FFC 90
300—749 Magic tale.
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rich pasture are misers. Birds are children who die innocent and take flowers to Virgin. River of blood is Christ. River of milk suckles babies. Combatting rocks are boy's brothers. First palace is Hell and two beds are for his brothers. Narrow bridge leads to Heaven. Those feeding on sand are workers who gain by exploitation. Lady at gate is Virgin. Man tells boy to return home. Boy finds he has been gone more than two hundred years. His father turned their house into a monastery and died long ago. Boy becomes a friar. as 1. CTA p. 148. | ||
| *B. | Father meets man in woods who offers him much money for daughter [S 220]. Two elder daughters refuse to go, but youngest goes [L 50]. Father becomes arrogant with his wealth and his son leaves and goes to sister's cave. Her husband is God who is a shepherd. Boy sees hermit, a field of grain as high as two thin mules standing in it, barren field and fat mares standing in it, and flames. God explains hermit is God and his hermitage the Virgin, mules are the two sisters who refused to come, grain is their wealth, fat mares are youngest sister and brother, flame is father in Hell for not helping poor. le 1. ECPE no 87. | |
500—559 Supernatural helper.
500—501 Spinning woman.
| 500. | Cf Mt 812. Porto Rico: Mason-Espinosa JAF XXXIX 317 no 7; 341 no 25. oc 1. ECPE no 117: I b, II a c e, III a b. |
| 501. | an 1. CPA p. 64 = CST p. 64 = WCPA p. 214: I a d, II a b. x 1. EPS p. 181 = SCE p. 99: I a d, II a b. |
