Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Genesis and Migration of the Legends
- Part II The Archangel in Medieval English Legend
- Appendices
- A Text and Translation of BHL 5948
- B The Michael Inventory
- C The Motif Index
- D Saint Michael in Medieval English Iconography
- Bibliography
- Index
C - The Motif Index
from Appendices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Genesis and Migration of the Legends
- Part II The Archangel in Medieval English Legend
- Appendices
- A Text and Translation of BHL 5948
- B The Michael Inventory
- C The Motif Index
- D Saint Michael in Medieval English Iconography
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This list is limited to the roles of St. Michael in scriptural, apocryphal, and pseudepigraphal texts. It is meant to serve as a convenient index of the variety of the archangel's roles in that body of literature. I have deliberately left out the medieval English materials since the organization of Part II is based on a full discussion of those roles. Cross-referencing titles of texts in this list with those in the “Inventory,” which has a fuller bibliographic apparatus, should facilitate sourcing materials mentioned in this list.
I. Roles in Creation and Procreation
Gospel (Questions) of Bartholomew (53): Michael helps God in creation, bringing him a clod of dirt from the four corners of the earth, and water out of the four rivers of paradise.
Life of Adam and Eve/Revelation of Moses: Michael helps Eve give birth to Cain.
I Enoch (Ethiopic) 69: Michael is in charge of secret oath of creation, Akae.
II. Psychopomp
II Enoch (Slavonic).
Syblline Oracles
Greek Revelation/Apocalypse of Moses.
Life of Adam and Eve/Revelation of Moses (where he also buries Adam, Abel, and Eve).
IV Baruch (Paraleipomena of Jeremiah).
Apocalypse of Sedrach.
Vision of Esdras (Ezra).
Testament of Abraham.
Testament of Isaac.
Testament of Jacob.
Apocalypse of Ezra (Greek).
Apocalypse of Paul.
Acts of Andrew and Paul.
Coptic Resurrection of Christ by Bartholomew.
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- Saint Michael the Archangel in Medieval English Legend , pp. 137 - 139Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2005