Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

759: God's Justice Vindicated – The Angel and the Hermit

ATU > 750-849: RELIGIOUS TALES > 750-779: God Rewards and Punishes > 759: God's Justice Vindicated – The Angel and the Hermit

Variants

759A. The Sinful Priest

People will not take sacrament from him. Another priest (God) shows that even this priest is according to God's will. [V39.3]. Cf. Type 756E*.

759B. Holy Man Has His Own Mass

759C. The Widow's Meal

The king upbraids the wind for blowing away a poor widow's last cup of meal. He finds that the wind has saved a ship full of people by that very act. The king is humbled. [J355.1].

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External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Year	Source
Mass of St Joseph	759	Spanish		Internet Archive
Net freegje!	759	Netherlands	1977	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Onze Lieve Heer heeft altijd gelijk	759	Netherlands	1970	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Shall not the Judge of the Earth do Right?	759	Greek		Internet Archive

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