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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
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
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| F511.0.2.2.1 | Three-headed woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F785.3 | Throne of fire. (Cf. F702, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77, Jewish: Neuman. |
| F166.6 | Thrones in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F535.1.1.11 | Thumbling as accomplice to robbers. German: Grimm No. 37, 45. |
| F535.1.1.13 | Thumbling carried in pocket. German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F535.1.1.14 | Thumbling carried on hat brim. (See F531.5.1.1.3. for a similar motif.) German: Grimm No. 37. |
| F535.1.1.2 | Thumbling carried up chimney by steam of food. *Type 700; BP I 389. |
| F535.1.1.12 | Thumbling carries needle as sword. German: Grimm No. 45. |
| F535.1.1.1.1 | Thumbling drives mule. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F535.1.1.1 | Thumbling drives wagon by sitting in horse's ear. Type 700; BP I 389. |
| F535.1.1.6 | Thumbling has cat as riding-horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F535.1.1.10.2 | Thumbling hides in a snail shell, in a mouse hole. German: Grimm No. 37. |
| F535.1.1.10 | Thumbling hides in small place. |
| F535.1.1.10.1 | Thumbling hides under thimble in table drawer. German: Grimm No. 45. |
| F535.1.1.8 | Thumbling imprisoned in a sausage. German: Grimm No. 45. |
| F535.1.1.4 | Thumbling in danger of being sucked in by man's breath. BP I 397. |
| F535.1.1.3 | Thumbling lies by sleeping man. Is blown to window by man's breath. BP I 397. |
| F535.1.1.5 | Thumbling lost in animal track. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F535.1.1.9 | Thumbling sold as freak. German: Grimm No. 37. |
| F535.1.1.11.1 | Thumbling steals by entering keyhole. German: Grimm No. 37, 45. |
| F911.3.1 | Thumbling swallowed by animals. (Cf. F914.2.) *Type 700; BP I 389. |
| F535.1.1.7 | Thumbling swallowed by animals. German: Grimm No. 37, 45. |
| F535.1 | Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb. *Types 327B, 700; *BP I 361, 389; Fb "tomling"; Saintyves Contes de Perrault 245ff., 314ff.; *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Daumling"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.1.1 | Thunder report at birth of king. (Cf. F968.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.22.2 | Tiger lives on self-cooking food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1076 | Tightening belt to counteract hunger: when loosened person falls dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F914.3 | Tigress swallows abandoned baby again and again, but it comes out from behind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F76 | Time involved in upper world journey. |
| F841.2.6 | Tin sail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F836.4 | Tiny bow shoots through muskox hide. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 88. |
| F911.6.1 | Toad (as man) swallows all women's earthenware. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| F982.6 | Toad carries seven stone mortars on his head. Chinese: Graham. |
| F982.7 | Toad carries tree on back. Chinese: Graham. |
| F445.1.1 | Tobacco-spirit. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| F379.2.2 | Tokens brought back by mortal returning from fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1068.1 | Tokens from a dream. Man brings objects received during dream. Krappe Balor 122ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F544.2.3 | Tongue with hair growing from it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F544.2.4 | Tongue with thorns. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F544.3.6 | Tooth travels automatically. Africa (Dzalamo): Meinhof ZsES XI 283. |
| F547.3.3 | Toothed penis. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.1 | Toothed private parts. (Cf. F547.3.3.) N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 309 n. 115. |
| F58 | Tower (column) to upper world. *Holmberg Baum 9ff., 33ff. |
| F163.7.1 | Tower hanging in the air in the otherworld. (Cf. H1036.) Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 33, *Boberg. |
| F163.7 | Tower in otherworld. Patch Other World 384 s.v. "tower". |
| F772.1 | Tower of Babel: remarkably tall tower designed to reach sky. Arabian: Basset 1001 Contes I 179; Frazer Old Testament I 362ff., Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F772.2.4.1 | Tower of glass in midst of sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F772.2.4 | Tower of glass; melts in sun. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F772.1.2 | Tower reaches moon. Africa: Stanley 121. |
| F941.3 | Tower sinks into earth. |
| F772.2.2 | Towers of steel, silver and gold. Jacobs's list s.v. "Towers". |
| F769.1 | Town where everything is sold at one price. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F383.5 | Transformed fairy warriors disenchanted when attacked. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.4 | Transformed fairy—miscellaneous. |
| F234 | Transformed fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F2 | Translation to otherworld without dying. (Cf. F12.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F809.7 | Transparent stone. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F61.3 | Transportation from heaven in mist. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F60 | Transportation to or from upper world. |
| F809.5 | Traveling stones. (Cf. D1431.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| F932.8.4 | Treacherous river overflows and drowns victims. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F166.1 | Treasure and jewels in otherworld. Siuts 83ff.; Patch Other World 379 s.v. "jewels"; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F585.4 | Treasure struck from hand of phantom. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F979.22 | Tree acts as master of ceremonies while gods drink. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 74. |
| F95.5 | Tree as roadway to underworld. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 156. |
| F621.3 | Tree as strong man's umbrella. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.7.1 | Tree bearing all fruits. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207a n. 18; Irish myth: Cross; S. A. Indian (Ackawoi): Alexander Lat. Am. 269. |
| F811.7.1.1 | Tree bearing several fruits. (Cf. F811.18.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.7.2 | Tree bearing unwonted fruit (flowers). |
| F811.7.1.2 | Tree bearing variety of fruits. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.18.1 | Tree bears fruit monthly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F811.18 | Tree bears fruit three times yearly. (Cf. F811.7.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.16 | Tree bears fruit, flower, and leaf simultaneously. All drop at once. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.13 | Tree blooms and grows ripe fruit nightly. (Cf. F815.1, F971.7.) Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207b n. 2; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F971.5.2.1 | Tree blossoms at midnight on Twelfth Night. England: Baughman. |
| F811.19 | Tree grows miraculously fast from seed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F979.6 | Tree grows through handle of saint's bell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F162.1.2.4 | Tree half green and half in flame in otherworld garden. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65. |
| F811.4.1 | Tree in midocean. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 85; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.3.3 | Tree in otherworld in perpetual fruit. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 355. |
| F162.3 | Tree in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.4, F162.1.2.5, F162.1.3.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 624, Other World 384 s.v. "tree"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 286; Tonga: Gifford 149. |
| F811.4.3 | Tree in the midst of king's hall. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F811.10 | Tree in which people live in nests. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 85. |
| F441.2.1.4 | Tree maidens bathe at midnight in lake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.10 | Tree of cakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.5 | Tree of camphor. *Chauvin VII 11 No. 373B n. 2. |
| F811.3 | Tree of extraordinary color. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.1.4 | Tree of fire. (Cf. F785.3. and other references there given). Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F162.3.5 | Tree of knowledge of good and evil in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.3.1 | Tree of Life in otherworld. Nourishes mankind. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83, Other World 385 s.v. "Tree of Life"; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Penzer I 8 n., 144. |
| F979.4 | Tree seizes person and lifts him up. Africa (Nago): Trautmann La Littérature populaire а la Cфte des Esclaves (Paris, 1927) 6ff. |
| F979.15 | Tree sheds all its leaves out of sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.14.1 | Tree so large that it darkens whole world. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F54.1 | Tree stretches to sky. Type 1960G; BP II 511.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: De Vries Volksverhalen II 381 Nos. 146, Dixon 239; Tonga, Dobu, San Cristobal: Beckwith Myth 486; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 332 n. 199, Alexander N. Am. 48, Hatt Asiatic Influences 48ff. (Zuсi): Parsons JAFL XXIX 392; S. A. Indian (Charentes): Alexander Lat. Am. 308; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 344, (Congo): Weeks 202 No. 1, (Boloki): Weeks Cannibals 202; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 9. |
| F54 | Tree to upper world. Type 1960G; *BP II 511; Köhler-Bolte I 322; S. Solymossy Revue des études hongroises VI (1928) 311—336 No. 2.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "branche", "paradis"; Egyptian: Müller 176; Sumatra: Dixon 160; Tonga: Gifford 25, 39, Beckwith Myth 482; Hawaii: ibid. 232; Samoa: ibid. 486; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 332 n. 200; S. A. Indian (Cariri): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 559, Métraux MAFLS XL 26, (Langua): Métraux ibid. 106, (Toba): Métraux ibid. 45; Africa: Werner African 136f. |
| F811.4.2 | Tree under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.21 | Tree which has two singing blossoms. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 284. |
| F811.2.1.1 | Tree with brass leaves. Fb "messing" II 582b. |
| F811.2.3.1 | Tree with coiling leaves three thousand miles high with golden cock on top. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83. |
| F811.17.1 | Tree with crystal buds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F811.17 | Tree with extraordinary buds. |
| F811.7 | Tree with extraordinary fruit. |
| F811.2 | Tree with extraordinary leaves. |
| F811.8 | Tree with fruits like human heads. Attached by hair. Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F811.2.3 | Tree with gigantic leaves. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2.1.2 | Tree with golden leaves. Fb "træ" III 867a; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 333, Boberg, Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a n. 35; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F162.3.6 | Tree with golden top in otherworld. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 33. |
| F811.2.2 | Tree with leaves of jewels. Penzer IV 128; Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 242. |
| F811.2.1 | Tree with metal leaves. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres". |
| F811.6 | Tree with musical branches. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.1.7 | Tree with silver trunk, gold branches, emerald leaves, pearls for fruits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F441.2.3.2 | Tree-spirit in elder tree. England: Baughman. |
| F441.2.0.1 | Tree-spirit persuades man to spare tree. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F441.2 | Tree-spirit. Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 207; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 188; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas II 203; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 211, II 44, 67, 126, 507, 574, 675, 811, 820, 898, 1014, 1158, Jataka Index s.v. "Spirits"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 267, 340; S. A. Indian (Caviсa, Tumapasa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| F979.20 | Tree's branches turn upward when idolators rest beneath it. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.1.3 | Trees bloom, others bear concurrently in otherworld garden. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.11 | Trees disappear at sunset. English: Wells 104 (Alexander and Dindimus). |
| F811.12 | Trees grow and "ungrow" each day. (Cf. F817.1.) Chauvin VII 83 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| F811.1 | Trees of extraordinary material. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F621.2.1 | Trees pulled up and thrust into the ground upside down by Antichrist, a giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F621.1 | Trees pulled up by animals. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres" |
| F621.2 | Trees pulled up by giant. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres"; Westphalian: Zaunert Westfälische 7, 8, 11; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F971.8 | Trees put forth leaves on arrival of God in paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F979.12 | Trees spring up from blood spilled on ground. (Cf. D1003.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F979.11 | Trees spring up to commemorate birth of primitive hero (demigod, deity). (Cf. F960.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F973.1 | Trees unbent. Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 317. |
| F811.9 | Trees with green birds hanging by claws. Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F979.23 | Trees wither when tragic things happen. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.5.3 | Triangular hailstones. Irish myth: Cross (F794.2). |
| F515.5 | Tribe of left-handed people. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 99. |
| F525.3 | Tribe of one-eyed, one-footed, one-handed men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F257 | Tribute taken from fairies by fiend at stated periods. English: Child V 498 s.v. "Feind". |
| F98.1 | Trip to lower world on tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F455.2.9 | Troll as whirlwind. Hartmann 73. |
| F455.7.2 | Troll helpless before sign of Cross. (Cf. D1766.1.) Hartmann 67. |
| F455.2.8 | Troll in animal form (cat, dog, pig, hen). Hartmann 67, 70. |
| F455.2.5 | Troll in human form. Hartmann 70. |
| F455.2.5.1 | Troll in human size. Hartmann 65. |
| F455.8 | Troll killed. |
| F455.6.2.1 | Troll repays loan with costly or magic object. Hartmann 72. |
| F455.3.3.2 | Troll rides in whirlwind. (Cf. F455.2.9.) Fb "hvirvelvind" IV 232a. |
| F455.3.3.1 | Troll rides on dog. Fb "hund" I 676b. |
| F455.2.7 | Troll with snout for nose. Hartmann 54. |
| F455.6.4.1 | Troll's costly cup stolen. Hartmann 18, 70. |
| F455.6.4.2 | Troll's treasure obtained by casting steel on it. Hartmann 20. |
| F214 | Trolls (fairies) live in range of hills. Hartland Science 141. |
| F455.7 | Trolls and Christianity. (Cf. G304.2.4.1.) |
| F455.6 | Trolls and men. |
| F455.2.3 | Trolls are black (dark). Hartmann 65; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F455.2.2 | Trolls are usually ugly, hideous, big and strong. Icelandic: *Boberg; Norwegian: Solheim Register 18, Hartmann 48, 52, 65. |
| F455.6.7 | Trolls as changelings. (Cf. F321.1.) Scandinavian: *Hartmann 76ff.; **Piaschewski Der Wichsetbalg (Breslau, 1935). |
| F455.6.9 | Trolls as the constant enemies of humans. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F455.3.5 | Trolls bake. Hartmann 71, *Boberg DF XLVI. |
| F455.6.6 | Trolls carry off people. (Cf. F320, F322.) *Hartmann 76, 86ff.; *Feilberg DF V. |
| F455.3.2 | Trolls dance. *Fb "danse" IV 93b. |
| F455.2.4 | Trolls dressed in skins. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F455.4.2.2 | Trolls eat from golden dishes, but food is frogs and snakes. Hartmann 70. |
| F455.7.1 | Trolls flee before Christianity. (Cf. F382) Hartmann 69. |
| F455.2.6 | Trolls frightful. Hartmann 52. |
| F455.3.6 | Trolls go about at night. Hartmann 75. |
| F455.5.3 | Trolls have cap of invisibility. (Cf. F451.3.3.8.) Hartmann 73. |
| F455.6.8 | Trolls help men. |
| F455.6.8.1 | Trolls help with grain harvest. Hartmann 72f. |
| F455.5.1 | Trolls invisible but heard. (Cf. F412, F451.9.6.) Hartmann 69f. |
| F455.8.2 | Trolls killed by lightning. Hartmann 67. |
| F455.1.2 | Trolls live in cliffs. Icelandic: **Boberg. |
| F455.1.1 | Trolls live in howe (barrow, grave). *Fb "trold" III 852a; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F455.4.2.3 | Trolls live on food humans have failed to bless. Hartmann 70. |
| F455.7.3 | Trolls may not utter holy names. Hartmann 70. |
| F455.3.3.3 | Trolls ride on men and cattle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F455.3.3 | Trolls ride. |
| F455.5.4.3 | Trolls seen through another's arm (or the like). (Cf. D1821.3.1, F235.6.) Hartmann 74. |
| F455.3.1 | Trolls skillful as smiths. *Fb "smed" III 402a; *Krappe Grinkenschmied (Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literatur CLVIII [1930] 9—23). |
| F455.3.4 | Trolls spin and weave fine cloth. Hartmann 72. |
| F455.6.3.1 | Trolls steal fish at Christmas. Hartmann 57. |
| F455.6.3 | Trolls steal from humans. Hartmann 64, 73. |
| F455.2.1 | Trolls the size of ten or twelve year old child. *Fb "trold" III 852a. |
| F455.8.1 | Trolls turn to stone at sunrise. (Cf. F531.6.12.2.) Norwegian: Solheim Register 18, Hartmann 68. |
| F455.5.4.2 | Trolls visible to unconfirmed children. Hartmann 83. |
| F455.6.5 | Trolls visit men. |
| F455.6.5.1 | Trolls visit people Christmas Eve. Hartmann 53f., 75. |
| F455 | Trolls. Sometimes underground spirits, sometimes also thought of as mountain-spirits. In many tales trolls are ogres. (Cf. G100, G400—G599.) *Fb "trold" III 852a; Scandinavian: **E. Hartmann Die Trollvorstellungen in den Sagen und Märchen der skandinavischen Völker (Stuttgart, 1936); Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 285ff., Boberg; Norwegian: Solheim Register 18, 21; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 60ff. |
| F455.4.2.1 | Trolls' food gives man supernatural strength. Hartmann 72. |
| F455.4.2 | Trolls' food. |
| F455.6.1 | Trolls' friendship with men. Hartmann 72. |
| F455.6.2 | Trolls' lending and borrowing. Hartmann 72. |
| F455.4.1.1 | Trolls' riches inside mountain. Hartmann 70. |
| F455.4.1 | Trolls' riches. Hartmann 70. |
| F873.1 | Troops of black, white, and red soldiers. One-third of an army of each. Wesselski Märchen 199. |
| F386.3 | Troublesome bonga (fairy) pegged to ground and placed under stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F171.6.3 | Trying to get a beam through a door crosswise in otherworld. *Type 801; BP III 303. |
| F211.0.2.1 | Tuatha Dé Danann, conquerors of Ireland, are overcome by invaders. (Maic Milid, "Milesians," Gaels) and betake themselves into hills. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1081 | Tub of water dropped neither breaks nor spills. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F721.1.1 | Tunnel of crystal four miles long. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 2. |
| F1025.2 | Turtle's war-party. Turtle recruits war-party of strange objects (knife, brush, awl, etc.) and animals. Because of their nature the companions get into trouble. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 302 n. 108. Cf. Japanese: Mitford 185ff., Ikeda. |
| F610.3.3 | Twelve berserks. (Cf. F610.3.4.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1009.4 | Twelve stones unite to become one. (Cf. D931.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F611.3.2.6 | Twelve year old hero captures town of father's enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F564.3.6 | Twelve years' sleep customary to demons. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F610.3.3.1 | Two berserk-brothers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1072 | Two children of different sex, not related, have such close resemblance that even parents cannot tell them apart. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F523 | Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 248 n. 2. |
| F493.2.2 | Two pestilence spirits speak together. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 255. |
| F961.1.3.1 | Two suns shine in sky. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F511.1.1 | Two-faced person. Janus. Roman: Fox 297; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 327F*; N. A. Indian (Teton): Dorsey AA o.s. II 151ff., (Ponka): Dorsey Contr. to N. Am. Ethnology VI 207; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 85. |
| F531.1.2.2.1 | Two-headed giant. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.2.1 | Two-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman N. A. Indian (Quinault): Farrand JE II 124 No. 14. |
| F526.1 | Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 47 n. 4. |
| F321.3.1 | Unbaptized child stolen by fairies found in barn and rescued. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *412. |
| F251.3 | Unbaptized children as fairies. Fb "udøbt" III 960a; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 61, Beal XXI 324; England: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30 No. 262. |
| F471.1.3 | Unbaptized children as nightmares. When caught, they beg baptism. Usually they are murdered illegitimates. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3685. |
| F863.1 | Unbreakable chain. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chaоne". |
| F979.5.1 | Unconsumed burning bush. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F842.2.3.2 | Under-water bridge. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F842.2.4 | Under-water causeway (to otherworld). (Cf. F93.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F93.0.2 | Under-water entrance to lower world. *Siuts 54. |
| F153.1 | Underground channel to otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F764 | Underground city. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.3.5 | Underground house. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F721.3.2 | Underground kingdom reached in a box which was swallowed by a dragon and later released. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F721.3 | Underground kingdom. |
| F721.5.1 | Underground palace full of jewels. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F721.1 | Underground passages. Journey made through natural subways. *Fb "löngang" II 515; Missouri French: Carrière; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 Nos. 89**, 98; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 98; Gaster Oldest Stories 48. |
| F535.6.1 | Underground pygmy kingdom. Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 17. |
| F450.1.2 | Underground spirit instructs a smith. (Cf. F451.3.4.2.) Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 126 No. 57. |
| F450 | Underground spirits. (Cf. F200—F399, Fairies and Elves.) Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 4ff., (1928) 9ff.; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 228ff.; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 178; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 45ff.; Persian Carnoy 298. |
| F721.4 | Underground treasure chambers. *Type 676; *BP III 137; *Fb "höj" I 740a; Chauvin V 10 No. 7, 60 No. 19 and passim; Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Graham. |
| F725.3.3 | Undersea house. Chinese: Graham. |
| F715.3.1 | Undersea river. (Cf. F718.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.1.5.4 | Underwater castle with walls of gold and diamonds. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F251.4 | Underworld people from children which Eve hid from God. *Fb "underjordiske" III 975b; Wales: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 30 No. 261; German: Grimm No. 180. |
| F162.2.13 | Underworld river from blood of sick mortals. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 24. |
| F941.3.1 | Unfinished Tower of Babel sinks into earth. (Cf. F772.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F451.5.2.1 | Ungrateful dwarf. *Type 426; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 326 No. 23. |
| F171.7 | Unseen hands lave feet in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F660.2 | Unskilled man made skillful by saint's blessing. *Loomis White Magic 72, 82. |
| F357 | Unsuccessful attempt to steal fairy necklace. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F569 | Unusual manner of life—miscellaneous. |
| F560 | Unusual manner of life. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F493.3.1 | Upon destruction of pestilence-spirit, plague ceases. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 259. |
| F544.1.1 | Upper lip curls over nostril; lower hangs down to neck. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| F811.15 | Upside-down tree. Branches in ground, roots in air. Africa (Bambara): Travélé 205ff. No. 66. |
| F382.3 | Use of God's name nullifies fairies' power. (Cf. D1766.7, G303.16.8.) Wales: Baughman. |
| F547.5.5 | Vagina as bag. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.1.1 | Vagina dentata. Woman kills her husbands with her toothed vagina. India: *Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 100; Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 289; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 305, Holm 87; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 309 n. 115, Hatt Asiatic Influences 85ff., (California): Gayton and Newman 72. |
| F547.5.7 | Vagina in armpit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F547.5.6 | Vagina in forehead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F756.5.1 | Valley full of dreadful monsters. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F756.1 | Valley of fire. (Cf. F702, F753, F763, F771.1.11, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77. |
| F482.4.1 | Various-colored horses of brownie. *Fb "hest" I 598. |
| F815.1 | Vegetables (plants) which mature in miraculously short time. (Cf. F811.13.) Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 35. |
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