Magyar Zoltán

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

THROUGH SAINT’S MERITS (SAINT HELPS AFTER DEATH)

Diseased are healed through saint’s merits

Diseased are cured

Stephen: ST II:12; ST III:43; EM:17; Temesvari: 52.38. Ladislas: MA I:I.73.; madas:10.1.3.; 11.1.; Laskai:48.2.3.; 49.2.1. Elizabeth: EL I:1; EL III:3, 19, 23; EL VI:9, 10, 20; EL VII:8.VII; EL VIII:45; TE:11; Laskai: 6; Temesvári: 98.24. Helen: HE:29. Kinga: KI I:30; KI II:5 (seven hundred are cured), 19, 21. Margaret: MA I:I.132, III.2, 5, 8, 15, V.7, 16, VI.16, 18, 23, 28, 35, 41; MA II:II.64, 70. St. Elizabeth of Töss: TE:14, 14.

Blind can see

Stephen: ST II:12; ST III:44; Bonfini: 2.1.365. Gerald: GE II:56, 62. Ladislas: LA:11, 11, 11, 14; Madas:11.1.; Temesvari:14.3.; 15.1.3.(2x); Laskai:48.2.3.; 49.2.1.; Bonfini: 2.4.295; Temesvari: 15.23, 23-24, 24; EC:403, 403. Elizabeth: E II:1, 21, 30, 37, 38, 46, 49, 50, 76, 84, 85, 88, 91, 96, 99, 100, 105; EL III: 6, 7, 14, 16, 22; EL VI:9, 20; EL VII:8.IX, XVIII; EL VIII: 53, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62; Laskai: 4, Temesvari: 98.24; Bonfini: 2.7.345, 2.7.345. Kinga: KI II:10, 22 (sixty blinds are healed). Margaret: MA I:III.5, 9, 10, 11; MA II:II.25, 26, 27, 28, 29.

Paralytics are healed

Stephen: ST II:12; ST III:44, 45; Bonfini: 2.1.365. Gerald: GE II:56, 58. Ladislas: LA:15; MA II:II.33; Madas:10.1.3.; Laskai:48.2.3.(2x); 49.2.1.; Bonfini: 2.1.365, 2.4.295. Elizabeth: EL II:4, 5, 12, 20, 29, 40, 45, 52, 59, 98, 101; EL III:8, 9, 10, 11; EL VI:9, 20; EL VII:8.IX; EL VIII:47, 58, 63; Bonfini: 2.7.345. Helen: HE:22, 28. Kinga: KI II:12. Margaret: MA I:V.17; MA II:II.32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57.

Cripples are healed

Stephen: ST III:44, 45; Bonfini:2.1.365. Gerald: GE II:56. Ladislas: LA:15, 17; Madas:10.1.3.; Temesvari:14.3.; Lskai:48.2.3.(2x); 49.2.1.; Bonfini:2.4.295, 2.4.295; EC:404. Erzsébet: EL II:72, 79, 82, 95, 97; EL III:15; Bonfini: 2.7.340, 345; Temesvari: 98.24. Helen: HE:27, 31. Margaret: MA I:III.2, 3-4, 5, 6, 7, 7, II.42, 47; V.5, 18.

Lame are healed

Stephen: ST II:12; ST III:44; Bonfini: 2.1.365. Gerald: GE II:56. Ladislas: LA:11, 15.; Madas:10.1.3.; Temesvari:15.3.; Laskai:48.2.3.; 49.2.1.; Elizabeth: EL II:15, 33, 34, 42, 44, 46, 51, 55, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 79, 82, 87, 89, 90, 93; EL III:5; EL VI:9, 20; EL VII:8.IX, XIV, XVIII; Bonfini: 2.7.345. Kinga: KI II:10. Margaret: MA I:III.5.

Deaf can hear

Stephen: ST III:44. Ladislas: LA:11, 15; Temesvari:14.3. Elizabeth: EL VI:9; EL VIII:8.IX, XIV, XVIII. Kinga: A person deaf in one ear is cured: KI II:2. Margaret: MA II:II.32.

Deaf-mute are healed

Elizabeth: EL II:46; Bonfini: 2.7.345. Kinga: (by placing of saint’s relics): KI II:3.

Mute can talk

Stephen: Bonfini: 2.1.365. Ladislas: LA:11, 15; Madas:11.1.; Temesvari:14.3.; Laskai:48.2.3.; 49.2.1.; Bonfini: 2.4.295. Elizabeth: EL II:20, 24, 63, 86; EL VII:8.IX, XVIII; Laskai:4. Kinga: KI II:19. Margaret: MA I:V.3; MA II:II.33.

Mentally insane are healed

Elizabeth: EL I:4; EL II:16, 18, 27, 102; EL VII:8.IX. Kinga: KI II:9. Margaret: MA I:III.13, V.11; MA II:II.22.

Epileptics are cured

Elizabeth: EL II:23, 24, 32, 35, 36, 41, 43, 53, 77, 81; EL:1, 2, 4; EL VI:9; EL VII:8.IX. Kinga: KI II:19. Margaret: MA II:II.23, 24, 63.

Persons suffering from fever are cured

Gerald: Person suffering from serious fever is cured: GE II:63. Kinga: Man suffering from serious fever is cured: KI II:21. Margaret: Persons suffering from fever are cured: MA II:I.51, II.7 (the king’s daughter, 8, 10, 11 (king Ladislas IV), 12, 13, 114, 15, 16, 17 (the king’s daughter), 18, 19, 20. Elizabeth of Töss: Persons suffering from serious fever are cured: TE:14, 15.

Persons suffering from the shivers are cured

Margaret: Persons suffering from the shivers are cured: MA I:II.25-26, V.8, 11.

Lepers are healed

Stephen: ST II:12; ST III:44; Bonfini:2.1.365. Ladislas: A leper is healed on his way to the saint’s canonization feast: LA:16; Madas:8.1.3.; Temesvari:14.3.; Laskai:49.2.1. Elizabeth: EL VII:8.IX, XVIII. Margaret: MAI:III.12, V.15.

Ulcer, abscesses, suppuration are cured

Gerald: An ulcerous man is cured: GE II:67. Elizabeth: Abscesses, suppuration are healed: EL II:9; EL III: 12. Kinga: A boy whose entire body is covered with blisters is cured: KI II:8.

Itchy person is cured

Margit: MA II:II.53.

Persons suffering from eye diseases are cured

Gerald: GE II:59, 61. Ladislas: Temesvari:15.1.3.3. Erzsébet: EL II:8, 26, 60, 76. Margaret: MA II:II.30, 34, II.16. Elizabeh of Töss: TE:14.

Person suffering from ear disease is cured

Kinga: KI II:6. Elizabeh of Töss: TE:14.

Person with a disease of the nose is cured

Elizabeth: EL II:74.

Serious headache (migraine) disappears

Kinga: KI II:8. Margaret: MA I:V.4, 9-10 (king Ladislas IV), 14; MA II:II.5, 6. Elizabeth of Töss: TE:14.

Ache in parts of the body ceases

Margaret: Chronic toothache: MA II:II.4. Sore throat: MA II:II.36 (the king’s daughter), 37. Chronic ache in the shoulder: MA I:V.2.

Persons with organic diseases are cured

Stephen: A gentlewoman suffering from intestinal disease is cured: ST III:47; Bonfini:2.1.380. Elizabeth: Uraemics are cured: EL II:67, 73; EL VII:8.XVIII. Gallstone is cured: EL II:17. Margaret: A nun suffering from heart disease is cured: MA II:II.61.A woman suffering from renal disorder is cured: MA II:II.58. Dysentric woman is cured: MA I:V.4.

Persons suffering of flows of blood, haemophilia are cured

Elizabeth: EL II:11, 30, 60, 83. Margaret: MA II:II.60.

Cancerous persons are cured

Elizabeth: EL II:12, 94.

Hernia is cured

Elizabeth: EL II:92. Margaret: MA II:II.59.

Goiters are cured

Elizabeth: EL II:3, 22, 54, 55, 64, 106, Bonfini:2.7.345.

Persons suffering from the gout are cured

Margit: MA I:V.5; MA II:II.57.

Diseased with inflated bodies are cured

Elizabeth: EL II:73, 87, 103, 104. Margaret: MA I:V.8, V.26.; II:II.35

Hunchbacks are healed

Elizabeth: EL II:3, 22, 28, 34, 48, 54, 56, 64, 66, 70, 72, 78, 106; EL III:8, 93; EL VIII:57; Bonfini:2.7.345; Temesvari: 98.24.

Disfigured persons are healed

Elizabeth: A man cured of polypus: EL II:14. A woman with disfigured face is healed: EL II:57. Margaret: Persons with disfigured faces are healed: MA I:III.11, V.6.

Broken bones are knit

Gerald: GE II:60. Elizabeth: EL II:75; EL III:20, 24; EL VII:8.XVII, EL XVIII:55; Temesvari: 98.24. Kinga: KI II:19.

Wounded, injured persons are cured

Elizabeth: EL II:25.

Person with burns is healed

Kinga: KI II:15.

Man with gangrenous arm is cured

Kinga: KI II:19.

Apoplexy is cured

Gerald: Paretic canon is cured: GE II:66. Helen: Paretic priest is cured: HE:23.

Person with the rabies is healed

Kinga: KI II:21.

Snake bite

Gerald: A child with a snake bite is cured: GE II:64.

Persons suffering from other diseases are cured

Elizabeth: Persons suffering from other diseases are cured: EL II: 39, 71; EL III:19; Bonfini: 2.7.340. Margaret: Persons suffering from other diseases are cured: MA I:III.16; MA II:II.45.

Persons suffering from multiple diseases are cured

Elizabeth: EL II:3, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30, 34, 46, 48, 54, 55, 56, 63, 64, 70, 72, 73, 79, 82, 86, 89, 93, 106; EL III:8; EL VII:8.IX; EL VIII:57; Bonfini: 2.7.345, 2.7.345. Margaret: MA I:III.11, V.3, 4, 8, 11; MA II:II.33, 53, 57, 64.

Through saint’s merits animal is healed

Margaret: Animal is healed (the blind horse of a Cuman): MA II:II.31.

Dead are risen through saint’s merits

Stephen: Dead are resurrected: ST III:45; Bonfini: 2.1.365; Temesvari: 52.38.

Elizabeth: Dead are resurrected: EL II:2, 7; EL VI:9; EL VII:8.IX, XIV, XVIII; EL VIII:50; Temesvari: 98.24. Drowned persons are resurrected: EL II:6, 10, 47, 49; EL III:21; EL VII:8.XVII; EL VIII:49, 51, 52, 53; Bonfini: 2.7.345. Hanged men are resurrected: EL III:17, EL VIII:48; Bonfini: 2.7.340. Stillborn infant is risen: El II:13.

Kinga: Dead are resurrected due to the supplication of relatives (80 cases): KI II:1, 4, 11, 13, 17, 18, 22.

Margaret: Dead are risen: MA I:IV.1-3, 3 (iconography: the lost relief of Margaret’s sarcophagus), 4-5; MA II:II.65, 66, 67 (drowned girl).

Demonic possession is cured through saint’s merits

Gerald: GE II:65. Elizabeth: EL II:80; EL III:13; EL VI:20; EL VII:8.IX, XVIII; EL VIII:46; Bonfini: 2.7.340; Temesvari: 98.24. Helen: HE:24, 30. Kinga: KI II:16. Margaret: MA I:III.2, 14, V.1. (demon as vampiric lover); MA II:II.21, 22.

Military success through saint’s merits

Ladislas: Comes to the aid of the Hungarians in battle even after his death: GestaL: 9.

Through saint’s merits a condemned is rescued on the scaffold

Andrew: Saint holds the body of a condemned man, to be hanged, who prays to him on the scaffold, unties him and lets him go: AN: 10.

Elizabeth: The rope with which an innocent man is to be hanged snaps on the scaffold: EL III:18; EL VIII:54.

Prisoners are freed through saint’s merits

Elizabeth: Prisoner praying to saint is liberated: EL VII:8.IX , XVIII; MA I:V.13; MA II:II.68.

Kinga: Prisoners are freed through Kinga’s merits: KI I:29 (the bishop of Cracow); KI II:22 (15 in all).

Margit: The unjustly imprisoned nobleman is freed: MA I:V.12-13; MA II:II.68.

Shackles fall apart through saint’s merits

Emeric: EM:18; Bonfini: 2.1.219-220; Temesvari: 92.34; EC:617; AnjouLeg: plate 8; Elizabeth: EL VII:8.IX; Kinga:: KI I:29; Margaret: MA II:II.69.

Persons are saved from mortal peril through saint’s merits

Elizabeth: Victims of a shipwreck are rescued through saint’s merits: EL VII:8.XVIII.

Margaret: Liberation from the enemy/ from mortal peril: MA II:II.69, 70.

Sinners are converted, their sins forgiven through saint’s merits

Emeric: The tale of the sinner Conrad. Conrad’s sins are forgiven at saint’s shrine: his shackles fall off, the script vanishes from the list of his sins: EM:14-20; Bonfini: 2.1.210-220; Temesvari: 92.34; EC:617; AnjouLeg-EM: plates 6-8; Vienna MS of Legenda Aurea, 1477.

Elizabeth: At saint’s burial-place sinners are converted: EL II:14; EL VII:8.VIII, IX, IX.

Sinner is freed from Purgatory through saint’s merits: EL VII:8.IX.

Other miracles through saint’s merits

Helen: A cleric fallen into disgrace regains the king’s favour: HE:26.

Kinga: Saint appears and chases away ghosts from the bedside of a prince’s wife: KI II:14.

Margaret: A woman is freed from the pangs of childbirth: MA II:II.62.

Mementoes

Stephen: Many who were cured on the way to saint’s shrine built high piles of stones which could be seen for a long time by the roadside everywhere in the country.

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.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/magyar-early-hungarian-saints-type-and-motif-index//

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