What are the motifs in Godric by Frederick Buechner?

The fictionalization of Godric is a recurring idea. After finishing the narrative, the reader might be surprised to see how little is actually known about Godric. The list of facts takes up hardly more than a page and a half and most of it was probably gleaned from Reginald's biography. In order to create this novel, therefore, Buechner was forced to either extrapolate generously from the few facts he had—the entire enterprise with Mouse seems to be gleaned from a single reference to "Gudericus, pirata de regno Angliae" (177)—or simply make things up from nothing.