(urth) stab in the thigh

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/29/2011 4:24 PM, Jane Delawney wrote:
> On 29/10/11 18:18, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> On 10/29/2011 1:07 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>> David Stockhoff wrote:
>>>
>>>> And Jesus was stabbed in the thigh. Don't forget that one!
>>> Excuse me -- when was this? He was stabbed in the side with a spear,
>>> but I don't recall a stab in the thigh.
>>>
>>
>> Details, details.
>>
>> You're right, it was someone else.
>
> Possibly Jacob, who was wounded  in the 'thigh' (read: groin, I 
> strongly suspect) when he wrestled with the angel?
>
> However ... David, is it possible you were thinking of Robert Graves's 
> novel 'King Jesus' when you wrote your OP? In this, the 'wrestling 
> with an angel' motif is transformed into a rite of passage for the 
> rightful king of Israel; Jesus undertakes this rite and is wounded in 
> the thigh/hip area (his hip is dislocated) giving him a permanent limp.
>
> Not exactly being stabbed in the thigh/groin but close.
>
> In King Jesus, this rite is undertaken as a preliminary to the 
> marriage ceremony for the rightful King. Jesus is married to Mary 
> Magdalene who is also of the royal line - but he derails the ritual by 
> refusing to consummate this marriage (he tells Mary on their wedding 
> night, 'You are my sister! - I can't remember whether or not Graves 
> intends this to be literally true, ie. that here MM was actually 
> Jesus's sister and that this was supposed to be an Egyptian-royalty 
> style sibling marriage). It's all very 'White Goddess' as one might 
> expect from Graves.
>
> This is the only occasion, literary, mythological or otherwise, when I 
> recall Jesus being wounded (not stabbed though) in the 'thigh'.
>
> This is a long way from what happened to Silk, though - though rather 
> nearer to what happened to Severian, whose injury is undoubtedly in 
> the thigh.
>
> And let's not forget the Fisher King either.
> JD

Hi Jane

I was probably thinking of both King Jesus (although I have never 
actually read it) and the Fisher King, yeah.