310 myths · Page 11 of 11
After the calf, Moses falls and pleads with every name prayer has. Later Israel must test any prophet by the Moses measure, not by age or blood.
Betrayed by his counselor, David begs God to turn from every other affair and mark him for good, the way a crimson thread once told Israel it was heard.
Called twice at the bush, Moses later refuses an anonymous escort after the calf. He bargains for names until heaven confirms his goodly name and grants the…
Esther fasts three days like Abraham's road to the binding, then prays for Isaac's merit and an angel of compassion before she enters the court.
Four men were handed the same rod. Abraham was played with until God said enough. Hezekiah pressed his face to the wall and got fifteen years.
Judah's mightiest king rose from his throne for every scholar, then met an impossible siege not with his sword but with one cry to heaven.
A newly dead man reaches the gates of Gehenna (afterlife of judgment), where a fierce angel decides who is scorched and who is spared across seven descending.
On the third day every plant rose to the lip of the soil and stopped, waiting beneath the ground for the first mouth that would know to ask heaven for rain.
Nehunya sent a prayer past every keeper to the beings who carry the Throne of Glory, and a horn answered from beyond the last firmament.
Moses climbed into the seam where heaven's voice met the mountain's fire, overheard the angels answering God, and carried their words down to Israel.
