Magyar Zoltán

Legends of Early Hungarian Saints: type- and motif-index

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Saint is tutored by a saint

Stephen: St. Adalbert is the tutor of young Stephen: ST I:8; ST III:9; GE II:13.

Emeric: His tutor is St. Gerald: GE II:18; Temesvari: 92.26.; EC:544.; EC:544.

Margaret: Saint is brought up by the beatified Ilona in the Veszprém convent: Ransanus: XVI.6.

Saint excels in piety in childhood already

Elizabeth: Saint zealously performs her daily devotions in childhood already: EL IV.1-4, 5; EL V:3; EL VII:1.III; EL VIII:2; Bonfini: 2.7.305-310; EC:639.

Margaret: Saint noted already as a child for her zealous devotions: has a small altar made for her, in front of which to pray: MA II:I.4; Ransanus: XVI.6. Upon learning the meaning of the crucifix saint bursts out in tears: MA I:I.8; MA II:I.7.

Saint’s humility already noted in childhood

Elizabeth: Saint eagerly gives up worldly goods (rich garments, dancing) in childhood already: EL IV:I.7-9, 10; EL V:3; EL VII:1.IV. Saint prefers the company of the poor, of servants in childhood already: EL VII:1.VI, 6.IX.

Saint provides for those in need in childhood already

Elizabeth: Saint supports the poor, gives alms in childhood already: EL VIII:2; Bonfini: 2.7.310.

Infant saint’s inclination to penance and self-mortification

Elizabeth: Upon learning that she is to become a bride, saint throws her wreath into a spring and consecrates herself to the Lord: Laskai: 8.

Margaret: Saint mortifies her body in childhood already: MA I:I.10-11, 12, 19, 103; Ransanus: XVI.6.

Infant saint’ prophecy

Margaret: Prophecy of two-year-old saint comes true: MA I:I.4; MA II:I.53.

Saint as heir to the throne

Emeric: Son of king St. Stephen and heir to his throne: EM:1.

Legends of Early Hungarian Saints: type- and motif-index

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2026

ISBN: 978 963 664 185 6

Művelődéstörténet Idegen nyelvű

The work of folklorist Zoltán Magyar throws light on a relatively little-known segment of the dynastyc cult of saints in Central European cultural history. The hagiographies and legends written on different members of the Árpadian dynasty, ruling in Hungary between the 11th and 13th centuries, and their contemporaries endowed with the aura of sanctity, occur not only in their medieval Hungarian legendry but have also become part of the liturgical tradition and the cult of saints on German, Polish and Byzantine soil. The thematic and generic variety of this legendry and its many folkloric implications show close parallels with another major work of medieval European hagiography: the legends of early Irish saints. The type- and motif-index and generatic catalogue compiled by Zoltán Magyar orders the epic tradition, based on 11rh-16th century written sources, of twelve Hungarian royal saints who have become the subject of legends shortly after their death. Beside classification according to the type of legendd heroes and themes, the book also contains an analysis of the biographical data, of the historical sources and of the primary types and motifs of hagiographies.

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