face in the true direction of Mecca after prayers of two saints. D2136.2.1
• Fire obeys the saints. D2158.1.3
• Angels as familiar spirits. Act as servants about the house of saints and serve them otherwise. F403.2.2.2
• Saints' teeth last for 300 years. F544.3.4
• Leaves of tree make melody for saints. F979.3
• Flower from otherworld (Land of Promise) miraculously appears to persons (saints). F979.10
• Devil tempts saints. G303.9.4.6
• Satan attacks saints. G303.9.6.2
• Man calls Saints Peter and Paul fools for enduring poverty if rich abbots can reach heaven, too. J1263.4.2
• Deceptive land bargain: saints agree that the one who casts his staff far enough to reach distant island shall be owner of land. Staff of one contestant transformed to spear (or dart) and so alone reaches island. When saint touches weapon, it becomes staff again. K185.13
• Gods (saints) in disguise visit mortals. K1811
• Disguise as saint. Man beats wife for spending too much time at church. Wife has maids dress as her patron saints and when the husband repeats the beating she calls on them for help. The husband is beaten. K1827.1
• The wolf in the company of saints. Promises to give up slaying animals. After wringing the gander's neck, excuses self saying: "He should not have hissed at the saint." K2055.1
• Deceiving the higher powers (God, the saints, the gods, fate). K2371
• Covenant between saints confirmed by cutting off their thumbs. M201.4
• Saints (holy men) as prophets. M301.5
• Prophecy: boys to be fathers of saints. M312.6
• Various prophecies connected with saints (or holy men). M364
• Saints curse by ringing bells against offender. M411.8.1
• Saints exchange bachalls as mark of affection. P311.7
• Saints exchange bells. P311.7.1
• Fasting against saints. P623.0.4
• Fasting by saints causes tree worshipped by pagans to fall. P623.0.5
• Gods (saints) in disguise reward hospitality and punish inhospitality. Usually the hospitable person is poor, the inhospitable rich. Q1.1
• Mysterious death as punishment for worshiping idols on All-Saints-Day. Q558.12
• Saints bring about miraculous death because of desecration of sanctuaries. (Cf. C51.1, Q222, V220.) Q558.18
• Saints miraculously cause child to fall over cliff as punishment for mother's washing clothes in holy well. (Cf. Q222, Q411.3.) Q559.9
• Saints (monks) sacrifice themselves (to avert plague). S263.5.1
• Supernatural birth of saints. T540.1
• Saints. V220
• Miraculous healing by saints. V221
• Saints have miraculous knowledge. V223
• Saints blessed with ability to discourse in the native idioms of the people whom they visit. V223.5
• Saints in several places at once. V225
• Saints as hermits. V226
• Saints have divine visitors. V227
• Immunities of saints (holy men). (Cf. D1840.) V228
• Saints – miscellaneous. V229
• Sanctity of saints. V229.2
• Tombs of saints distill oil. V229.2.9
• Extraordinary longevity of saints. V229.2.12
• Seven Irish saints who never died. V229.2.12.1
• Invaders miraculously defeated by saints. V229.7
• Saints create magic concealing mist. (Cf. D1361.1.) V229.8
• Unusual fuel used by saints: burning stone, snow and icicles, marble pillar, and green timber. V229.9
• Dispute between two saints settled by angel. V229.18
• Charity of saints. V433
• Saints have visions of heaven. V511.1.1
• Visions of Land of the Saints. V511.4
• Saints have miraculous visions. V513
• 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
• Three chairs in heaven for three saints. Z71.1.2
• Three orders of Irish saints. Z71.1.8
• Three bad stories of the saints of Ireland. Z71.1.18
• Martyrs called "red wheat"; saints, "Dei triticum" (God's wheat). Z141.2.1