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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
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F456.2 | Mining spirit: "Bluecap." |
| F456.3 | Mining spirit: "Cutty Soams". |
| F900.1 | Miracles at certain times. |
| F900.3 | Miracles cease. |
| F900.3.1 | Miracles in the desert come to an end with death of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F900.1.2 | Miracles on first night of Passover. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F695.3.1 | Miraculous ability to learn to read and to write foreign language in short time. *Loomis White Magic 72, 114. |
| F971 | Miraculous blossoming and bearing of fruit. Krappe Revue Hispanique LVI (1922) 5—24. |
| F955 | Miraculous cure for leprosy. Rage at hearing for first time of Christ's passion causes cure. (Cf. F950.3.) Irish: Beal XXI 306; English: Wells 155 (Temporale). |
| F959.3 | Miraculous cure of wound. |
| F933.1 | Miraculous spring bursts forth for holy person. Dh II 26; *Toldo VI 310ff.; Saintyves Le Miracle de l'apparition des eaux dans ses relations avec les liturgies paпennes et chrétiennes (Revue de l'Université de Bruxelles, 1912, 265—94); Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F833.11 | Miraculous sword of Angel of Death. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1051.2 | Miraculously loud noise of mourning for hero. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F473.6 | Miscellaneous actions of poltergeist. |
| F456.4 | Miscellaneous mine spirit motifs. |
| F420.7 | Miscellaneous motifs connected with water-spirits. |
| F129 | Miscellaneous otherworlds. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 141, 1002, II 1369. |
| F141.2 | Mist as barrier to otherworld. Patch XXXIII 627 n. 91.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.10.1 | Mist settles over lake after fight with serpent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F420.5.2.2.2 | Mistreated boy sings unto water spirits to take him: waters rise up in tank to engulf him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F358 | Money borrowed from the fairies and not returned on time. England: *Baughman. |
| F460.4.2.2 | Money left on hill to repay helpful mountain-men. *Fb "penge" II 803a. |
| F451.5.1.5 | Money or treasure given by dwarfs. (Cf. F420.5.1.7.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 268; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 46 No. 386; German: Haas Greifswald 38 No. 40, 40 No. 44, Bindewald 188, Pröhle Harz. No. 137 III, No. 168 I, No. 220 II, Schöppner I 165 No. 158, Ey 29. |
| F916.1 | Monkey jumps through body of tiger. Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 46. |
| F529.8 | Monkey-like little people. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F721.2.2 | Monster guards door of habitable hill. Chinese: Werner 183. |
| F917 | Monster swallows people through anus. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F167.11 | Monstrous creatures in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F510 | Monstrous persons. *Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 175; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 464, 469. |
| F510.1 | Monstrous races. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F961.3.1 | Moon turns to blood. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.3.3 | Moon warns sleeping man of approaching assassin. Africa (Fang): Tessman 93. |
| F675.2 | Moonmakers make new moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F373 | Mortal abandons world to live in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F394.1 | Mortal advises fairy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F376 | Mortal as servant in fairyland. *Hdwb. d. Märch. I 396 s.v. "Dienst bei elbischen Wesen"; Irish myth: *Cross; Danish: Feilberg DF V 84ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 440. |
| F302.6.2.1 | Mortal beats drum as fairies dance before Indra; is granted fairy wife permanently. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F254 | Mortal characteristics of fairies. (Cf. F259.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F304.5 | Mortal chooses to sleep with fairy as boon for saving her life. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F451.5.10.7 | Mortal confiscates property of dwarfs. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 137. |
| F378.0.1 | Mortal expelled from fairyland for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.1.2 | Mortal gives fairy ring after night spent with her in fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F420.6.1.3 | Mortal goes to home of water-spirits and marries. (Cf. F301.3.) German: Schultze 25; Czech: Wiener 118; French: Sébillot France II 409; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F451.5.4 | Mortal goes to land of dwarfs. Type 963*; German: Pröhle Harz. Nos. 137 III, 168 I, II, 229, Eckart 22, 78, 80, Schöppner I 186 No. 184; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 241. |
| F167.12.1 | Mortal marries king of otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F321.1.4.7 | Mortal mother pays no attention to changeling; the mortal child is returned. Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F348.5.1 | Mortal not to betray secret of fairies' gift. Wales, England: *Baughman. |
| F348.5 | Mortal not to recognize fairy who gives him gift. Hartland Science 57. |
| F348.5.1.1 | Mortal not to tell secret of gift of inexhaustible meat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F348.5.2 | Mortal not to thank fairy for gifts. England: *Baughman (F451.5.10.9). |
| F252.1.0.1 | Mortal rules fairyland jointly with fairy king. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.5.7.1 | Mortal son of giant. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.5.7.1.1 | Mortal son of man and giantess. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 23, Boberg. |
| F63.2 | Mortal taken to heaven by angel. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F63.1 | Mortal taken to heaven by heavenly maidens. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F63.3 | Mortal taken to heaven by sun. Melanesia (Ysabel): Codrington 357. |
| F304.4 | Mortal violates fairy woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F378.3 | Mortal visiting in fairyland must keep his thought on the fairies. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F331.1 | Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their dance. *Type 503; BP III 324ff.; England, Scotland, Wales: *Baughman (F379.5.); Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bossu"; Japanese: Mitford 191, Ikeda. |
| F331.3 | Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their song and completing it by adding the names of the days of the week. *Type 503; *BP III 329; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F331 | Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by joining in their sport. Ireland, England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman (F286.2.). |
| F331.2 | Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by letting them cut his hair and shave him. *Type 503. |
| F331.4 | Mortal wins fairies' gratitude by playing for their dance. *Type 503; BP III 324ff.; *Fb "spille" III 488b; Hartland Science 180. |
| F256.1 | Mortal's coming to fairyland foreknown to fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F259.1 | Mortality of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F394.2 | Mortals aid fairies in war. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F375 | Mortals as captives in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F182 | Mortals held by magic in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F394 | Mortals help fairies. |
| F396 | Mortals place selves under protection of fairies. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F302.1.1 | Mortals supplied with fairy mistresses during visit to fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F451.5.12.1 | Mortals, informed by those benefited, seek dwarf abode in vain. German: Kahlo Harz. 69 No. 109. |
| F971.1.3 | Moss grows on staff overnight. (Cf. F979.18.) Irish: O'Suilleabhain 49. |
| F771.3.3 | Most eastern castle in world. *Fb "slot" III 376b. |
| F1041.1.5.3 | Mother dies from joy on greeting long-absent son. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F321.1.4.8 | Mother treats changeling so well that her own child is returned. England: Baughman. |
| F989.8 | Mother-love induced in animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F145 | Mountain at borders of otherworld. *Siuts 42ff.; Patch Other World 381 s.v. "mountain"; Gaster Thespis 184f.; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F755.7 | Mountain fights for honor. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F752.3 | Mountain formed of a jewel. Patch PMLA XXXIII 607; Jacobs's list s.v. "Mountains of jewels". |
| F752.3.1 | Mountain formed of a pearl. *Chauvin VII 38 No. 212B. |
| F752.3.2 | Mountain formed of diamond. Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Diamantberg". |
| F755.5 | Mountain has wife and children. N. A. Indian (Northern Paiute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 234 No. 13. |
| F755.1.1 | Mountain laughs. Africa (Bushango): Torday 251. |
| F1006.1 | Mountain moves so that its rocks enter into caves of other mountain. (Cf. D932.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1006.2 | Mountain moves to person. (Cf. D932, F755.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F131.1.1 | Mountain of fair-haired women. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F753 | Mountain of fire. (Cf. F702, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 40 No. 153, 57 No. 77; Jewish: Neuman; Penzer III 227f., VIII 50f. |
| F752.1 | Mountain of gold. Type 569; BP I 475; Penzer IV 138; Cosquin Lorraine No. 1 and notes; Icelandic: Boberg; Buddhist: Malalasekera I 1052, Cowell Jataka II 63, 270, 272, V 21, 221, 226. |
| F759.5 | Mountain of ice. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F759.8 | Mountain of seven lights. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F752.2 | Mountain of silver. Type 569; BP I 474; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F759.6 | Mountain of thorns. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F752 | Mountain of treasure. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F131.1 | Mountain of Venus. Hollow mountain otherworld where men live a life of ease and lustful pleasure in company with beautiful women. **Barto Tannhäuser and the Mountain of Venus; *Patch PMLA XXXIII 612f.; *Meyer Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 1ff.; Bockel Alemannia XIII (1885) 142; *Norlind Skattsägner 88ff.—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F151.2 | Mountain pass to otherworld. Africa: Bourhill and Drake 237ff. No. 20. |
| F55 | Mountain reaches to sky. *Holmberg Baum 39f., 42f.; *Patch PMLA XXXIII 617 n. 56; MacCulloch Childhood 437; Wimberly 405.—German: *Siuts Jenseitsmotive 57; Egyptian: Müller 176; Maori: Clark 158; S. A. Indian (Mundurucu): Alexander Lat. Am. 308, (Ackawoi): ibid. 270; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 184. |
| F460.0.1 | Mountain spirits as souls of dead. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 76. |
| F460.2.15 | Mountain spirits change sex at will. (Cf. D10.) Buin: Wheeler 19, 51. |
| F460.2.14 | Mountain spirits eat raw food. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 6f., 18, 19, 32, 34, 39, 41, 42, 46, 49, 51, 52, 60, 61, 188. |
| F55.1 | Mountain stretches to sky. India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Maidu): Powers Contributions to N. A. Ethnology III 341, (Ts'ets'aut): Boas JAFL X 38. |
| F1006.3 | Mountain trembles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F759.1 | Mountain with marvelous objects at top. *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Berg". |
| F460.4.1.2 | Mountain woman has sex relations with man. Norwegian: Hartmann 104ff.; Solheim Register 19. |
| F460.2.1 | Mountain-folk afraid of thunder. Fb "torden" III 824b. |
| F460.3.1 | Mountain-folk dance. *Fb "danse" IV 93a; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 302 No. 2. |
| F460.2.2 | Mountain-folk ride through air on horses. Fb "luftrejse" II 457a. |
| F460.4.4.5 | Mountain-folk steal from peasant. Fb "lys" II 480b. |
| F460.4.1 | Mountain-girl marries mortal man. Supernaturally strong man as offspring. Fb "döjs" I 229b; Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1928) 282—283. |
| F460.4.7 | Mountain-man as godfather. Type 1165; Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 441ff., (1928) 264ff. |
| F460.1.3 | Mountain-man carries shears at side like sword. Fb "saks" III 143a. |
| F460.2.4 | Mountain-man has stack of butter before his door. Fb "smör" III 413b. |
| F460.1.1 | Mountain-man in animal shape. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 60 No. 517. |
| F460.1.1.1 | Mountain-man in shape of hog. Fb "svin" III 676a. |
| F460.2.12 | Mountain-man must die six times to be dead. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 273. |
| F460.4.4.1 | Mountain-men abduct persons. *Fb "karet" II 91; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norwegian: Solheim Register 19, *Hartmann 109, 112; Chinese: Werner 345; Japanese: Ikeda; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 39; New Hebrides: Codrington 409. |
| F460.4.1.1 | Mountain-men as lovers of herding-girls. Norwegian: Hartman 37. |
| F460.4.5 | Mountain-men borrow from peasant. Fb "lеne" II 521. |
| F460.2.3 | Mountain-men cannot enter house till light is quenched. Fb "lys" II 480b. |
| F460.4.4.2 | Mountain-men chain captive peasant. Fb "lænke" II 497. |
| F460.4.4.6 | Mountain-men drive off man's herds. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301f. Nos. 12, 18. |
| F460.4.2.4 | Mountain-men give children a book. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 60 No. 514. |
| F460.1.4.2 | Mountain-men in red caps. (Cf. F236.3.2., F451.2.7.1.) Fb "lue" II 455. |
| F460.1.4.1 | Mountain-men in white caps. Fb "hvid" I 700b. |
| F460.4.3 | Mountain-men leave broken implement for man to mend. Fb "ovnrage" II 775b; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 271. |
| F460.4.4.4 | Mountain-men make sausage of Christians. Fb "pölse" II 907. |
| F460.3.2 | Mountain-men play games. Hartland Science 166ff., 178; cf. Irving's Rip Van Winkle. |
| F460.4.4.3 | Mountain-men throw person over church roof. Fb "kaste" II 103. |
| F460.4.4.7 | Mountain-spirit causes shipwreck. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 138. |
| F460.4.2.3 | Mountain-spirit teaches hero swordsmanship. Japanese: Anesaki 309. |
| F460.4.2.1 | Mountain-spirits help build palace. Chinese: Werner 181. |
| F460 | Mountain-spirits. (Huldra.) See also F200—F399 (Fairies and Elves), F420 (Water-spirits), and F451 (Dwarfs) for many common motifs. Meyer Altgermanische 101; *Fb "vætte" III 1122b, "dværg" I 220b, "höj" I 740a, and especially "bjærgmand" I 41b, 42a; Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 1071 s.v. "Berggeister"; *Wehrhan 80; Scandinavian: **Hartmann 35ff., 57, 64 ("huldra"); *Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 60ff. Nos. 513—564; Slovenian: *L. Kratzenbacher Germanische Mythen in der epischen Volksdichtung der Slowenen (Graz, 1941) 28—35; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F460.1.2 | Mountain-wife has breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F531.1.5.1, G123.) Fb "patte" II 791b; Scandinavian: Hartmann 38. |
| F162.9 | Mountains in otherworld. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 19; Marquesas: Handy 119. |
| F958 | Mountebank undertakes to bring the city's incurables back to health. Effects marvelous cures. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F544.0.3 | Mouth of man emits flames when open for speech. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F544.0.4 | Mouth open to drink for forty days. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F544.0.1.1 | Mouth opens so wide that lungs (gullet) may be seen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F513.0.3 | Mouthless people. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 78. |
| F755.6 | Moving mountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F488.2 | Mowing contest with household spirit. Farmer puts harrow teeth in plot spirit is to mow. Spirit mows through them, thinking they are dock weeds. Type 1090 (K42.2). England: Baughman. |
| F555.5 | Multi-colored hair. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F882.2 | Multicolored fires. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F451.5.9.6 | Murder causes dwarf to lose his soul. (Cf. E700.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 240. |
| F451.1.2 | Murderer's children become dwarfs. *Fb "dværg" I 220b. |
| F162.8.3 | Musical fountain in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.5 | Musical fountain in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F774.3 | Musical pillar. (Cf. A661.0.2.1.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F803 | Musical rock in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.8 | Mutual relations of giants. |
| F809.6.2 | Mysterious characters engraved upon rock of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.12.5 | Mysterious leaf falls on church altar. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F171.6 | Mysterious punishments in otherworld. *BP III 302; Ovid Metamorphoses IV lines 457—463. |
| F442.1 | Mysterious voice announces death of Pan. *Taylor Washington University Studies X (Humanistic Series) 3ff.; *Fb "röst"; *Boberg Sagnet om den Store Pans Død (København 1934); Boberg Noch einmal die Sage vom Tode des Grossen Pan (Ciassica et Mediaevalia III 119—132).—Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 45 No. 50; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3908; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 123 No. 45. |
| F420.1.5.2 | Mysterious voice—water-spirit—is calling from sea. German: Mackensen Hanseat. 22 (No. 32), Schultze 160; French: Sébillot France II 213, 344. |
| F568.1 | Naked men (boy). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F568 | Naked tribe. Sun, cold, wind, rain do not harm them. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F451.8 | Names for dwarfs. **Gould PMLA XLIV 939. |
| F0.1 | Names for otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F57.1 | Narrow road to heaven. Wimberly 405.—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 63, Beal XXI 324; Kachin: Scott Indo-Chinese 265; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153. |
| F960.2.1 | Nature fruitless after death of hero. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F169 | Nature of the otherworld—miscellaneous. |
| F160 | Nature of the otherworld. Wimberly 139ff.—Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 329; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F108 | Nature of underworld inhabitants. |
| F960.3.1 | Nature's lament at the Temple's destruction. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F559.5.1 | Neck as hard as ivory. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1041.6.1 | Necklace bursts as consequence of violent emotion. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F827.4 | Necklace made of human eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F573 | Negro so black that he makes whole garden somber. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| F1041.0.1 | Neophyte shows no reaction when saint's staff pierces his foot. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F423.1 | Nereid. A sea-maiden. English: Child V 490 s.v. "Nereid"; Germanic: Meyer Altgermanische 102; Greek: Fox 260, *Frazer Pausanias III 12; Hindu: Penzer VI 209 n. 1. |
| F668.5 | New arm made from another man's arm bone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1045 | Night spent in tree. Hero goes into tree to spend the night. *Type 327A, 613; Icelandic: *Boberg; German: Grimm No. 163; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F470.2 | Night-spirits dance. Fb "danse" IV 93a. |
| F470 | Night-spirits. Poltergeister; goblins; hobgoblins. *Kittredge Witchcraft 214, 521f. nn. 7, 9ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: *Wessman 30ff.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 4. |
| F471.1 | Nightmare (Alp). Presses person in dream. **E. Jones Der Alptraum (Leipzig-Wien, 1912); *Tegethoff Amor und Psyche 87ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. 1 282 s.v. "Alp"; Laistner Rätsel I 41ff., II 1ff.; Wehrhan 62; Hdwb. d. March. s.v. "Alp"; *Meyer Germanen 129ff.; Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 322; *Fb "mare" II 551f.; *Kittredge Witchcraft 218, 525f. nn. 54—62.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 288ff., De la Saussaye 293f., *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 241ff., (1928) 154ff.; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 88 Nos. 748—770; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 63 No. 171; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 60; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 127 No. 60; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer III 131 n. 3. |
| F785.2 | Nimrod's multiple throne. Seven thrones on top of one another. Stone, cedar, iron, copper, silver, gold, precious stones. Gaster Exempla 185 No. 2; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F639.12 | Nine hundred horses draw chariot in which strong man rides. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.2.2.5 | Nine-headed giant. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 91, Boberg; Korean: Zong in-Sob 166. |
| F482.3.3 | Nisser belong to particular farm. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F482.4.2 | Nisser have oxen. Norwegian: Solheim Register 19. |
| F420.5.3.5 | Nix flees from benediction in church. English: Child I 366n. |
| F167.10 | No carnal sin in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F172.1 | No gloom, no envy, etc. in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F746 | No putrefaction on extraordinary island. Hair and nails of dead grow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F379.1.1 | No return from fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F172 | No time, no birth, no death in otherworld. Hartland Science 194.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F1047.1 | Non-buoyant flasks float. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F543.3 | Nose turned upside down. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F514.1 | Noseless person. Herbert III 238; Oesterley No. 175; Tobler 63; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F535.4.3 | Noseless pygmies. (Cf. F514.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F555.3.1 | Nude woman clothed in own hair (Godiva). *Fb "hеr" I 771b; Type 710; *BP I 21; England: Baughman. |
| F813.3.3 | Nuts yield purple juice. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F499.2 | Nymphs of Paradise (houris). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F991 | Object bleeds. |
| F994 | Object expresses sorrow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1083.0.1 | Object floats in air. Loomis White Magic 47f. |
| F1098.0.1 | Object miraculously broken. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1098 | Object miraculously mended. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1083 | Object rises into the air. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F948 | Object sinks into earth. |
| F1037 | Object thrown from heaven. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F379.2 | Objects brought home from fairyland. |
| F1025 | Objects go journeying together. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 161. |
| F162.0.1 | Objects of crystal in otherworld. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 606 n. 11, 610 n. 30, Other World 375 s.v. "crystal".—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.1.2.3 | Objects on one side of palisade in otherworld garden black, on other white. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F305.2 | Offspring of fairy and mortal extraordinarily beautiful. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F305.3 | Offspring of fairy and mortal has long hair and beard at birth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F305 | Offspring of fairy and mortal. Malone PMLA XLIII 433; *Krappe études 119ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F420.6.1.6 | Offspring of marriage between mortal and water-spirit. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F455.11 | Offspring of trolls. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F372.2.1 | Old man as godfather to underground folk. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 43 No. 56; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 126 No. 56. |
| F571.1 | Old man with hanging eyelids. So old that the eyelids hang down to his chin and must be lifted up. *Fb "öje" III 1167a; *BP II 398 n. 2, IV 148; Welsh, Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 187; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 213 No. 41. |
| F575.1.2 | Old woman beautiful as in youth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F598 | Old woman gives miraculous amount of milk. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F916 | One animal jumps through body of another. |
| F661.7.3 | One arrow shot into end of last one to make rope of arrows. Melanesia: Codrington 373, 397. |
| F989.6 | One bull, one cow survive plague. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F545.3.1 | One cheek white, other red. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F782.1.1 | One door for each world quarter. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F541.6.1 | One eye brown, other blue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.2 | One eye recedes, other protrudes when angered. (Cf. F541.5.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.8.4.1 | One giant invites another to a feast (wedding). Latter must be satisfied that food is plentiful. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3713. |
| F165.1.0.1 | One hundred doors in palace of otherworld king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F541.5 | One of man's (giant's) eyes protrudes, other recedes. (Cf. F1041.16.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.6.7 | One-armed giant. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F642.6 | One-eyed barber sees thread of silk stretching to sea. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.1.3.3 | One-footed giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.3.3.1 | One-legged giant. Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 170. |
| F525.1 | One-sided man. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 13, III 75, Rink 237, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 171. |
| F165.6 | Only joy felt in otherworld dwelling. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F382.4 | Opening Holy Bible in presence of fairies nullifies their spells. England: Baughman. |
| F451.1 | Origin of dwarfs. *Fb "dværg" I 220b; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 264f., Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 3ff., (1928) 7ff. |
| F251 | Origin of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.6.1 | Origin of giants. (Cf. F531.5.7.1.2.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 275. |
| F482.6 | Origin of household spirits. England: *Baughman. |
| F456.1.1 | Origin of knockers or spriggins. |
| F413 | Origin of spirits. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F718.12 | Origin of springs from broken coconut shell. (Cf. F715.1.1.) Tonga: Gifford 101. |
| F827.3 | Ornaments of snakes, hornets, scorpions, dirt, and a toad. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F81.1 | Orpheus. Journey to land of dead to bring back person from the dead. **E. Maass Orpheus (München, 1895); Frazer Pausanias V 154; Cosquin études 188ff. —Irish myth: *Cross; England: Child I 215ff., Wells 128 (Sir Orfeo); Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 130; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 17 n. 7, von den Steinen Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 260; Babylonian: Spence 125ff. (Ishtar); Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 491; India: Thompson-Balys, Keith 161 (Savitri); Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 198f., Graham; Japanese: Anesaki 223; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 160; Oceanic (New Zealand, Mangaia, Hawaii, Samoa, New Hebrides, Bankes Island, German New Guinea): Dixon 72—78; Maori: Clark III; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 269, 298, Rasmussen III 59, 167; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 337 n. 215, Hatt Asiatic Influences 65ff., **Gayton The Orpheus Myth in North America (JAFL XLVIII 263—293), E. W. Voegelin JAFL LX 52—58, (California): Gayton and Newman 99; Surinam: Alexander Lat. Am. 275; Africa: Werner African *138ff., 196. |
| F451.6 | Other actions of dwarfs. |
| F456.1.2.3 | Other actions of knockers. |
| F420.5.3 | Other actions of water-spirits. |
| F531.6.17 | Other acts of giants. |
| F167.1.4 | Other animals in otherworld. |
| F451.2.6 | Other bodily characteristics of dwarfs. |
| F531.1.6 | Other bodily characteristics of giant. |
| F250 | Other characteristics of fairies. |
| F219 | Other dwelling places of fairies. |
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