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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
All
A
Mythological Motifs
B
Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| F531.3.8.5.1 | Earthquake by giant's wrestling. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F960.2.5.1 | Earthquake when good man is murdered. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F451.3.13.1 | Eating dwarfs smack like hogs. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 229. |
| F443.1 | Echo as wood-spirit kidnaps and crazes man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F443 | Echo as wood-spirit. |
| F961.0.2 | Eclipse of sun and moon in God's proximity. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.1.9 | Eclipse of sun at important historical events. (Cf. A737.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F839.2.2 | Edge of shield sharp enough to cut hair on water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.20 | Egg becomes crowing cock. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F878 | Egg used as shinny ball. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 74. |
| F1025.2.1 | Eggplant, needle, and cowdung go on warpath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F359.1 | Eggs stolen from fairies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F512.2.1.2 | Eight-eyed person. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 233; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/15). |
| F962.1 | Electric storm breaks island into three parts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F968.1 | Electric storm kills a thousand. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F929.1 | Elephant allows jackal to quench his thirst by entering through his mouth to his stomach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F369.8 | Elephants become lean from listening too much to fairy music; cannot graze. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F156.5 | Eleven portals to otherworld. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 46. |
| F301.5 | Elf-knight entices maiden away and kills her. English: Child I 47; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F301.2.1 | Elf-knight produces love-longing by blowing on horn. English: Child I 15ff., 23, 55, 367. |
| F239.5 | Elves have faces of wrinkled old men. England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F232.7 | Elves have only half a thumb. England: Baughman. |
| F451.9.5 | Emigrating dwarfs are ferried across water. (Cf. F451.5.10.6.) German: Karstens-Goslar 166. |
| F133.2 | Empty under-water house. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 81. |
| F451.5.4.3 | Enchanted princess lives with dwarfs. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 175 I. |
| F959.6.1 | Enemy cured by poisoned cake he has sent to holy man in order to destroy him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F171.0.1 | Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explained. Type 471; *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Literaturgeschichte VIII 123; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 173 (to Gonzenbach No. 88); Bolte ibid. XVI 460.—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 54, 57, Beal XXI 321f.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *472; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.6.8.3 | Enmity (competition) between giants. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F873.2 | Enormous army camp. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F899.3 | Enormous cage. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F841.3.3 | Enormous canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 420; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 62, 85. |
| F816.2 | Enormous kava plant. Tonga: Gifford 123, 158. |
| F547.7 | Enormous testicles. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| F547.5.2 | Enormous vagina. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F545.1.5.1 | Enormously fat woman with beard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1099.1 | Entire household dies on same night. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F451.4.1.7 | Entrance to dwarf home leads through some filthy place under the swill hole or swill tub. German: Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 No. 40. |
| F211.1 | Entrance to fairyland through door in knoll. Hartland Science 61; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales: Baughman; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 133, 283. |
| F92.5 | Entrance to lower world by making hole in ground. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F92.6 | Entrance to lower world through cave. England: *Baughman. |
| F92.4 | Entrance to lower world through mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 614 n. 48.—Irish myth: Cross; Babylonian: Gilgamesch-Epos IX; Chinese: Graham. |
| F150.2 | Entrance to other world guarded by monsters (or animals). Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Babylonian: Spence 171; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 47, 74, 80, Rasmussen I 81. |
| F150.2.1 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by giant (champion). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F150.2.3 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by north and south winds. Tonga: Gifford 171. |
| F150.2.2 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by spirits. Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 37. |
| F101.4 | Escape from lower world by magic. Thompson CColl II 336ff. (Tehuano, Shuswap). |
| F101.7 | Escape from lower world by spider's thread. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.6.1 | Escape from lower world on bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.6.2 | Escape from lower world on horse of lightning. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.5 | Escape from lower world on miraculously growing tree. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F381.2.1 | Escape from pursuing fairies by strewing path with bananas. Africa (Ashanti): Rattray 55. |
| F162.1.1 | Everblooming garden in otherworld. *Wimberly 148; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.11.3 | Evil spirit harpoons sleepers. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 68. |
| F402.1.11.2 | Evil spirit kills and eats person. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 88. |
| F405.14 | Evil spirit laid after it is tormented by exorciser. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.11.4 | Evil spirit's kiss fatal. Korean: Zong in-Sob 18. |
| F402 | Evil spirits. Demons. See whole chapter "G" for witches and ogres. —Greek: Grote I 66. |
| F530 | Exceptionally large or small men. Krappe Neuphilologische Mitteilungen XXIV 1—10. |
| F559.3.1 | Excreta is so fiery it starts great fires. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.1.3 | Exhibition of lights at saint's birth. Loomis White Magic 21. |
| F321.1.3 | Exorcising a changeling. Hartland Science 122f.; Ireland: Baughman. |
| F382 | Exorcising fairies. Fairies disappear when some name or ceremony of the Christian Church is used. Hartland Science 107, 127, 130, 138f., 166; Fb "Kristen" II 300, "døbe" I 227, "messevin" II 582, "trold" III 852a; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; England: Baughman; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 74; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 50 No. 416. |
| F471.1.2.1 | Exorcising the nightmare. Meyer Germanen 132. |
| F451.5.22 | Expelled dwarfs plan to dig underground bed for Rhine. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 303 No. 23. |
| F493.2 | Experiences with pestilence spirit. |
| F667.3 | Expert swordsman cuts clothes bag in two. (Cf. F611.3.3.1) Chinese: Graham. |
| F821.4 | Extraordinarily beautiful mantle. None surpasses it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F832.2 | Extraordinarily big lance. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F866.6 | Extraordinarily costly drinking horn. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F831.5 | Extraordinarily heavy arrow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F837.1 | Extraordinarily keen stone axe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 395. |
| F836.3 | Extraordinarily large bow. Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.0.3 | Extraordinarily large fruit. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F881.1 | Extraordinarily large vessel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F824.2 | Extraordinarily painted shield. Herrmann Saxo II 288; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F838.1 | Extraordinarily sharp knife. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F596 | Extraordinarily slow person. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1006 | Extraordinary activity of mountains. (Cf. F755.) |
| F815.2.1 | Extraordinary amount of liquor pressed from single grain. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F695.2 | Extraordinary amount read in short time. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F813.1 | Extraordinary apple. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F824 | Extraordinary armor. (Cf. F839.2.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F873 | Extraordinary army. |
| F831 | Extraordinary arrow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.6 | Extraordinary banana. |
| F872 | Extraordinary bath. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F837 | Extraordinary battle-axe. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F787.1 | Extraordinary bed woven with spider's webs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F787 | Extraordinary bed. |
| F846 | Extraordinary bed. |
| F967 | Extraordinary behavior of clouds. |
| F964 | Extraordinary behavior of fire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961 | Extraordinary behavior of heavenly bodies. |
| F961.3 | Extraordinary behavior of moon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.2 | Extraordinary behavior of stars. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F961.1 | Extraordinary behavior of sun. (Cf. F965.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F979 | Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants—miscellaneous. |
| F970 | Extraordinary behavior of trees and plants. Irish: Beal XXI 308, O'Suilleabhain 27. |
| F931.4 | Extraordinary behavior of waves. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F963 | Extraordinary behavior of wind. |
| F829.3 | Extraordinary belt. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F964.3.2 | Extraordinary blood catches fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F841 | Extraordinary boat (ship). Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F710 | Extraordinary bodies of water. |
| F1041.16.5 | Extraordinary bodily contortion as result of warrior's anger. (Cuchulain's battle-rage.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F883.1 | Extraordinary book. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F836 | Extraordinary bow. |
| F827.6 | Extraordinary bracelets. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F842.2 | Extraordinary bridge miscellaneous. |
| F842 | Extraordinary bridge. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F857 | Extraordinary broom (besom). |
| F789 | Extraordinary buildings and furnishings—miscellaneous. |
| F770 | Extraordinary buildings and furnishings. Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 771, Beal XXI 322. |
| F783 | Extraordinary carpet. |
| F771 | Extraordinary castle (house, palace). Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F757 | Extraordinary cave. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 197. |
| F863 | Extraordinary chain. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F786 | Extraordinary chair. |
| F760 | Extraordinary cities. Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIII (1931) 97ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F808 | Extraordinary cliff: thin as a hair, sharp as a blade, slippery as an eel's tail, high as a mast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F547.4 | Extraordinary clitoris. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F166.3 | Extraordinary clothes in otherworld. Siuts 86f. |
| F829 | Extraordinary clothing and ornaments—miscellaneous. |
| F820 | Extraordinary clothing and ornaments. |
| F795 | Extraordinary cloud. |
| F835 | Extraordinary club. (Cf. F531.4.5.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 204. |
| F852 | Extraordinary coffin. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F601.4.1 | Extraordinary companion hides behind hero to trick enemy. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 143. |
| F601.4.2 | Extraordinary companion saves hero from death. Korean: Zong in-Sob 164. |
| F601.5 | Extraordinary companions are brothers (twins, triplets). *Cosquin Contes indiens 447ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F601.6 | Extraordinary companions are transformed animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F601.3 | Extraordinary companions betray hero. *Type 301; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 334ff. |
| F601.2 | Extraordinary companions help hero in suitor tests. *Types 513, 514; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 345ff.; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 74ff. No. 16. |
| F601.1 | Extraordinary companions perform hero's tasks. *Types 513, 514; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 163ff.; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 345ff. |
| F601.4 | Extraordinary companions rescue hero. *Type 514. |
| F601 | Extraordinary companions. A group of men with extraordinary powers travel together. *Types 301B, 513, 514, 571; *BP II 79, 95; *Benfey *Kleinere Schriften III 94; *Köhler-Bolte I 601 s.v. "Gefährten"; *Cosquin Contes indiens 431ff.; *Kittredge Arthur and Garlagon 226 n. 3; Jacobs's list s.v. "Extraordinary Companions"; Alphabet No. 693; *Chauvin VII 125 No. 392.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5, Rotunda; Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 428; Koryak, Mongol-Turk: Jochelson JE VI 363; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: De Vries Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde (1924) 97ff.; Korean: Zong in-Sob 163f.; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 27, 114, 128, 433; N. A. Indian: *Thompson CColl II 334ff., 345ff. |
| F866.7 | Extraordinary container used for fluids. |
| F964.3.3 | Extraordinary corpse burns of its own accord. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F828 | Extraordinary crown. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F866 | Extraordinary cup. |
| F965.4 | Extraordinary darkness not dispelled by artificial means. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F981 | Extraordinary death of animal. |
| F1041.1 | Extraordinary death. |
| F1022 | Extraordinary descent into ocean. |
| F962.7 | Extraordinary dew. |
| F956 | Extraordinary diagnosis. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F782 | Extraordinary doors and windows. |
| F821 | Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.) |
| F969.4 | Extraordinary earthquake. |
| F1021.2 | Extraordinary effect of high flight. |
| F841.2 | Extraordinary equipment of ship. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1088.3 | Extraordinary escape from drowning. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. XLI, Boberg; Danish: Schmidt DF XXXIX 44ff.; Maori: Clark 29. |
| F1088 | Extraordinary escapes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F559.3 | Extraordinary excrement. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F864 | Extraordinary fetter. |
| F885 | Extraordinary field. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.7 | Extraordinary fig. |
| F552.1.3 | Extraordinary fingernails. (Cf. G11.11.1.) Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 87, Rasmussen III 79; Oceania: *Lessa MS. |
| F882 | Extraordinary fire. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.22 | Extraordinary firewood, of elephant tusks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1021 | Extraordinary flights through air. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 91, 92; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F811.23 | Extraordinary flower-bearing tree in middle of seven forts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F814 | Extraordinary flower. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F851 | Extraordinary food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F812 | Extraordinary forest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F716 | Extraordinary fountain. (Cf. D925.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F813 | Extraordinary fruits. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F882.1 | Extraordinary funeral pyre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F899.2 | Extraordinary game-board. |
| F818 | Extraordinary garden. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F776 | Extraordinary gate. |
| F834.3 | Extraordinary gleaming spear. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F756.5 | Extraordinary glen: mysterious shouting heard. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F813.5 | Extraordinary gourd. |
| F815.2 | Extraordinary grain. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F813.2 | Extraordinary grapes. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F817 | Extraordinary grass. |
| F983 | Extraordinary growth of animal. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F983.4 | Extraordinary growth of ox horns. German: Grimm No. 112. |
| F771.5 | Extraordinary guard for castle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F647.1.1 | Extraordinary gustatory sense. Woman detects flavor of garlic in a sauce made in a mortar from which garlic has been removed. Spanish: Childers. |
| F962.5 | Extraordinary hailstones. |
| F822 | Extraordinary handkerchief. |
| F1001 | Extraordinary heads act as living objects. Moreno Esdras (F995). |
| F893 | Extraordinary hearth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F593.1 | Extraordinary heat of body melts snow far around person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F862 | Extraordinary horseshoe. |
| F962.2.5 | Extraordinary hot rain. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F1041.9 | Extraordinary illness. |
| F855 | Extraordinary image. |
| F887 | Extraordinary implements. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F747 | Extraordinary island upon which no sinner can die (be buried). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F730 | Extraordinary islands. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F826 | Extraordinary jewels. |
| F886 | Extraordinary key. |
| F707 | Extraordinary kingdom. (Cf. F760.) |
| F838 | Extraordinary knife. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F848 | Extraordinary ladder (stair). |
| F964.3.1 | Extraordinary lamps burn with urine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F832 | Extraordinary lance. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F883.2 | Extraordinary letter (written on human skin). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F988 | Extraordinary limbs of animals. |
| F771.3 | Extraordinary location of castle. |
| F811.4 | Extraordinary location of tree. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F782.4 | Extraordinary lock and key (made of bones). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F821.5 | Extraordinary long turban. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F856 | Extraordinary loom. |
| F1041.8 | Extraordinary madness. Fb "sær" III 723b. |
| F842.1 | Extraordinary material of bridge. |
| F962.10 | Extraordinary mist (darkness). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F759 | Extraordinary mountains and valleys—miscellaneous. |
| F844 | Extraordinary nail. (Cf. F841.1.7.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F960.10 | Extraordinary natural phenomena at giving of Tora at Mount Sinai. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F960.4 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at anger of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.1.2 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of hero. (Cf. T583, V222.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F960.1 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of holy person (hero). *Dh II 11; Toldo I 327, 335; Irish: Plummer cxxxvii, *Cross; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 216 No. 141 (142); Alphabet Nos. 549, 552; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 682, 788, 969, II 325, 1014, 1245, 1339; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 71, 390. |
| F960.1.1 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.7 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at cruel treatment of innocent person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.2 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at death of holy person (hero). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F960.8 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at moving of saint's remains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.5 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at prisoner's miraculous release. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960.1.5 | Extraordinary nature phenomena at rebirth: nine worlds tremble. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F960.3 | Extraordinary nature phenomena during furious battle. (Cf. F1084.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F960.6 | Extraordinary nature phenomena on night of fratricide. (Cf. S73.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F960 | Extraordinary nature phenomena—elements and weather. |
| F969 | Extraordinary nature phenomena—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F781.2 | Extraordinary number of rooms. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F813.3 | Extraordinary nut. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931 | Extraordinary occurrence connected with sea. |
| F989 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F980 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals. |
| F986 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning fishing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F930 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. |
| F934 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F935 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank). |
| F932 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers. |
| F1015 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with shoes. |
| F933 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs. |
| F900 | Extraordinary occurrences. |
| F827 | Extraordinary ornaments. |
| F865 | Extraordinary pavement. |
| F547.3 | Extraordinary penis. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F655 | Extraordinary perception of blind men. |
| F253.1 | Extraordinary physical powers of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.16 | Extraordinary physical reaction to anger. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 88. |
| F1041.16.6 | Extraordinary physical reactions of angry warriors in battle. (Cf. F1041.8.7.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041 | Extraordinary physical reactions of persons. |
| F774 | Extraordinary pillars. |
| F700 | Extraordinary places. |
| F815 | Extraordinary plants. Jewish: *Neuman. |
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