15th century wall paintings of church Saint Oswald in Seefeld, Tyrol, #Austria. Near Innsbruck in Tirol lies #Seefeld. In an old castle there, lived a proud and imprudent knight named Oswald Müller. He went so arrogant that on the Green Thursday of 1384, before the villagers and his servants in the church, refusing the consecrated bread available, he ordered a large one like those the priests use, for himself from the Chaplain. No sooner had he receive it, than the stone-hard base in front of the altar raised higher to cause the ground shake under his feet. The scared man tried to hold on to the iron handrail before the Alter with both hands, but it gave in as if made of wax. The joints of his fist pressed directly into the iron bar. The knight broke down. But before he was completely drowned, remorse took hold of him. The priest took the bread out of his mouth. As the bread touched the sinner’s tongue, it was covered with blood. Under strong remorse, he donated for a monastery in the same site and submitted himself to be laity soon afterwards.The iron handle on the can still be seen today near the Alter and there is a painting of the whole story. As his wife found out from the people what had happened in the church, she did not believe it. Instead she said, "The story is as true as roses blooming from the dry and rotten cane." The God showed a sign of his omnipotence. The dry stick instantly turned green and beautiful snow white roses bloomed on that. The sinner tore off the roses and threw them on the ground. At the same moment she was seized by insanity. She began running up and down the mountains till the following day. What happened then? Her dead body was found on the earth. #GreenThursday: associated with #Catholic faith, also called #MaundyThursday. In some places this is the day of new #commandment. The etymology of “Green” it little confusing. While popular #belief associates the day with green colour, green vegetables, especially spinach is eaten on this day. The #religious view tells that the “green” here is related to forty days of penance. Who takes the #penance comes out as fresh and innocent as #green. #folkrale #supernatural #sin #medieval https://www.instagram.com/p/CbrIRANrKqE/?utm_medium=tumblr