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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
E
The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| E642 | Reincarnation as stone. |
| E613.4 | Reincarnation as swallow. (Cf. D151.1.) Fb "pebersvend" II 795a.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 15 No. 83; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 147 No. 50. |
| E631.5.1 | Reincarnation as tobacco plant. Chinese: Graham; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E614.4 | Reincarnation as tortoise. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 267. |
| E636 | Reincarnation as water. (Cf. D283.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E616.4 | Reincarnation as weevil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E617.4 | Reincarnation as whale. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115. |
| E641 | Reincarnation as whirlwind. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 414 No. 12. |
| E612 | Reincarnation as wild animal. Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 325ff. |
| E612.2 | Reincarnation as wolf. Fb "pebersvend" II 795a (werwolf); Irish myth: Cross. |
| E618 | Reincarnation as worm. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 222. |
| E607.4 | Reincarnation by fasting. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E693 | Reincarnation for revenge. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E605 | Reincarnation in another human form. *M. Bloomfield Proc. Am. Philosophical Soc. LVI 1ff.; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E602 | Reincarnation in form determined at death. India: Thompson-Balys, Tawney II 145. |
| E630 | Reincarnation in object. |
| E631 | Reincarnation in plant (tree) growing from grave. (Cf. E632, D1610.2.) Type 510; BP I 187; *Cox 477 n. 7; *Fb "sjæl" III 214b, "blod" IV 49a, "juletræ" II 57a; Saintyves Contes de Perrault (Paris, 1923) 36ff., 141ff.—English: *Child V 481. s.v. "grave", V 491 s.v. "plants"; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres", "cadavre", "tombeau"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 298 No. 7, 311 No 41; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 92 No. 780B*; Greek: Fox 198 (Adonis), 201 (Pyramus and Thisbe); Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 6; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 2 Nos. 12, 13; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Dixon 238, De Vries Volksverhalen I 300; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 50f.; Papua: Ker 131; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Cushing 183, (Kato): Goddard UCal V 219 n. 1; Amazon: Alexander Lat. Am. 294; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 147, (Ekoi): Talbot 133. |
| E631.6 | Reincarnation in tree from grave. Japanese: Ikeda; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 376; Papua: Ker 92. Cf. Virgil Aeneid III 22ff. |
| E613.0.4 | Reincarnation of drowned persons as birds. Dh III 482. |
| E613.0.6 | Reincarnation of girl eaten by tiger as bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E613.0.1 | Reincarnation of murdered child as bird. *Type 720; *BP I 422; *Fb "fugl" I 380b; English: Child I 126, 180f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa: Werner African 211, (Basuto): Jacottet 56. |
| E613.0.3 | Reincarnation of old maids as birds. Dh III 485; Fb "pebersvend" II 795a. |
| E645.1 | Reincarnation of slain boy as gold and silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E613.0.2 | Reincarnation of unbaptized child as bird. *Fb "udøbt" III 960a; *Dh III 484. |
| E606.2 | Reincarnation to complete unfinished work. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E649 | Reincarnation to object—miscellaneous. |
| E605.1 | Reincarnation with change of sex. *Penzer VII 230; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E657 | Reincarnation: animal to god. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 828. |
| E656 | Reincarnation: animal to man. India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 57, 96. |
| E691 | Reincarnation: animal to object. |
| E658 | Reincarnation: animal to other animal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E671.1 | Reincarnation: body becomes marble wall; robe, grass; eyes, pools, etc. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E610.1.1 | Reincarnation: boy to bird to boy. Boy returns as bird, who later becomes the boy. *Type 720; *BP I 422. |
| E605.6 | Reincarnation: common man becomes prince. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E601 | Reincarnation: former lives remembered. Jewish: *Neuman, *Penzer X 154 s.v. "Former births"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E605.2 | Reincarnation: god reborn as man. Icelandic: Olrik Kilderne til Sakses Oldhistorie I (1892) 30ff., 60ff., Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys, Keith 168; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 907, 1258; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119; Marquesas: Handy 109; N. A. Indian (Mandan): Curtis N. A. Indian V 39ff. |
| E671 | Reincarnation: man - object - object. |
| E648.2 | Reincarnation: man - woman - stone image. Korean: Zong in-Sob 76. |
| E611.1.1 | Reincarnation: man as horse-head. Hindu: Keith 121 (Vishnu). |
| E653 | Reincarnation: man as nature spirit. |
| E653.2 | Reincarnation: man as tree spirit. (Cf. F441.2.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 445, 940, II 507, 820, 952. |
| E653.1 | Reincarnation: man as water spirit. (Cf. F420.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 421. |
| E605.3 | Reincarnation: man becomes god. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 212. |
| E605.4 | Reincarnation: man becomes spirit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E610.1 | Reincarnation: man to animal to man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E610.1.2 | Reincarnation: man to fish to man. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, II 151. |
| E648 | Reincarnation: man-object-man. In most of the versions of E632 (Reincarnation as musical instrument) the hero (heroine) finally comes back to life in his usual form. See also BP II 126f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E690 | Reincarnation: miscellaneous. |
| E650 | Reincarnation: other forms. |
| E605.5 | Reincarnation: prince becomes common man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E691.1 | Reincarnation: snake into flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E605.2.1 | Reincarnation: spirit reborn as man. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 57. |
| E648.1 | Reincarnation: woman - bird - nettles - stone - woman. Chinese: Graham. |
| E605.1.1 | Reincarnation: woman reborn as man. Chinese: Werner 256. |
| E600 | Reincarnation. Return from the dead in another form. India: Penzer X 336 s.v. "Transmigration", *Cowell Jataka Index s.v. "Bodhisatta" and "Rebirth", Keith 100, *Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: *Cross, Nutt "The Irish Vision of the Happy Otherworld and the Celtic Doctrine of Rebirth" in K. Meyer Voyage of Bran; Icelandic: *Boberg; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 321ff.; Jewish: *Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 473; Chinese: Werner 314; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 337 n. 216a, Alexander N. Am. 280 n. 18; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 359, (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, III 171, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 639; S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 109. |
| E758 | Rejoicing at arrival of rich man in heaven. Event so rare as to cause rejoicing. Poor man enters unnoticed.—Type 802; BP III 274; Fb "rig" III 55a; Hdwb. d. Märch. I 351a s.v. "Burli im Himmel". |
| E727 | Relation of body to soul. |
| E501.19 | Remedy for effects of seeing wild hunt. |
| E670 | Repeated reincarnation. Irish myth: *Cross; Gaster Exempla 248 No. 349; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 9; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 421, II 518, 1117; India: *Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 106; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 142. |
| E151 | Repeated resuscitation. A person dies and is resuscitated repeatedly. *Zwierzina Legenden der Märtyrer vom unzerstörbaren Leben. (Innsbrucker Festgruss dargebracht der 50. Versammlung deutscher Philologen in Graz).—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Georgian: Wardrop Georgian Folk-Tales (London, 1894) 59 No. 10; India: Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian (Micmac): Rand 296 No. 51, (Chilcotin): Farrand JE II 22 No. 8, (Yuki): Kroeber UCal IV 185, (Osage): Dorsey FM VII 43 No. 36, (Navaho): Matthews MAFLS V 93; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 298f., 463; S. A. Indian (Ackawoi): Alexander Lat. Am. 270; Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 75 No. 36. |
| E755.0.1 | Resurrected boys choose to return to heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E178 | Resurrection at Judgment Day. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E751.6 | Resurrection to take place on Sunday. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E32 | Resuscitated eaten animal. (Cf. E171.) An animal is eaten. When his bones are reassembled he revives. *Von Sydow Tors Färd til Utgеrd (Danske Studier [1910] 65); Type 870B (FFC LXXXIII); Krohn Skandinavisk Mythologi 207ff.; BP I 422f.; Karjalainen FFC LXIII 14; Alphabet No. 370; MacCulloch Childhood 101; Clouston Tales II 395; Günter 83 nn. 94—96; *Loomis White Magic 68, 84f.; Archiv. f. slavische Philologie XIX 255.—Irish: Plummer cxliii, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 66, Beal XXI 325; English: Child I 505b; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 306 No. 8, 313 No. 93; Jewish: bin Gorion III 19, *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buin: Wheeler No. 15; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 308 n. 114a; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 272, (Thonga): Junod 229, (Basuto): Jacottet 124 No. 17. |
| E177 | Resuscitated man relates visions of beyond. (Cf. E480, V511.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E162.0.1 | Resuscitation after great length of time. (Cf. D1857.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E185.1 | Resuscitation after murderer is buried in the earth, wood laid over him, and a lighted lamp on its top. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E121.1 | Resuscitation by a god. (Cf. A454.) Irish: Beal XXI 329; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 234 n. 3 (Theseus), Fox 119 (Pelops), 126 (Protesilaos), 144 (Alkestis, Glaukos), 220 (Adriadne, Semele), 280 (Asklepios); Icelandic: Boberg (Odin); Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 339. |
| E113.1 | Resuscitation by animal's blood. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E64.16 | Resuscitation by animal's tail. |
| E122 | Resuscitation by animals. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E30 | Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.) *Type 720; *BP I 422f.; Köhler-Bolte I 140, 555; Gaster Thespis 300.—Finnish: Kalevala rune 15; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "os"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 2; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 315 No. 119, 329 No. 38; Egyptian: Müller 114 (Osiris); Greek: Fox 22 (Arkas); Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 494; India: *Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 104; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1117); Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 276; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 308 n. 114, (California): Gayton and Newman 71, Hatt Asiatic Influences 69f.; S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Alexander Lat. Am. 315, Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503.—Africa (Fjort): Dennett 64 No. 12, (Angola): Chatelain 95 No. 5, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 33, 137, (Ibo of Nigeria): Thomas 160, (Basuto): Jacottet 132 No. 18, 168 No. 24, (Thonga): Junod 242, (Zulu): Callaway 51, 230; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 141. |
| E37 | Resuscitation by assembling members and leaving in cask for certain time. |
| E80.1.1 | Resuscitation by bathing in milk. (Cf. D1018, D1503.7.1, E102.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E80.1 | Resuscitation by bathing. Herbert III 197; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer IV 145; West Indies: Flowers 427. |
| E11 | Resuscitation by beating. *Penzer VI 265f.; Köhler-Bolte I 140; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia (Soemba): Dixon 331 n. 108; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 353 n. 273; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 124 No. 17. |
| E79.1.1 | Resuscitation by bird flying over dead. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E29.1 | Resuscitation by biting victim's bone. N. A. Indian (Joshua): Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 240 No. 19. |
| E113 | Resuscitation by blood. Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 143; *BP I 46ff.; *Fb "blod" IV 46b, 47a; Jacobs' list s.v. "Blood resuscitates".—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 16 n. 1; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 9; India: *Thompson-Balys. —Tonga: Gifford 185; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/912); N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 96 No. 7; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 165. |
| E55.3 | Resuscitation by blowing trumpet. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 62f. |
| E15.1 | Resuscitation by boiling. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 156 n. 2, Cook Zeus I 677ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cadavre"; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 350 n. 260. |
| E64.7 | Resuscitation by book. (Cf. D1266.) Fansler MAFLS XII 137. |
| E66 | Resuscitation by breathing on corpse. Greek: Fox 22; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Melanesia: Codrington JAI X 272; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 319 n. 153a; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 280, Rasmussen III 124, Holm 68, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 247; Africa (Benga): Nassau 213 No. 33. |
| E125.3 | Resuscitation by brother. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E15 | Resuscitation by burning. *Type 753; *BP III 193ff.; DeCock Studien 14; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cadavre"; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 68; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 350 n. 260; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 132 No. 18, 136 No. 19. |
| E64.6 | Resuscitation by candle. (Cf. D1162.2.) Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 111 No. 39. |
| E138 | Resuscitation by carrying corpse to its home. |
| E23 | Resuscitation by catching in snare. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 267 No. 74. |
| E121.2 | Resuscitation by Christ. Types 750***, 753; Irish myth: Cross. |
| E26.1 | Resuscitation by command to arise. (Cf. E67.) Type 785; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E121.1.1 | Resuscitation by concerted effort of the gods. Greek: Fox 119 (Pelops). |
| E134.1 | Resuscitation by covering body for certain time. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 72, 80, 102. |
| E122.1 | Resuscitation by cuckoo. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *455. |
| E29.5 | Resuscitation by cutting off heads of birds which contained the soul of dead person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E12 | Resuscitation by decapitation. *Type 531; *BP III 18ff. |
| E121.6 | Resuscitation by demon. Hindu: Tawney I 132. |
| E121.6.1 | Resuscitation by demon's entering corpse. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E80.4.1 | Resuscitation by dew from heaven. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E14 | Resuscitation by dismemberment. (Cf. E30, E32.) (Usually combined with burning; cf. E15.) *Type 753; *BP II 162; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 33, Beal XXI 311f.; Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 76 No. 15. |
| E121.7.1 | Resuscitation by druid. (Cf. P427.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E121.8 | Resuscitation by fairy. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E62.1 | Resuscitation by fasting. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E29.4.1 | Resuscitation by felling the tree into which one is incarnated and splitting trunk into two parts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E53 | Resuscitation by fetish. Africa (Fjort): Dennett 64 No. 12. |
| E127 | Resuscitation by friends. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E117 | Resuscitation by gall of slain giant. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E64.21 | Resuscitation by handkerchief. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 182. |
| E64.8.1 | Resuscitation by heavenly fragrance. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E136 | Resuscitation by heavenly voice. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E105 | Resuscitation by herbs (leaves). Type 612; BP I 126ff., *128; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XX 354 n. 2; *Kittredge Gawain 153 n. 4; *Wesselski Märchen 239f. No. 50; Jacobs' list s.v. "Life-restoring herb"; Penzer VI 18 n. 1.—Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 312 n. 2; Jewish: Neuman; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 7, V No. 7, Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 135; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 7, (Thonga): Junod 56. |
| E64.5.1 | Resuscitation by Holy Grail. Welsh, Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 203; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E121.5 | Resuscitation by holy man (priest, etc.). Irish: O'Suilleabhain 31, 90, Beal XXI 310; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E80.4 | Resuscitation by holy water. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E73 | Resuscitation by incantation. Chinese: Graham. |
| E13 | Resuscitation by jumping (stepping) over. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 350 n. 261; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 177. |
| E65 | Resuscitation by kiss. Type 885*.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E134 | Resuscitation by laying flesh on pyre and covering with cloth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E64.18 | Resuscitation by leaf. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E17 | Resuscitation by licking corpse. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 153. |
| E106 | Resuscitation by magic apple. *Type 590; BP III 1; Fb "æble" IV 1135b; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 90b s.v. "Apfel" n. 2. |
| E64.4 | Resuscitation by magic bachall. (Cf. D1277.) |
| E64.14 | Resuscitation by magic bag. (Cf. D1193.) Zs. f. d. Phil. XXVI 23. |
| E64.20 | Resuscitation by magic baskets. Africa (Fang): Einstein 155. |
| E64.3 | Resuscitation by magic bell. (Cf. D1213.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| E64.2 | Resuscitation by magic cauldron. (Cf. D1171.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E52 | Resuscitation by magic charm. (Cf. D1273.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys, *Penzer VI 261ff.; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 348, III 102. |
| E64.5 | Resuscitation by magic cup. (Cf. D1171.6.) |
| E64.9 | Resuscitation by magic feather. (Cf. D1021.) N. A. Indian (Kato): Goddard UCal V 208 No. 9, (Tsimshian): Boas RBAE XXXI 127. |
| E64.15 | Resuscitation by magic gold. Zs f. d. Phil. XXVI 23. |
| E102 | Resuscitation by magic liquid. (Cf. D1242.) *Krappe Balor 132ff.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 61 No. 445A; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 47. |
| E102.1 | Resuscitation by magic milk. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E64 | Resuscitation by magic object. |
| E107 | Resuscitation by magic pill. (Cf. D1243.) Chinese: Werner 159. |
| E108.1 | Resuscitation by magic powder blown into nose. Africa (Kordofan): Frobenius Atlantis IV 101ff. No. 11. |
| E108 | Resuscitation by magic powder. |
| E64.11 | Resuscitation by magic robe (blanket). (Cf. D1052.) N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Dorsey CI LIX 329 No. 88, (Tlingit): Swanton BBAE XXXIX 36 No. 8. |
| E64.17 | Resuscitation by magic stone. (Cf. D931.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E79 | Resuscitation by magic—miscellaneous. |
| E50 | Resuscitation by magic. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 154 and Chapter X passim; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/49, z-G 3/1353, z-G 13/1241); Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 504, (Greenland): Rink 260, Rasmussen III 296, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 193; Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 43. |
| E121.7 | Resuscitation by magician. (Cf. D1711.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Lillooet): Teit JAFL XXV 332, (Mewan): Merriam Dawn of the World (Cleveland, 1910) 188; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 247. |
| E64.7.1 | Resuscitation by manuscript. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E100 | Resuscitation by medicines. Greek: Aeschylus Agamemnon line 1020; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 34; (Benga): Nassau 98, 213 Nos. 5, 33, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 117 No. 20, (Kaffir): Theal 66, (Vai): Ellis 196 No. 14, 200 No. 18, 243 No. 49, (Cameroon): Ittman 72f., (Wakweli): Bender 96. |
| E53.1 | Resuscitation by mummified dog. Dog is kept in box. Revives and resuscitates dead hero. N. A. Indian (Central Algonquin): Skinner JAFL XXVII 98. |
| E55 | Resuscitation by music. MacCulloch Childhood 84; Fb "spille" III 488a; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 319 n. 153b. |
| E63.2 | Resuscitation by nine-day dance and prayers. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 184. |
| E79.1 | Resuscitation by passing helpful animal over corpse. Chinese: Graham. |
| E64.8 | Resuscitation by perfume. (Cf. D1245.) Philippine: Dixon 235 n. 47, (Tinguian): *Cole 18 n. 1, 44, 51, 90, 98, 131. |
| E64.10 | Resuscitation by piece of felt. (Cf. D1051.) Georgian: Wardrop Georgian Folk-Tales (London, 1894) 15 No. 3. |
| E55.2 | Resuscitation by playing flute. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "flute". |
| E55.5 | Resuscitation by playing guitar. Sicilian: Gonzenbach I 306 No. 45. |
| E55.4 | Resuscitation by playing violin. *Cosquin Lorraine II 7, 286. |
| E29.4 | Resuscitation by plucking the flower into which one is incarnated. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E142 | Resuscitation by polishing sword that contains dead man's life. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E121.1.2 | Resuscitation by power of goddess. *India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E63 | Resuscitation by prayer. Types 516, 612; Rösch FFC LXXVII 143.—Irish myth: *Cross, Scala Celi No. 949; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas VI 218, Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Maori: Dixon 82. |
| E29.3 | Resuscitation by pricking anus. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 57, 81. |
| E121.5.3 | Resuscitation by prophet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E121.5.1 | Resuscitation by rabbi. Gaster Exempla 218 No. 149. |
| E113.1.1 | Resuscitation by raven's blood. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E125 | Resuscitation by relative. |
| E21.1 | Resuscitation by removal of poisoned apple. By shaking loose the apple from the throat of the poisoned girl the prince brings her to life. *Type 709; *BP I 450ff.; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Apfel" n. 8; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E21.3 | Resuscitation by removal of poisoned comb. *Type 709; Africa (Swahili): Baker FL XXXVIII 299ff. |
| E21.4 | Resuscitation by removal of poisoned slippers. Africa (Tonga): Junod 266ff., (Swahili): Baker FL XXXVIII 299ff. No. 16. |
| E21.1.1 | Resuscitation by removal of poisoning cobra flesh from dead man's mouth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E38 | Resuscitation by replacement of soul. Crane Miraculis 84 No. 7; Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 93, 268; Hawaii: Dixon 76, Beckwith Myth 145, 152; Maori: Dixon 78; Marquesas: Handy 113; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 101. |
| E38.1 | Resuscitation by returning dead person's soul (breath) to body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E79.2 | Resuscitation by reversing positions of two blocks of wood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E64.13 | Resuscitation by ring. BP III 537; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E29 | Resuscitation by rough treatment—miscellaneous. |
| E10 | Resuscitation by rough treatment. |
| E29.2 | Resuscitation by rubbing victim's bones on ground. Madagascar (Antankarana): Renel Contes de Madagascar (Paris, 1910, 1930) I 94ff. No. 14. |
| E64.12 | Resuscitation by sacred relics. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E121.4 | Resuscitation by saint. Köhler-Bolte II 163ff.; Alphabet Nos. 130, 374, 375, 376, 559, 628; *Loomis White Magic 83f.; Irish: Plummer xxxv, *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Sicilian: Gonzenbach I 156 No. 25; Jewish: bin Gorion III 20; India: *Thompson-Balys. See also Acta Sanctorum passim. |
| E64.4.1 | Resuscitation by saint's bachall. *Loomis White Magic 105; Irish: Plummer clxxv, *Cross. |
| E64.3.1 | Resuscitation by saint's bell. Irish: Plummer clxxvi, Cross. |
| E101 | Resuscitation by salve (oil). (Cf. D1244.) BP I 127; Fb "salve" III 150b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Italian: Gonzenbach I 318 No. 48; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): *Cole 18 n. 1, 44, 51. |
| E35.1 | Resuscitation by sewing parts of body together. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E61 | Resuscitation by shooting arrow. (Usually combined with E25.) Chinese: Graham; N. A. Indian (Ojibwa): Schoolcraft Hiawatha 58, (Missisagua): Chamberlain JAFL III 150, (Blackfoot): Wissler and Duvall PaAM II 146, (Gros Ventre): Kroeber PaAM I 99 No. 23, (Arapano): Dorsey and Kroeber FM V 269 No. 119, 344ff. Nos. 139—145. |
| E26 | Resuscitation by shouting at dead. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 1; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 88. |
| E125.2 | Resuscitation by sister(s). Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 152. |
| E27 | Resuscitation by slinging against something. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 510. |
| E72 | Resuscitation by smelling of moss. N. A. Indian (Menomini): Hoffman RBAE XIV 181. |
| E122.2 | Resuscitation by snake. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E125.1 | Resuscitation by son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E55.1 | Resuscitation by song. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 337—38, Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Tsimshian: Boas BBAE XXVII 215; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 452. |
| E114 | Resuscitation by spittle. (Cf. D1001.) Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 143.—Sicilian: Gonzenbach I 156 No. 25; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 99, 157; Tonga: Gifford 185; N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Teit JAFL XXIX 305 (European borrowing). |
| E102.2 | Resuscitation by sprinkling ambrosia. (Cf. E80.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E64.1 | Resuscitation by staff. (Cf. D1254.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; N. A. Indian (Southern Paiute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 108 No. 5, 117 No. 7, 169f. Nos. 5a, 6; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115; Africa: Werner African 171, (Zulu): Callaway 233. |
| E13.1 | Resuscitation by stepping on corpse. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 177. |
| E15.3 | Resuscitation by stewing. Chinese: Graham. |
| E16 | Resuscitation by stinging. Corpse is laid on an ant-heap. MacCulloch Childhood 81 n. 3; Australian: Parker 13. |
| E11.2 | Resuscitation by striking with arrow. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 73. |
| E29.7 | Resuscitation by striking with lightning. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 410. |
| E21.5 | Resuscitation by sucking poison from wound. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E121 | Resuscitation by supernatural person. MacCulloch Childhood 84 n. 2; Melanesia: *Wheeler No. 66f. |
| E15.2 | Resuscitation by sweating. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 340 n. 225, 350 n. 260, (Modoc): Curtin Myths of the Modocs (Boston, 1912) 31. |
| E67 | Resuscitation by talking to corpse. Type 450; Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 17. |
| E18 | Resuscitation by tickling. N. A. Indian (Tlingit): Golder JAFL XX 292. |
| E79.3 | Resuscitation by touch of eagle. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E11.3 | Resuscitation by touching body during conjuration. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 452, Rasmussen II 349. |
| E58.1 | Resuscitation by universal weeping. Return of deity from dead granted if all men will weep. One person refuses. *Dh II 211; Hdwb. d. Märch. I 439a s.v. "Eddamärchen" nn. 270, 271; MacCulloch Eddic 130. |
| E29.6 | Resuscitation by urinating on dead man's bone. Korean: Zong in-Sob 38. |
| E116 | Resuscitation by use of animal fat. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| E62 | Resuscitation by vigil at tomb. Vigil is for stated time, three weeks and three days, or the like. Köhler in Gonzenbach II 209 No. 11; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 62. |
| E121.3 | Resuscitation by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V268.) *Type 710; *Crane Miraculis 85 No. 8; *Ward Catalogue of Romances II 633 No. 31; Wells Manual of Writings 170; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E133 | Resuscitation by warming dead man. German: Grimm No. 4. |
| E80.3 | Resuscitation by water (in basket, overnight). N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 68. |
| E74 | Resuscitation by waving magic object. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E115 | Resuscitation by wax from deer's ear. Scotch: Campbell Tales II 309 No. 44. |
| E58 | Resuscitation by weeping (tears). Herbert III 62 (Odo of Cheriton); Fb "opskrig" II 754; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 43 No. 1 (Version B). |
| E80.2 | Resuscitation by wet cloth over corpse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E71 | Resuscitation by wishing. N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 123 No. 19. |
| E21 | Resuscitation by withdrawal of wounding instrument. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 8; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Twana): Curtis N. A. Indian IX 164 ff., (Southern Paiute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 185 No. 19; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXI 18. |
| E75 | Resuscitation by writing deity's name. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E64.16.1 | Resuscitation by yak's tail. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E162.1 | Resuscitation even possible after three days. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 308. |
| E42 | Resuscitation from ashes of dead man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E64.19 | Resuscitation from bird dung. (Cf. D1026.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E42.1 | Resuscitation from dust. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E41 | Resuscitation from excrement of one who has eaten person (animal). India: Thompson-Balys; Tonga: Gifford 140, Beckwith Myth 483, 504; S. A. Indian (Kaiguá): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 139. |
| E35 | Resuscitation from fragments of body. Cook Islands: Beckwith 253; S. A. Indian (Eastern Brazil): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 434. |
| E149.3 | Resuscitation from touch of a child at his first walking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E162 | Resuscitation impossible after certain length of time. N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 97 No. 7 (ten days); Africa (Vai): Ellis 200 No. 18 (three days). |
| E176 | Resuscitation in order to baptize. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E25 | Resuscitation my frightening dead. Frequently combined with E61. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 319 n. 153. See also references to E61. |
| E66.1 | Resuscitation of cremated man by blowing on the ashes. India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Bakairi, Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 312. |
| E53.2 | Resuscitation of dead by making image of deceased of breadfruit wood. When spirit enters this, image disappears and person is found alive. Marquesas: Handy 113. |
| E149.2 | Resuscitation of decapitated princess by hero by imitating ogre's actions of night before: passing sword three times up and down her throat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E165 | Resuscitation of wife by husband giving up half his remaining life. (Sometimes vice versa). *Type 612; *BP I 126, 129; *Wesselski Märchen 188; *Chauvin VIII 120 No. 104; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 93, 193; Jewish: bin Gorion I 372; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer VIII 117; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 226; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis IX No. 108. |
| E132 | Resuscitation through ashes thrown on funeral pyre. *Penzer IX 68 n. 2. |
| E121.5.2 | Resuscitation through prayers of holy man. (Cf. E63.) Nouvelles de Sens No. 24. |
| E185 | Resuscitation when murder is discovered. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E17.1 | Resuscitation when snake licks bite he has inflicted upon his victim. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E21.2 | Resuscitation when strangling corset-lace breaks. Girl laced so tightly in corset that she faints. Brothers carry her to her grave. They stumble. Corset-lace breaks and girl revives. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 63 No. 453; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| E34.1 | Resuscitation with head on backwards. (Cf. F511.0.6.) *Type 303; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda (E12.2). |
| E34 | Resuscitation with misplaced head. (Cf. M221.) In restoration of several persons simultaneously through reassembling of members, the heads are placed on the wrong bodies. Sometimes the damage is repaired, sometimes not. *Kittredge Gawain 155 n. 1; *Wesselski Märchen 239, 241 n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 309 n. 114c. |
| E33 | Resuscitation with missing member. In reassembling the members, one has been inadvertently omitted. The resuscitated person or animal lacks this member. *Type 313; MacCulloch Childhood 97ff.; Von Sydow Danske Studier (1910) 65ff., 145ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 259, 273 n. 1, *586.—Greek: Fox 119 (Pelops); India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 99, Rasmussen I 218, III 79, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 501, (N. W. Canada): Petitot 84, 226, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 170; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 308 n. 114b; S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Alexander Lat. Am. 314. |
| E141 | Resuscitation: ghosts deceived so that they cannot find way back to grave. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E0 | Resuscitation. Zwierzina Die Legenden der Märtyrer vom unzerstörbaren Leben (Innsbrucker Festgruss dargebracht der 50. Versammlung deutscher Philologen in Graz (1909) 130—158; Type 516; Clouston Tales II 407ff.; *Penzer X Index s.v. "Resuscitation"; *Jacobs' list s.v. "Resuscitation"; Greek: Grote I 206; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 9, Rotunda; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "resurrection"; Irish: Plummer xxxv, *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 169; Korean: Zong in-Sob 139; Polynesia: *Beckwith Myth Chapter X passim; Marquesas: Handy 83; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/127); Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 291, 359, 373, 417, 444, 452, Holm 26, 89, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 241; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 73; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 102, (Tupinamba): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 132, (Apapocuva-Guaraní): *Métraux RMLP XXXIII 133; Africa (Benga): Nassau 213 No. 33, (Upoto): Einstein 142, (Wuchaga): Gutman 35. |
| E322.8 | Return from dead and remarriage to husband. Chinese: Graham. |
| E235.3 | Return from dead as punishment for trying to raise ghost. (Cf. E384ff., F491.7.) Ghost accuses man of stealing a trifle and thus has revenge. Fb "stjæle" III 575b; England: *Baughman. |
| E166 | Return from dead granted for definite time. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 126 (three hours); Hindu: Keith 114 (100 years). |
| E365 | Return from dead to ask forgiveness. *Fb "tilgive", Feilberg DF X 74f; Irish myth: *Cross; Wales, U.S.: *Baughman; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 115 No. 13. |
| E234.3 | Return from dead to avenge death (murder). Irish myth: Cross; England, U.S.: *Baughman (E233). |
| E367.4 | Return from dead to convert to Christianity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E236.1 | Return from dead to demand clothing stolen from grave. Type 366; Fb "død" I 228, "ligskjorte" II 425; *BP III 482 n. 1; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 116 No. 16; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3534. |
| E236.5 | Return from dead to demand money stolen from corpse. Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 161 No. 29. |
| E236.1.1 | Return from dead to demand ring stolen from corpse. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3533, Balys Ghosts; England, U.S.: Baughman; U.S. (N. Carolina): Brown Collection I 676. |
| E236.2 | Return from dead to demand stolen children. Tobler 84. |
| E236 | Return from dead to demand stolen property. *Fb "spøgelse" III 520a; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3565; N. Carolina: Brown Collection I 676. |
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