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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.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| D925.1.3 | Samson makes sweet water flow from jawbone. *Loomis White Magic 37. |
| D1524.1.4 | Sand permits man to walk on water. (Cf. D935.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1521.1.1 | Sandals with magic speed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1331.1.5.1 | Sapphire gives magic sight. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1402.15.3 | Satire causes ulcers on face. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1964.1 | Savage elephant lulled to sleep by virgin. Penzer III 172. (Cf. B13.1.) |
| D1322.1 | Saw for coffin-making sounds to announce death. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 641. |
| D1773.1 | Scent of flowers from laughter. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2151.1.4 | Sea appears like flowery plain. (Cf. F931.3.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.1.3 | Sea calmed by prayer. (Cf. D1766.1, D2151.3.) Irish myth: Cross; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/109). |
| D659.4.2 | Sea dragon in serpent's form to accompany hero. (Cf. D419.1.1, B11.)—Chinese: Werner 311. |
| D483 | Sea formed from giant's spittle. (Cf. D1001.)—Indonesian: DeVries Volksverhalen II 285. |
| D2151.1.1 | Sea produced by magic. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 78 n. 1. |
| D675 | Sea turns to ice to permit flight. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 328, 367, III 124, 260, Rink 195, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 182. |
| D2031.12 | Sea water made to behave like solid earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2171.1.1 | Seat (chair) caused to stick to person. (Cf. D1413.6.) Icelandic: Boberg; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1314.11 | Seat-pillars thrown in the sea (with god's image) indicate where to settle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1825.1 | Second sight. Power to see future happenings. (Cf. D1812.) *Chauvin V 90 No. 28 n. 2; *Fb "synsk", "spеkjælling", "spеmand", "gjenviser"; *RTP XXVII *145, 151, 284, 382.—Irish: Plummer clxx, *Cross; Scotland: Macdougall and Calder 183, 251, 255, 281; Icelandic: Snorra Edda Prol. V and Gylf. II, *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 478 No. 103, (Plains Ojibwa): Skinner JAFL XXXII 300. |
| D1355.3.1 | Seed mixed with blood as love charm. (Cf. D971.)—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 261 n. 1. |
| D1410.1 | Seeds cast on lions and tigers render them helpless. (Cf. D971.) Fb "frø" I 378b. |
| D1601.18.3 | Self-beating drum. (Cf. 1211.) Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 70; Africa (Fang): Trilles 249. |
| D1601.10.3 | Self-boiling kettle. (Cf. D1171.3.) *Fb "gryde"; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 257; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 118, 448, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 171. |
| D1672.2 | Self-burning bush. (Cf. D964.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1601.14 | Self-chopping axe. (Cf. D1206.) Fb "økse" III 1171b, "redskab" III 30a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1601.25.2 | Self-cooking fish. (Cf. D1032.1.) German: Grimm No. 42. |
| D1601.25 | Self-cooking food. |
| D1601.25.1 | Self-cooking fowls. (Cf. D1032.) Africa (Hausa): Tremearne Hausa Superstitions and Customs (London, 1913) 424ff. No. 93. |
| D1601.10.1 | Self-cooking pot. (Cf. D1171.1.) *Type 565; BP II 438; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 220 No. 33. |
| D1601.10 | Self-cooking vessel. (Cf. D1171.) Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 196. |
| D1601.12 | Self-cutting shears. (Cf. D1183.) Fb "saks" III 143a; Köhler-Bolte I 187.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45. |
| D1601.16.1 | Self-digging hoe. (Cf. D1204.) Africa (Hausa): Rattray I 74ff. No. 4, Best Black Folk Tales (New York, 1928) 23ff.; Chinese: Graham. |
| D1601.16 | Self-digging spade. (Cf. D1205.1.) Fb "redskab" III 30a.—S.A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 3. |
| D1601.13.2 | Self-fastening line. (Cf. D1272.1.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 216. |
| D1642.1 | Self-folding bridge prevents pursuit. (Cf. D1268.) Type 313. |
| D1642 | Self-folding object. |
| D1609.2 | Self-generated flame. (Cf. D1276.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 502. |
| D1601.36 | Self-going shoes. (Cf. D1065.2.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 230. |
| D1601.21 | Self-grinding mill. Grinds whatever owner wishes. (Cf. D1263, D1470.) Gering Festschrift für Eugen Mogk (1925) 37; Fb "kværn" II 345b; Irish myth: *Cross (D1601.27). |
| D1601.20 | Self-grinding millstone. (Cf. D1262.) Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 81 No. 13. |
| D1601.21.1 | Self-grinding salt-mill. (Cf. D1263.) *Type 565; *BP II 439; Fb "kværn" II 345b, "salt" III 148b, "hav" I 565b; *Krappe Modern Language Review XIX (1924) 325—334. |
| D1601.2 | Self-growing and self-gathering corn. (Cf. D965.8.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1523.2.7.1 | Self-guiding rudderless boat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1645.7 | Self-luminous artificial boar. (Cf. D1620.2.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 109. |
| D1645.6 | Self-luminous feather. (Cf. D1021.) Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum bewacht". |
| D1645 | Self-luminous objects. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1601.37 | Self-opening door. (Cf. D1146.) Africa (Fang): Trilles 249. |
| D1556 | Self-opening tree-trunk. (Cf. D950.) Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1601.29 | Self-playing game-board. (Cf. D1209.7.*) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1601.18 | Self-playing musical instruments. (Cf. D1210.) Irish myth: *Cross; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 176 No. 25. |
| D1601.18.2 | Self-playing violin. (Cf. D1233.) Type 577; Christiansen 87; Fb "spille" III 488a; *Loomis White Magic 52.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "violon"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1601.26 | Self-pouring horn. (Cf. D1171.6.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1523.2 | Self-propelling (ship) boat. (Cf. D1121, D1123, D1520.15.) *Barry JAFL XXVIII 195; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bateau"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 46; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14a; Africa (Fang): Trilles 137. See also references to D1520.15. |
| D1523.1 | Self-propelling wagon. (Cf. D1113.) *Type 675; Fb "vogn" III 1078a. |
| D1602.5 | Self-returning bangle. (Cf. D1075.) Africa (Vai): Ellis 235 No. 36. |
| D1602.8.0.1 | Self-returning bell. (Cf. D1213.) *Loomis White Magic 53; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1602.12.1 | Self-returning body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1602.13 | Self-returning cruet. (Cf. D1171.8.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1602.15 | Self-returning hammer. (Cf. D1209.4.) Icelandic: Boberg (Mjöllnir). |
| D1602.12 | Self-returning head. When head is cut off it returns to proper place without harm to owner. (Cf. D992.) *Kittredge Gawain 147ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1602.14 | Self-returning magic apple. (Cf. D981.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1602.10 | Self-returning magic book. (Cf. D1266.) *Fb "Cyprianus" I 166b; Kristensen Danske Sagn VI (1900) 97ff.; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1602.11 | Self-returning magic coin. Keeps coming back. (Cf. D1288.) *Type 745; *Fb "vekseldaler"; *Liebrecht Zur Volkskunde 89; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 38, Beal XXI 314; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3650. |
| D1602 | Self-returning magic object. (Cf. D868.1.) *Plummer clxxxvi; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1602.4 | Self-returning moccasins. (Cf. D1005.4.) N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 303 n. 109i. |
| D1602.3 | Self-returning robe. (Cf. D1052.) Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 303 n. 109; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 277, Holm 94, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 40. |
| D1602.6.1 | Self-returning spear-head. (Cf. D1084.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 198f. |
| D1602.6 | Self-returning spear. (Cf. D1084.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Gaster Thespis 158; Hindu: Keith 140; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen 138. |
| D1602.7 | Self-returning wheel. (Cf. D1207.) Cherokee: Mooney JAFL I 103. |
| D1601.18.1 | Self-ringing bell. (Cf. D1213.) Fb "kirkeklokke"; *Thompson CColl II 348, 358, 363.—English: Wells 97 (Chevalere Assigne), Child I 173, 231, III 235, 244, 519f.; Irish myth: *Cross; U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1601.28 | Self-rocking chair. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 640. |
| D1641.7.1 | Self-rolling head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1601.34 | Self-serving spoon. (Cf. D1177.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1601.11 | Self-sewing needle. (Cf. D1181.) Fb "synеl" III 710b; Köhler-Bolte I 187. |
| D564.1 | Self-transformation by smelling stick. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1601.13 | Self-tying thread. (Cf. D1184.) Köhler-Bolte I 187. |
| D1601.13.1 | Self-weaving threads. (Cf. D1184.) Africa (Bambara): Travélé 205ff. No. 65. |
| D1355.2.3 | Semen in love-philtre.—Kittredge Witchcraft 30, 382 n. 53. |
| D1410.5 | Serpent charmed into helplessness by magic formula. (Cf. D1273.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 26; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1361.9 | Serpent's crown renders invisible. (Cf. D1011.3.1, B112.) |
| D1345.1 | Serpent's water gives longevity. (Cf. D1027.1.)—Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 204 No. 10. |
| D1658.3 | Services of grateful objects. |
| D1273.1.3 | Seven as magic number. *Fb "syv"; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 9; Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 338. |
| D658.3.3 | Seven girls in guise of seven parrots come to boy who has spurned them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1960.1 | Seven sleepers. (Rip Van Winkle.) Magic sleep extending over many years. **Huber Die Wanderlegende von den Siebenschläfern; Type 763*; *Chauvin VII 102 No. 376; *Hartland Science 173ff.; *Frazer Pausanias II 121; Alphabet No. 283; *Loomis White Magic 115.—Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 18 No. 163; Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian: cf. Thompson Tales 314 No. 143. |
| D1521.1 | Seven-league boots. Boots with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1065.1.) *Type 328; *Saintyves Perrault 283, 286; *Fb "sko" III 288a, "støvle" III 642a.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bottes"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10; England: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 253; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 177. |
| D1811.0.1 | Seventy-two kinds of wisdom mastered by Adam. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1654.14 | Severed head cannot be moved from helmet. (Cf. D992.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1641.7 | Severed head moves from place to place. (Cf. D992.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.5.2.4 | Severed limbs replaced by Virgin Mary. (Cf. D2161.3.) *Crane Miraculis 89 No. 18; Wells 167 (Vernon Miracles), 169 (The Clerk who would see the Virgin); Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D2140.2 | Shaman's wife controls weather. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 84. |
| D621.5 | Sheep by day; dog by night. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2087.3 | Sheep or cattle disappear every night. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1652.14 | Sheep with inexhaustible wool. (Cf. B184.6, B412.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1446.3 | Shepherd's consecrated staff keeps cow from straying. (Cf. D1254.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 302 No. 6. |
| D1521.2.1 | Ship as swift as a bird. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1361.21 | Ship becomes invisible. (Cf. D1123.)—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "navire". |
| D491.7 | Ship becomes small boat. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T—G 3/900). |
| D2072.0.3 | Ship held back by magic. (Cf. D1419.3, F302.3.1.2, F402.1.13.) *BP II 265 n. 1, IV 196 n. 1.—Irish myth: *Cross; Italian: Basile I No. 6; U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1982.2 | Ship made invisible. Kittredge Witchcraft 46, 399 n. 176. |
| D2098 | Ship magically sunk. England: Baughman. |
| D2136.8 | Ship moved by sacrifice. Greek: Fox 125; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1318.10.1 | Ship refuses to move with guilty man aboard. *BP IV 196f.; Fb "skib" III 242b.—English: Child V 484 s.v. "Jonah"; U. S.: Baughman. |
| D1654.6 | Ship refuses to move. (Cf. D1123.) Type 425; Tegethoff 13; *Fb "skib" III 242b; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 101 n. 3, 109 n. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1318.10 | Ship reveals guilt. (Cf. D1123.) |
| D2074.2.3.2 | Ship summoned by wish. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "navire". |
| D1521.2 | Ship with miraculous speed. (Cf. D1123, D1520.15.) Fb "skib" III 243ab; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 192; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1541.1.4 | Shirt laid upon altar raises storm. (Cf. D1056.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 531. |
| D1812.5.2.6 | Shooting star as good omen. (Cf. D1761.1.1.) *BP III 234. |
| D2143.1.6 | Shower from magic anvil. (Cf. D1469.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1566.1.5 | Shower of fire from magic anvil. (Cf. D1202.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1469.3 | Shower of gems from magic anvil. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2101.2 | Shower of jewels magically drawn from sky. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 445. |
| D2105.6 | Showers of grain called down. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 654. |
| D2064.2 | Sickness of princess dependent on witch's fire. When fire is high, princess is very sick. Princess recovers when fire is put out. (Cf. D2065.4.) Köhler-Bolte I 335. |
| D2064.3 | Sickness transferred to animal. Fb "sygdom" III 609b; England: Baughman. |
| D1515.4.5 | Sight of brass serpent as antidote for snakebite. (Cf. D1268.3.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2062.2.2 | Sight of holy person causes blindness. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1311.4.0.1.1 | Sight of magic twigs gives foreknowledge of day's events. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1331.2.5 | Sight of magic wheel causes blindness. (Cf. D1207.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.9 | Sight of mermaid bad omen. Child V 488 s.v. "mermaid". |
| D2006.2 | Sight of old home reawakens memory and brings about return from other world. Hartland Science 200.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 330 n. 193; *Thompson Star Husband; Melanesia: Codrington 365. |
| D1812.5.1.10 | Sight of phantom ship a bad omen. Fb "skib". |
| D1291.2.1 | Sign in stars as portent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1567.8 | Sign of cross brings water from rock. (Cf. D1766.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1766.6.3 | Sign of the cross enables person to relate marvel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1766.6.4 | Sign of the cross made over beer protects against poison. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1766.6.2 | Sign of the cross made over sword (knife) endows it with magic powers. Irish myth: *Cross; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 82, 87. |
| D1563.1.3 | Sign of the cross makes barren land fruitful. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1741.3 | Silence under punishment breaks power of enchantment. Fb "prygle" II 881. |
| D1385.4 | Silver bullet protects against giants, ghosts, and witches. (Cf. D1096.3.) Fb "sølvknap", "sølvkugle".—Japanese: Ikeda; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 644. |
| D1620.2.2.1 | Silver cock, sitting on a flower, crows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1671 | Silver in chain increases in fire. (Cf. D1078.) English: Wells 97 (Chevalere Assigne). |
| D1469.9 | Silver leaps into wine pitcher. (Cf. D1171.4.) Chinese: Graham. |
| D2103 | Silver magically produced. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1364.26 | Silver rods cause magic sleep. (Cf. D1254.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2071.1.3 | Simulated change of sex to baffle Evil Eye. Penzer IX 163. |
| D1615.3 | Singing apple. (Cf. D981.) *Köhler-Bolte I 143; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "pomme". |
| D1615.7 | Singing head. (Cf. D992.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1615.9 | Singing heavens and earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1541.1.8 | Singing magic hymn raises storm. (Cf. D1275.3) Korean: Zong in-Sob 66. |
| D1310.7 | Singing of wave gives supernatural information. (Cf. D911.1.) —Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1615.6 | Singing rice-pot. (Cf. D1171.1.) Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 348. |
| D1615.5 | Singing snowshoes. (Cf. D1065.3.) Menomini: Skinner JAFL XXVII 98. |
| D1612.6.1 | Singing tree when touched wakes master. (Cf. D950, D1615.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1615.1 | Singing tree. (Cf. D950.) *Type 707; *BP II 380ff.; Fb "træ" III 867a; Chauvin VII 98 No. 375; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 120, *Cross. |
| D1615.4 | Singing water. (Cf. D1242.1.) *Type 707; *BP II 380; Köhler-Bolte I 118; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.5.1.6.1 | Sirius as bad omen. Greek: Homer Iliad XXII 30. |
| D631 | Size changed at will. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D631.3 | Size of object changed at will. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen 235, III 173. |
| D621.4 | Size of object transformed at night. |
| D480 | Size of object transformed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1364.22 | Sleep-charm. Charm causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1273.)—Dickson 62 n. 6.—English: Child I 28, 48, 55, 391f; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 366. |
| D1364.2 | Sleep-thorn. Thorn causes magic sleep. (Cf. D958.) —*Köhler-Bolte I 261; *BP I 440; *Panzer Sigfrid 281 s.v. "Schlafdorn"; **Cosquin études 95ff., Contes indiens 59ff.—English: Child V 495 s.v. "sleep"; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1960.3 | Sleeping Beauty. Magic sleep for definite period (e.g., a hundred years). *Type 410; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1364.7 | Sleeping potion: drink causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1040, D1242.2, D1364.12.)—Dickson 63; Cox Cinderella 483; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1961 | Sleepless watcher magically put to sleep. Usually has a magic watchful eye, which remains awake while his many other eyes sleep. (Argus). *Frazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4; Köhler-Bolte I 101; *Fb "øje" III 1166. |
| D1521.3 | Sleigh as swift as thought. (Cf. D1115.) *Taylor FFC LXX 45ff. |
| D1413.3 | Sleigh makes person magically hold on. (Cf. D1115.) Fb "kane". |
| D489.1 | Small leaves become larger. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1205. |
| D1620.1.3 | Smith forges iron man, who helps him. Fb "jærn" IV 249b. |
| D1364.28 | Smoke from magic purse makes man sleep. (Cf. D1192.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1837.4 | Snake becomes powerless when his path is crossed by a pregnant woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D759.8 | Snake disenchanted by being allowed to wrap itself three times around person's neck. Tobler 21. |
| D487.1 | Snake grows to 300 leagues length. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 859. |
| D1500.2.8 | Snake liver prevents disease. (Cf. D1015.4.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 32. |
| D1515.4.2 | Snake stone applied to snakebite absorbs poison. (Cf. D930.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| D2161.4.10.2.2 | Snake sucks poison from snake bite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1561.1.1.3 | Snake's head (when eaten) brings man to kingship. (Cf. D1011.0.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1563.2.2.2 | Snake's venom poisons tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2176.1 | Snakes banned by magic. Irish: Plummer clxx, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 66; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 33. |
| D2156.5.2 | Snakes expelled from human body by saint's intervention. *Loomis White Magic 64. |
| D1962.5 | Snakes put to sleep by music on harp. (Cf. B765, D1275.1.) Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 39 (37), Boberg. |
| D2143.6.5 | Snow magically caused to last. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2143.6.4 | Snow magically caused to melt (burn). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.18 | Snow on house omen of approaching death. (Cf. D1812.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2143.6.3 | Snow produced by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2143.6.1 | Snow taken away by planting certain root. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 4. |
| D1711.1.1 | Solomon as master of magicians. **G. Weil Biblische Legenden der Musselmänner (Frankfurt, 1845); *C. C. MacCown Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society II (1922) 1—24; **C. Singer Salomosagen in Deutschland (Zs. f. deutsches Altertum XXXV (1891) 177ff.); *E. A. W. Budge The Queen of Sheba (London, 1922); *M. D. Conway Solomon and Solomonic Literature (Chicago, 1900); St. John D. Seymour Tales of King Solomon (Oxford, 1924); *H. A. Winkler Salomo und die Karina: eine orientalische Legende von der Bezwingung einer Kindbettdämonin (Stuttgart, 1931); *Fb "Salomon" III 146b; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1335.5.2 | Solomon's power to hold kingdom dependent on ring; drops it in water. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1810.8.4 | Solution to problem is discovered in dream. England: Baughman. |
| D735.4.2 | Son disenchants animal father by enduring his caresses without fear. Africa (Suto): Hoffman Zs. f. Eingeborenen-Spr. XXII 172 No. 11. |
| D2031.6.2 | Son made to appear to pursuers as spinning wheel, buck, and hog. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1962.4.2 | Song (crуnán) used to lull children to sleep. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1384.5 | Song as protection on journey. (Cf. D1275.) Irish: Plummer clxxix, *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1364.23 | Song causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1275, D1364.24.)—Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chant". |
| D1731.1 | Song learned in dream. (Cf. D1275.) See story of Caedmon in Bede's Ecclesiastical History, as well as numerous biblical stories of "inspiration"; *Kittredge Witchcraft 222, 529 n. 89.—Pawnee: Dorsey CI LIX 241ff. Nos. 77—116 passim. |
| D1383.4 | Song protects against poison. (Cf. D1275.) Irish: Plummer clxxix, Cross. |
| D1382.7 | Song protects from fire. (Cf. D1275.) Irish: Plummer clxxix, Cross. |
| D1712 | Soothsayer (diviner, oracle, etc.). (Cf. M301.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 383ff. nn. 61, 62; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 299, *Boberg; England: Baughman; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 138 No. 104; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 48; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 349; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 254; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 57 No. 2, 139 No. 13, (Congo): Weeks 202 No. 1. |
| D1712.1 | Soothsayer at work by various methods of divination. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3667; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1726.0.1 | Soothsaying learned from a god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1741.8 | Sorcerer's power lost when his teeth are knocked out. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1278.2 | Sorcerers use marrow of corpses' bones. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1749.1 | Sorceress to lose her magic power as soon as one of her transformed husbands seizes her and swallows her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.10.4 | Sorrowing father magically restored as lost son approaches. He had lost strength, sight and hearing when son left home. Scotland: Campbell-McKay No. 25. |
| D1332.1.2 | Sound of magic wheel causes deafness. (Cf. D1207.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1601.18.1.2 | Sounding bell silenced by a gesture by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 53. |
| D1827.1.2 | Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral. England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1827.1.4 | Sounds heard from distance at time of death. England, Wales, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1508.4 | Soup made of black dog's head cures madness. (Cf. D1032.3.) Chile: Jijena Sanchez 137. |
| D1310.8 | Speaking and walking divan brings supernatural information. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.24 | Speaking armor. (Cf. D1101.) |
| D1610.9.2 | Speaking arrow. (Cf. D1092.) Hawaii: Dixon 75. |
| D1610.14.2 | Speaking axe. (Cf. D1206.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1610.28 | Speaking ball of thread. (Cf. D1256.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.10.2 | Speaking bananas. (Cf. D981.13.) Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 375. |
| D1610.3.2 | Speaking bean. (Cf. D983.1.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fève". |
| D1619.1 | Speaking beans rebuke wife for misdeed. (Cf. D983.1.) Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 124 No. 1374A. |
| D1610.17 | Speaking bed. (Cf. D1154.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.15 | Speaking bell. (Cf. D1213.) |
| D1610.16.1 | Speaking blood drops. (Cf. D1003.) German: Grimm Nos. 56, 89. |
| D1318.5.4 | Speaking blood reveals murder. Frazer Old Testament I 101; Fb "blod" IV 47ab; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Blut". |
| D1610.31.2 | Speaking bread. (Cf. 1031.1.) German: Grimm No. 24. |
| D1610.2.2 | Speaking bush. (Cf. D964.) Moreno Esdras. |
| D1610.6.3 | Speaking buttocks. (Cf. D999, D1317.1.) N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 296 n. 83. |
| D1610.33 | Speaking cliffs (Cf. D938, D932.8.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.26.1 | Speaking cloak. (Cf. D1053.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1610.26 | Speaking clothes. (Cf. D1050.) |
| D1610.20 | Speaking crozier. (Cf. D1277.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1610.13 | Speaking dish. (Cf. D1172.) English: Child I 126. |
| D1318.16 | Speaking earth reveals murder. (Cf. D935, D1610.19.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1610.3.4 | Speaking egg-plant. (Cf. D983.5.) Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 226. |
| D1610.29 | Speaking eggs. (Cf. D1024.) India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen 84. |
| D1610.6.4 | Speaking excrements. (Cf. D1022, D1026.) S. A. Indian (Mataco, Amazon, Guiana, Tembé): Métraux MAFLS XL 122; Africa (Nigeria): Herskovits JAFL XLIV 466 No. 7. See also many references to D1611. |
| D1610.10.3 | Speaking fig. (Cf. D981.5.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1318.7.0.1 | Speaking flesh reveals murder. Molucca: Dixon 230. |
| D1610.4 | Speaking flower. (Cf. D975.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.34.2 | Speaking flute. (Cf. D1223.1.) Philippine: Cole 152. |
| D1610.31 | Speaking food. (Cf. D1030.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.10 | Speaking fruit. (Cf. D981.) |
| D1610.3.1 | Speaking gourd. (Cf. D965.2.) Africa (Benga): Nassau 213 No. 33. |
| D1610.10.1 | Speaking grapes. (Cf. D981.8.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1312.3 | Speaking grass gives advice. (Cf. D965.12.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.14.3 | Speaking hammer. (Cf. D1209.4.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1610.26.2 | Speaking hat. (Cf. D1067.1.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 48. |
| D1610.5 | Speaking head. (Cf. D992.) *Kittredge Gawain 177ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "tête"; Icelandic: *Boberg (Mimir); Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 42; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.14.1 | Speaking hoe. (Cf. D1204.) Africa (Zulu): Callaway 363. |
| D1610.30.1 | Speaking house-post. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/276). |
| D1610.21.2 | Speaking idol. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.21 | Speaking image. (Cf. D1266.) |
| D1610.14 | Speaking implement. |
| D1610.19.1 | Speaking island. (Cf. D936.) Marquesas: Handy 128. |
| D1610.13.2 | Speaking jar. (Cf. D1171.7.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 192. |
| D1610.34.3 | Speaking Jew's harp. (Cf. D1239.) Philippine: Cole 163. |
| D1610.27 | Speaking jewel. (Cf. D1071.) |
| D1610.13.1 | Speaking kettle. (Cf. D1171.3.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| D1381.29 | Speaking lamp prevents king from killing queen. (Cf. D1162.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.7 | Speaking loin of goat meat. (Cf. D1032.) Africa (Benga): Nassau 227 No. 34. |
| D1610.4.1 | Speaking lotus flower. (Cf. D975.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.23 | Speaking muirlan (ball). (Cf. D1256.) Irish myth: Cross. |
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