Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson Q25 — Reward for carrying Christ across a stream

Q25
Thompson motif reference
Q
Rewards and Punishments
1
Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Reward for carrying Christ across a stream. Christ is in the form of a child. (St. Christopher.) *Type 768; Dh II 266; Legenda Aurea (ed. Graesse) 432; *Schwickert Zs. f. Vksk. NF III 14—26; Klapper Erzählungen des Mittelalters 111 No. 101; *Loomis White Magic 114.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

These links are derived from the Thompson motif references stored in the Folklore Database's ATU concordance.

ATUTitle
ATU 768 St Christopher and the Christ child
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