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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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A
Mythological Motifs
B
Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| A2494.4.0.1 | Dog driven away from other animals because of his barking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.1 | Enmity between dog and squirrel. (See A2281.2.) |
| A2494.4.2 | Enmity between dog and crocodile. Dh III 327. |
| A2494.4.3 | Enmity between dog and mouse. Dh IV 112ff. |
| A2494.4.4 | Enmity between dog and rabbit. Dh III 328; Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 349 No. 61. |
| A2494.4.5 | Enmity between dog and fox. Dh III 328. |
| A2494.4.6 | Enmity between dog and cat. (See A2494.1.2, A2281.1.) |
| A2494.4.7 | Enmity between dog and lion. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.4.8 | Enmity between dog and bull. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.9 | Enmity between dog and tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.10 | Enmity between dog and cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.11 | Enmity between dog and rooster. Duala: Lederbogen Märchen V 128. |
| A2494.4.12 | Enmity between fowl and dog. Africa: Weeks Cannibals 209. |
| A2494.4.13 | Enmity between palm rat and dog. Africa: Weeks Jungle 382f. |
| A2494.5 | The jackal's enemies. |
| A2494.5.1 | Enmity between jackal and wild hen. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.5.2 | Enmity between jackal and kite. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.5.3 | Enmity between jackal and crab. Dh III 349; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.5.4 | Enmity between jackal and alligator. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.6 | The rabbit's enemies. |
| A2494.6.1 | Enmity between lynx and rabbit. Penobscot: Speck JAFL XXVIII 54. |
| A2494.6.2 | Enmity between rabbit and coyote. Chuh: Kunst JAFL XXVIII 356. |
| A2494.6.3 | Enmity between fisher and rabbit. Penobscot: Speck JAFL XXVIII 53. |
| A2494.7 | The lion's enemies. |
| A2494.7.1 | Enmity between monkey and lion. Vai: Ellis 231 No. 40. |
| A2494.7.2 | Enmity between lion and wolf. Dh III 339.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 201 No. 27. |
| A2494.7.3 | Enmity between lion and man. Wute: Sieber 182f. |
| A2494.8 | The bear's enemies. (Cf. A2494.10.3.) |
| A2494.8.1 | Enmity between bears and goats. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.8.2 | Enmity between bear and ant. Dh III 143. |
| A2494.9 | Enemies of fox. (Cf. A2494.4.5.) |
| A2494.9.1 | Enmity between baboon and fox. Dh III 332. |
| A2494.9.2 | Enmity between fox and chicken. Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 424. |
| A2494.10 | The tiger's enemies. |
| A2494.10.1 | Enmity between tiger and man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.10.2 | Enmity between tiger and boar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.10.3 | Enmity between tiger and bear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.11 | The elephant's enemies. |
| A2494.11.1 | Enmity between elephant and thousand-leg. Dh III 339. |
| A2494.11.2 | Enmity between crocodile and elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.11.3 | Enmity between elephant and ant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.12 | Miscellaneous enmities of mammals. (Cf.A2494.13.3, A2494.13.5.) |
| A2494.12.1 | Enmity between panther, antelope, and tortoise. Dh III 335. |
| A2494.12.2 | Enmity between mongoose and snake. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 2, 854. |
| A2494.12.3 | Enmity between ox and antelope. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 58 No. 10. |
| A2494.12.3.1 | Enmity between cattle and snails. China: Eberhard FFC CXX No. 79. |
| A2494.12.4 | Enmity between coyote and meadowlark. Pueblo: Parsons JAFL XXXI 227. |
| A2494.12.5 | Enmity between raven and mink. Dh. III 351. |
| A2494.12.6 | Enmity between marten and squirrel. Dh III 339. |
| A2494.12.7 | Enmity between deer and terrapin. North Carolina: Brown Coll. I 103. |
| A2494.12.8 | Enmity between rat and spider. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.12.9 | Enmity between chimpanzee and man. Nyang: Ittman 65ff. |
| A2494.12.10 | Enmity between porcupine and snail. Wakweli: Bender 78. |
| A2494.13 | Enmities of birds. (Cf. A2494.12.4, A2494.16.4.) |
| A2494.13.1 | Enmity between crow and owl. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys; Panchatantra III introduction (transl. Ryder); Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 437; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2494.13.2 | Enmity between kite and crow. Japanese: Ikeda; Zanzibar: Bateman 57 No. 4. |
| A2494.13.3 | Enmity between fowl and cockroach. Antigua: Johnson JAFL XXXIV 66. |
| A2494.13.4 | Enmity between owl and mouse. Dh III 343. |
| A2494.13.4.1 | Enmity between owl and fowl. Africa: Weeks Jungle 436ff. |
| A2494.13.5 | Enmity between crow and prairie-dog. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.13.6 | Enmity between raven and marshsnipe. Dh III 348. |
| A2494.13.7 | Enmity between raven and mink. Dh III 351. |
| A2494.13.8 | Enmity between woodpecker and weaver-bird. Wakweli: Bender 50. |
| A2494.13.9 | Enmity between bird and rat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.10 | The hen's enemies. |
| A2494.13.10.1 | Enmity between hen and all other animals. Dh III 344. |
| A2494.13.10.2 | Enmity between hen, beetle, and duck. Dh III 347. |
| A2494.13.10.3 | Enmity between hawk and hen. Dh III 343.—Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 69f. |
| A2494.13.10.4 | Enmity between falcon and hen. Dh III 348. |
| A2494.13.10.5 | Enmity between hen and tiger. Fang: Trilles 246. |
| A2494.13.10.6 | Enmity between birds of prey and chickens. Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 42. |
| A2494.13.11 | The starling's enemies. |
| A2494.13.11.1 | Enmity between grasshopper and starling. Dh III 349. |
| A2494.13.11.2 | Enmity between starling and locust. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.11.3 | Enmity between parrot and starling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.12 | Enmity between fowl and falcon. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 613. |
| A2494.14 | The insects' enemies. (Cf. A2494.13.3, A2494.13.10.2, A2494.13.11.1.) |
| A2494.14.1 | Enmity between spider and fly. Dh III 349.—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 150 No. 67. |
| A2494.14.2 | Enmity between spider and wasp. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.14.3 | Why stinging flies sit on eyes of cattle. Wakweli: Bender 64. |
| A2494.15 | The fish's enemies. |
| A2494.16 | Enemies of reptiles and other animal forms. (Cf. A2494.11.2, A2494.12.7.) |
| A2494.16.1 | Enmity between frog and snake. Dh III 349f. |
| A2494.16.2 | Enmity between chameleon and lizard. Dh III 349. |
| A2494.16.3 | Enmity between cobra and viper. Dh III 350. |
| A2494.16.4 | Enmity between bird and lizard. Latter muddies water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.16.5 | Enmity between crab and spider. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.16.6 | Enmity between earthworm and rattlesnake. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 67. |
| A2494.16.7 | Enmity between octopus and rat. Tonga: Gifford 206. |
| A2495 | Animal's treatment of its excrements (urine). |
| A2495.1 | Why cat buries its excrements. Cyprus: Hadjioannou No. 9; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2495.2 | Why ass smells his own excrements. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2495.3 | Why donkeys always urinate when others begin. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2496 | Sexual intercourse of animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2496.1 | Why dogs get stuck in copulation. (Cf. A2236.3, A2236.5.) —Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2496.2 | Copulation of serpents. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2496.3 | Why men, fish and serpents face each other in copulation. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2497 | Monogamy among animals. |
| A2497.1 | Monogamous life of dove. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2499 | Other habits of animals: miscellaneous. |
| A2499.1 | Why tigers do not kill women who run away after quarreling with their husbands. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2500 | Animal characteristics—miscellaneous. |
| A2510 | Utility of animals. |
| A2510.1 | Why reindeer has so many qualities. Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 58e. |
| A2511 | Why flesh of animal is good. |
| A2511.1 | Why black bears are better eating than grizzly bears. Kaska: Teit JAFL XXX 448. |
| A2512 | Animal useful because of power of scenting. |
| A2512.1 | Why dog can follow animal's scent. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2513 | Why certain animals serve men. Dh III 249ff.—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3108. |
| A2513.0.1 | Existence of animals depends upon existence of man. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2513.1 | Origin of dog's service. Dog must serve and obey man for meager recompense. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3109; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A2513.1.1 | Dog looks for the most powerful master. Stays for good in man's service, since man fears no one. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *205. |
| A2513.2 | How cat was domesticated. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2513.3 | How pig was domesticated. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2513.4 | Why goat lives with man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2513.5 | Why ox serves man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2515 | Animal useful for bearing burdens. |
| A2515.1 | Why ox is draft animal. (See A2252.2.) |
| A2520 | Disposition of animals. |
| A2521 | Why animal is sad. |
| A2521.1 | Why turtle-dove is sad. Sébillot RTP III 159. |
| A2522 | Why animal is disliked. |
| A2522.1 | Why sparrow is disliked. Sébillot RTP III 159. |
| A2522.2 | Why shrike is disliked. Sébillot RTP III 159. |
| A2522.3 | Why white ants are a pest. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 67 No. 7. |
| A2522.4 | Why skunk is disliked. Inca: Krickeberg Märchen der Azteken und Inkaperuaner 254. |
| A2522.5 | Why crow is disliked. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2522.6 | Why wren is disliked. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2522.7 | Why fly is hated. Africa (Fang): Tressman 79ff. |
| A2523 | Why animal is evil. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2523.1 | Why hog has evil spirit. (See A2287.1.) |
| A2523.2 | Why snakes are proud. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2523.2.1 | Why rattlesnake is dangerous. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 69. |
| A2524 | Why animal is pugnacious (brave, bold). |
| A2524.1 | Why grizzly bears are pugnacious. Kaska: Teit JAFL XXX 448. |
| A2524.2 | Why sandpiper (machetis pugnax) fights. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 54 No. 104**. |
| A2524.3 | Why bears attack men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2524.4 | Why fish attack anything they find. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2524.5 | Why lion is brave. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2524.6 | Why dog is bold. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2525 | Why animals are deceptive. |
| A2525.1 | Why hare is deceptive. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 375 No. 1. |
| A2525.2 | Why crab is cunning. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2525.3 | Why fox is sly. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2526 | Why animals are unrestrained. |
| A2526.1 | Why dog lacks restraint. Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 369. |
| A2527 | Why animal is vain. |
| A2527.1 | Why cock is vain and selfish. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2527.2 | Why peacock is vain. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 8. |
| A2528 | Why animal is strong. |
| A2528.1 | Why leopard is strong. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2531 | Why animal is harmless. |
| A2531.0.1 | Wild animals lose their ferocity. Jewish: Neuman. (Cf. A2295.) |
| A2531.1 | Why water serpents are not venomous. (Cf. A2532.1.)—India: Thompson-Balys; Pueblo: Parsons JAFL XXXI 250; Congo: Weeks 213 No. 9. |
| A2531.2 | Why grizzly bear is peaceable. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 95, (Joshua): Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 241. |
| A2531.3 | Why elephant is peaceable. Congo: Weeks 214 No. 10. |
| A2531.3.1 | Why elephant flees when cock crows. Africa (Dinka): Casati I 49. |
| A2532 | Why animals are venomous. |
| A2532.1 | Why snakes are venomous. (Cf. A2235.)—Choctaw: Alexander N. Am. 64; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2532.2 | Why hairy caterpillar is venomous. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2534 | Why animal is timorous. |
| A2534.1 | Why crab is afraid in dark. Jamaica Negro: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 259 No. 54. |
| A2536 | Animals of good omen. |
| A2536.1 | Why swallow brings good luck. Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 84a. |
| A2536.2 | Why ring-dove brings good luck. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 353 No. 7. |
| A2536.3 | Why spider brings good luck. Africa (Fang): Einstein 99. (Cf. A523.1.) |
| A2537 | Why animal is stupid. |
| A2537.1 | Why fish is stupid. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2537.2 | Why ass is stupid. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2540 | Other animal characteristics. |
| A2541 | Why animal is sacred. |
| A2541.1 | Why bee is sacred. Dh I 215; Sébillot RTP III 158. |
| A2541.2 | Why stork is holy. (See A2221.5.)—Dh III 286; Sébillot RTP III 128. |
| A2542 | Why animal is cursed. |
| A2542.1 | Why magpie is cursed. (See A2231.)—Sébillot RTP III 159. |
| A2542.1.1 | Magpie refuses to get into ark, sits around outside, jabbering over drowned world, is unlucky. (cf. A2232.4.) England: Baughman. |
| A2542.2 | Why spider is cursed. (See A2231.5.) |
| A2545 | Animal given certain privilege. |
| A2545.1 | Why flies may eat anywhere. (See A2221.2.1, A2229.4.) |
| A2545.2 | Why cat eats first. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 225; S. Carolina negro: Davis JAFL XXVII 244 (eats before washing). |
| A2545.3 | Why dog eats first. |
| A2545.4 | Dog granted proper food. Dh IV 112. |
| A2545.5 | Why wild pigs ravage rice-fields. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2546 | Animal granted patent of nobility. |
| A2546.1 | Dog granted patent of nobility. Dh IV 117ff. |
| A2546.2 | Wolf granted patent of nobility. Dh IV 125. |
| A2547 | Why certain animal is king. |
| A2547.1 | Why certain bird is king of birds. India: Thompson-Balys; Ibo (Nigeria): Basden 281. |
| A2551 | Why game is easy to hunt. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 218. |
| A2552 | Why game animals are elusive. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 59, (Cavina, Tumapasa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| A2555 | Why certain animals are swift. |
| A2555.1 | Why sheep is a good runner. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 231. |
| A2561 | Why certain animals are sterile. |
| A2561.1 | Why mule is sterile. Sébillot RTP II 492.—Laguna and Zuсi: Parsons JAFL XXXI 259. |
| A2571 | How animals received their names. *Dh III 186ff.—Marshall Islands: Davenport 222. |
| A2571.0.1 | Adam gives name to all animals. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2571.0.2 | Adam names male animals, Eve, female. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2571.0.3 | God gives animals their name on first Sabbath. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2571.0.4 | Names of animals explained by their characteristics. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2571.1 | How the blackbird (merulus) received its name. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2575 | Quarrels introduced among animals. Africa (Congo): Weeks 205 No. 2. |
| A2576 | Why monkeys do not fall from trees. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2577 | Why tiger cannot come down a tree head foremost. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2578 | Why animal has long life. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2578.1 | Why daddy-long-legs has long life. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2578.2 | Why eagle has long life. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2581 | Why tiger lacks some qualities of cats: cat, his teacher, omitted to teach him all he knew. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2582 | Why certain animals are plentiful. |
| A2582.1 | Why pigs are plentiful. New Guinea: Ker 13. |
| A2584 | Why particular animals are not found in certain place. |
| A2584.1 | Why certain district is free of mosquitoes. Korean: Zong in-Sob 58, No. 32. |
| A2584.2 | Why ants no longer live on the back of the hare. Korean: Zong in-Sob 33 No. 16. |
| A2585 | Why there is enmity between certain animals and man. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2585.1 | Origin of enmity between serpent and man. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2600 | Origin of plants. Dh I 170f.—**Wünsche Die Pflanzenfabel in der Weltliteratur (Leipzig 1905).—Persian: Carnoy 281; Hawaiian: Dixon 38; Maori: Clark 15. |
| A2601 | Origin of plants: creator sends down the insects, who plant them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2602 | Planting the earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2610 | Creation of plants by transformation. |
| A2611 | Plants from body of slain person or animal. Dh I 79.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 23, 129; S. Am. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 128, (Caingang): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 473. |
| A2611.0.1 | Plants from grave of dead person or animal. India: Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 67; S. Am. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 109, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359f., (Cashinawa): Métraux ibid. 686. |
| A2611.0.2 | Plants from foetus or body of stillborn child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2611.0.3 | Human placenta transformed into plant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2611.0.4 | Parts of body of god transformed into plants. India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 188. |
| A2611.0.4.1 | Women transformed into flowers. Marquesas: Handy 135. |
| A2611.0.5 | Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 130f. Nos. 85, 89; S. Am. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 128. |
| A2611.1 | Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.)—Babylonian: Spence 140; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 293 n. 77; S. Am. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 292; Yunca (Peru): ibid. 225, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 360, (Brazil): Oberg 108; (Caingang): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 473. |
| A2611.2 | Tobacco from grave of bad woman. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 128. XXXIII 56 No. 128; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 152 No. 76; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 96 No. 125; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3240, Legends Nos. 326—337; S. Am. Indian (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 62. |
| A2611.2.1 | Tobacco from grave of virgin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2611.3 | Coconut tree from head of slain monster. Oceanic (Samoa, Union Group, Mangaia, Tahiti): Dixon 55; (Cook Is.): Beckwith Myth 104, (Solomon Is.): ibid. 104, (Papua): Ker 92, (Tuamotu): Beckwith Myth 103. |
| A2611.4 | Pepper plant from body of slain person. (Cf. A2686.3.)—Zuсi: Cushing 183. |
| A2611.5 | Mandrake from blood of person hanged on gallows. (Cf. A2664.) —**Starck Der Alraun; *Taylor JAFL XXXI 561f.; Penzer III 153.; *Fb "alrunerod" IV 10a. |
| A2611.6 | Hair transformed into plants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2611.6.1 | Grass from hair of slain person. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A2611.7 | Origin of rue: from drops of Christ's blood. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3218, Legends No. 304. |
| A2612 | Plants from tears. |
| A2612.1 | Tears of Adam and Eve leaving paradise become trees. (Cf. A2681.)—Dh I 223ff. |
| A2612.2 | Tears of Mary at Annunciation become daisies. (Cf. A2651.)— Dh II 7. |
| A2612.3 | God's tears become peas. (Cf. A2686.2.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 126. |
| A2613 | Plant from spittle. |
| A2613.1 | Mushroom from spittle of deity. (Cf. A2686.1.)—Dh II 107; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3230, Legends No. 325. |
| A2615 | Object transformed to plant. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2615.1 | Mary hides in ground nail to be used for cross: origin of thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.)—Dh II 216. |
| A2615.2 | Plant from mother's milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2615.3 | Canoe transformed into coconut tree. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 232. |
| A2615.4 | Seaweed becomes vegetation. Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 152. |
| A2616 | One plant transformed into another. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawks GSCan XIV 152. |
| A2617 | Plants from transformed person (animal). |
| A2617.1 | Living boys or girls transformed into plants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2617.2 | Living animals transformed into plants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2620 | Plants originate from experience of holy person. |
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