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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
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Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
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
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 |
|---|---|
| F982.3 | Hawk carries hand of man to saint displeased by handclasp. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F982.4 | Bird brings flower from foreign land. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F982.5 | Crocodile carries extraordinary burden. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F982.6 | Toad carries seven stone mortars on his head. Chinese: Graham. |
| F982.7 | Toad carries tree on back. Chinese: Graham. |
| F982.8 | Crab carries in his ear cat, tiger, bamboos, river. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F983 | Extraordinary growth of animal. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F983.0.1 | Extraordinary quick growth of animal. (Cf. T585.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F983.1 | Snail grows and fills house entirely. N. A. Indian (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXIV 229 No. 36, (Tlingit): Swanton BBAE XXXIX 151. |
| F983.2 | Louse fattened. *Type 621; BP III 483; *Köhler-Bolte I 134, *601a; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XVI 242 No. 23, XVII 229; Polívka Archiv. f. slav. Philol. VII 317 No. 65, XXVI 464; Sébillot France III 334 n. 4; Leskien Balkanmärchen No. 20; *Cosquin Contes indiens 529ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5; Algerian: Desparmet Contes Pop. rec. а Blida 407; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F983.3 | Cat grows as large as a cow in a minute. Chinese: Graham. |
| F983.4 | Extraordinary growth of ox horns. German: Grimm No. 112. |
| F984 | Extraordinary protection for animal. |
| F984.1 | Horse sewed in buffalo-hides. As protection against a greater horse, hero's horse is sewed in nine buffalo-hides. Köhler-Bolte I 469; *Cosquin Contes indiens 417ff. |
| F985 | Animals change color. |
| F985.1 | Black sheep turn white. (Cf. H1023.6.) Types 425, 428, 756C*; Andrejev FFC LIV passim; Boberg Classica et Medievalia I 1938. |
| F986 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning fishing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F986.1 | Clerics catch fish with regularity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F986.2 | Salmon caught out of season for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F986.3 | Salmon comes every seventh year to certain place. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F986.4 | Stranded fish do not decay for a year. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F986.5 | Shores flooded with sea-fish. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F987 | Animal controls sex of offspring. |
| F987.1 | Bird controls sex and appearance of offspring. Hatches seven eggs—three under each wing and one under breast. The right wing hatches three red males, the left three green females. The egg under the breast shares the characteristics of both sex and color—but dies. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F988 | Extraordinary limbs of animals. |
| F988.1 | Ox's leg acts as person. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq III 291ff. |
| F988.2 | Hoofs of horses drop from their feet because of heat. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F988.3 | Apertures of animals' bodies closed up in certain land. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F989 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.1 | Horse jumps over high wall. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheval". Cf. Type 530. |
| F989.1.1 | Horse's tremendous leap. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.2 | Bird's red eye cooks meat. Looks so intently at it that it heats and cooks. N. A. Indian (Maidu): Dixon BAM XVII 65. |
| F989.3 | Cuckoo-clock. Bird calls out the hours. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum bewacht". |
| F989.4 | Man rides on back of fleeing wild boar. (Cf. B557.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F989.5 | Sheep never harmed by wild beasts. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F989.5.1 | Sheep kill wolves. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F989.6 | One bull, one cow survive plague. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.7 | Swine kick trees to cause fruit to fall. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.8 | Mother-love induced in animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.9 | Milk from saint's cows forms lake. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.10 | Animals distribute parts of man's body in accordance with prophecy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.11 | Animal as mighty drinker. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F989.11.1 | Cow lowers ocean by drinking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.12 | Sea animal found inland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.13 | Animal dives into lake and disappears. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F989.14 | Birds hover over battlefield. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F989.15 | Hunt for extraordinary (magic) animal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F989.16 | Extraordinary swarms of birds. |
| F989.16.1 | Swarms of quails serve as food for Israelites. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F989.16.2 | Swarms of birds darken sun and moon. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F989.17 | Marvelously swift horse. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.18 | Boar hung in spider's web. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.19 | Cock with enormous silver ears. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.20 | Egg becomes crowing cock. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.21 | Spider spins web across sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.22 | Animals eat extraordinary food. |
| F989.22.1 | Fowls eat gold and silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.22.2 | Tiger lives on self-cooking food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.22.3 | Pig swallows necklace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.22.4 | Animals live on pearls. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.23 | Frog pierces hardest metals and marbles. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F989.24 | Frogs cast themselves into oven-flames and devour bread. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F990 | Inanimate objects act as if living. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F991 | Object bleeds. |
| F991.1 | Bleeding lance. Stream of blood flows from it into silver cup. (Cf. D1086.) *Brown PMLA XXV (1910) 1; *Gaster FL II 57; Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 202. |
| F991.1.1 | Bleeding knife. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F991.2 | Bleeding bone. Man cuts into dry bone that bleeds. Fb "høle" I 747a; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F991.2.1 | Dry bone smells as sign of forgiveness. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F991.3 | Bleeding cake. Bleeds when cut. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F991.3.1 | Bleeding loaf of bread. German: Grimm No. 205. |
| F991.4 | Shrine bleeds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F991.4.1 | Desecrated altar bleeds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F991.5 | Bleeding rock. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F992 | Plant shrieks when uprooted. |
| F992.1 | Mandrake shrieks when uprooted. Stark Der Alraun; Taylor JAFL XXXI 561. |
| F993 | Sunken bell sounds. *Sartori Zs. f. Vksk. VII 113, 270, VIII 29; England: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72 No. 610; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3610. |
| F993.1 | Sunken bell sounds at certain times. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F994 | Object expresses sorrow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F994.1 | Books show sorrow for owner's death by falling from shelf. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F994.2 | Chariots, stones, weapons join in keen at hero's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F995 | Shield shrieks in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F996 | Waters react to words of poet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F997 | Sword pierces rock when possessor will break it. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F997.1 | Sword is spoken to as to human being. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F998 | Combat with horse's sex organ. (Cf. D1469.5.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1001 | Extraordinary heads act as living objects. Moreno Esdras (F995). |
| F1002 | Substituted silver hand used as if it were of flesh and blood. *Loomis White Magic 125. |
| F1005 | Cooked food grows when planted. |
| F1005.1 | Cake, planted in the field, grows and after a time bears cakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1006 | Extraordinary activity of mountains. (Cf. F755.) |
| 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. |
| F1006.3 | Mountain trembles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1009 | Inanimate object acts as if living. |
| F1009.1 | Doorpost of room rises for holy person. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1009.2 | Gate swallows axes trying to force it open. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1009.3 | Altar shakes when unworthy man is elected. (Cf. D1169.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1009.4 | Twelve stones unite to become one. (Cf. D931.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F1010 | Other extraordinary events. |
| F1011 | Sunbeam as support. |
| F1011.1 | Clothes hung on sunbeam. Fb "solstrеle"; De Vries Germanischromanische Monatsschrift 1922, 40 n. 2; *Loomis White Magic 29; Irish: Plummer cxxxix, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 101, 106, Beal XXI 332f.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301 No. 19, 306 No. 19, 309 No. 10, 328 No. 6; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 146 No. 1805A, 1805B. |
| F1011.1.1 | Gospel-book hung from saint's shoulders without strap. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1011.2 | Sitting (hanging) on a sunbeam. *Köhler-Bolte II 98ff. |
| F1014 | Dice game that lasts for nine years. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1015 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with shoes. |
| F1015.1 | Shoes miraculously worn out. |
| F1015.1.1 | The danced-out shoes. Every morning girl's shoes are danced to pieces. *Type 306; BP III 78; *Fb "sko" III 288b; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 8**. |
| F1015.1.2 | Woman has worn out carriage-load of shoes with walking. Hartland Science 199. |
| F1015.2 | Wearing shoes only when crossing river. Filipino: Fansler MAFLS XII 64, 351. |
| F1015.3 | Bill of sale written on man's sandal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1016 | Man carries extraordinary luggage. |
| F1016.1 | Man puts his horse in his sleeve when he does not need it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1017 | Man washes clothes blindfolded. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1021 | Extraordinary flights through air. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 91, 92; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F1021.1 | Flight on artificial wings. *Type 575; *BP II 131; Penzer IX 149; Köhler-Bolte I 120; *Chauvin V 231 No. 130; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 139 n. 2 (Daedalus); India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Ferguson 35. |
| F1021.2 | Extraordinary effect of high flight. |
| F1021.2.1 | Flight so high that sun melts glue of artificial wings. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 139 n. 2 (Icarus). |
| F1021.2.2 | Flight so high that eyelids drop from cold. (Cf. B552.1.) Gaster Exempla 186 No. 5. |
| F1021.3 | Man learns to fly. Chinese: Graham. |
| F1021.4 | Man kicked so hard that he flies through the air and is never seen again. German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F1022 | Extraordinary descent into ocean. |
| F1022.1 | Descent into ocean in glass box. Jewish: Gaster Exempla 186 No. 5; bin Gorion Born Judas III 136, 306, *Neuman. |
| F1023 | Creation of a person by cooperation of skillful men. *Type 945; *BP III 53; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 327. |
| F1025 | Objects go journeying together. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 161. |
| F1025.1 | Bean, straw, and coal go journeying. Coal burns straw in two and falls into the water. Bean laughs until it splits. *Type 295; BP I 135; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| F1025.2.1 | Eggplant, needle, and cowdung go on warpath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1031 | Ship wrapped with feather-beds and canvass and pitched (so as to save it). English: Child V 496 s.v. "ship". |
| F1032 | Person walks unceasingly for year. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 33 No. 1. |
| F1032.1 | Person wanders unceasingly for hundred and fifty years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1033 | Person lives without food or drink for a year (or more). Type 706; Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 31. |
| F1033.1 | Person lives on water (from holy well) for a year. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1034 | Person concealed in another's body. *Penzer VII 114ff. |
| F1034.1 | Husband concealed in wife's ear. Hindu: Tawney II 578. |
| F1034.2 | Magician carries mistress with him in his body. She in turn has paramour in hers. Wesselski Märchen 186 No. 1; *Cosquin études 276ff.; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 378 No. 109. |
| F1034.2.1 | Ascetic carries woman in his hair, but she has two lovers in her cloak and outwits him. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1034.3 | Person's thigh as hiding place. |
| F1034.3.1 | Man hides sister in wound in his thigh to protect her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1034.3.2 | Bottle concealed in person's thigh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1034.3.3 | Garment hidden in hole cut in thigh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1034.3.4 | Jewell hidden in wound cut in thigh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1034.4 | Person's armpit as hiding place. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 169f. |
| F1034.5 | Other parts of person's body as hiding place. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 1/96.). |
| F1034.5.1 | Key to house concealed in man's heart. Africa (Angola): Chatelain III No. 8. |
| F1035 | Disintegration: man eats himself up or dismembers himself. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 304 n. 109m. |
| F1036 | Hand from heaven writes on wall. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F1037 | Object thrown from heaven. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F1037.1 | Footstool thrown from heaven. *Type 800; *BP I 342; *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Schneider im Himmel". |
| F1038 | Person without shadow. *Type 755; H. C. Andersen "Skyggen"; Fb "skygge" III 347; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 133ff.; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 47 No. 325A*. |
| F1038.1 | Man attends devil's school to learn witchcraft, has no shadow afterward. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F1038.2 | Man has witch aid him in reaping contest, the devil to get the hindmost. The devil tries to take the man but gets shadow instead. (Cf. G303.19, K210.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| F1041 | Extraordinary physical reactions of persons. |
| F1041.0.1 | Neophyte shows no reaction when saint's staff pierces his foot. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1 | Extraordinary death. |
| F1041.1.1 | Death from broken heart. Penzer II 132, VII 24f., 103; Heptameron No. 9; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Grote I 134; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 439. |
| F1041.1.1.1 | Heart breaks at third drink from silver canister. Fb "hjærte" I 631. |
| F1041.1.1.2 | Heart breaks when girl hears lover kiss another. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 3. |
| F1041.1.1.3 | Heart breaks from sorrow. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 439a n. 267; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 883. |
| F1041.1.1.4 | Hearts break when lovers are told beloved is dead. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.1.2 | Death from grief for death of lover or relative. |
| F1041.1.2.1 | Lover dies beside dying sweetheart. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.2.2 | Woman dies on hearing of her husband's death. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1041.1.2.2.1 | Woman swoons and is near death at hearing of husband's or lover's death. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.1.2.2.2 | First woman in Ireland to die of grief for the death of her husband. (Cf. A1335, A1611.5.4.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.2.2.3 | Death from hearing of wife's death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.2.2.4 | Death from hearing of son's (sons') death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1041.1.3 | Death from sorrow or chagrin. |
| F1041.1.3.1 | Maiden who has been falsely accused apparently dies of sorrow. She revives on being prepared for burial. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.3.2 | Servant grieves over master's death. Kills wife and himself. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.3.3 | Woman dies on having secret love exposed. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Heptameron No. 70. |
| F1041.1.3.4 | Priest dies from having been duped into deceptive bargain. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.3.5 | Man dies on learning of wife's adultery. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.3.6 | Heart breaks when girl learns men are slain in battle on her account. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.3.7 | Woman dies of broken heart on learning that her former husband is still alive. She had remarried thinking him dead. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 69; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.3.8 | Man dies from grieving over mother's death. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 77; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.3.9 | Death from excitement at news of Christ's crucifixion. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.3.10 | Death from chagrin. Man cannot answer question. Alphabet No. 186. |
| F1041.1.3.10.1 | Guilty persons being confronted with their crimes become "insensate like trees." India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.4 | Death from longing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.5 | Death from excessive joy. Heptameron No. 9; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VII 103. |
| F1041.1.5.1 | Bridegroom dies from joy. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.5.2 | Stranger dies from joy on being rewarded by ruler. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.5.3 | Mother dies from joy on greeting long-absent son. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.5.4 | Death from joy of kiss. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.6 | Death from sight of beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.8.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.6.1 | Fainting away at sight of goddess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.7 | Man dies when he learns storm is magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.8 | Death on beholding hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.9 | Death from jealousy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.10 | Death (illness) from envy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.11 | Death from fear. (Cf. F1041.17.) Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.11.1 | Suicide from fear of starving. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1041.1.11.2 | Death from fear of demons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.1.11.3 | Suicide from fright of evil prophecy. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.1.11.4 | Man dies from frog's bite, thinking it snakebite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.12 | Death from horror. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.1.13 | Death from shame. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.13.1 | Girl dies of shame at being seen naked. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.1.13.2 | Woman dies of shame at seeing naked man (husband). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.2 | Horripilation. Hair rises on end in extraordinary fashion from joy, anger, or love. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Hindu: Penzer I 120, VII 60, 139 n. 2, 179, VIII 46 n. 1, 94 n. 1; Korean: Zong in-Sob 83; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F1041.3 | Person goes blind from overweeping. Malone PMLA XLIII 410; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.4 | Person melts away from heat. Irish myth: *Cross; Africa (Efik-Ibibo): Dayrell Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria (London, 1910) 84; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 263 No. 68. |
| F1041.5 | Poison of hydra corrodes the skin. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 269 n. 2. |
| F1041.6 | Buttons burst as consequence of violent emotion. English: Child II 186, IV 101, 302. |
| F1041.6.1 | Necklace bursts as consequence of violent emotion. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.7 | Hair turns gray from terror. *Chauvin VII 112 No. 379 bis n. 1; Korean: Zong in-Sob 81. |
| F1041.8 | Extraordinary madness. Fb "sær" III 723b. |
| F1041.8.1 | Madness from seeing beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.1.6.) Penzer II 6ff., VII 66ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.8.1.1 | Madness from sight of magically beautiful man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.8.2 | Madness from grief. (Cf. F1041.21.5.) Child V 487 s.v. "lover". |
| F1041.8.3 | Madness from seeing ugly ogre. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.8.4 | Madness from thirst. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.8.5 | Madness from overeating. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.8.6 | Men go mad in battle. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1041.8.7 | Mad warriors fly up into clouds. (Cf. F1041.16.6.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.8.8 | Madness from hearing prophetic voice from air. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.8.9 | Madness from regret that knight has forsaken his wife. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.8.10 | Madness (rage) from hearing about brother's death. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.8.11 | Madness from loss of fortune. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.9 | Extraordinary illness. |
| F1041.9.1 | Going to bed for sorrow. Fb "seng" III 187ab. |
| F1041.9.1.1 | Man keeps to his bed, mourning over drowned son. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.9.1.2 | King keeps to his bed, mourning over vanished bride. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.9.1.3 | Woman keeps to her bed on announcement of lover's death. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.9.2 | Illness from keeping a secret. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.9.2.1 | Huge boil appears on forehead of youth keeping a secret. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.9.3 | Illness from shame of enemies' scorn. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.10 | Man sweats blood and absorbs hair into head on exertion of strength. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.11 | Laughing and crying at the same time (sundry reasons given). *De Vries FFC LXXIII 213; Gaster Exempla 130 No. 352; India: *Thompson-Balys, *Bloomfield JAOS XXXVI 54—89, *Penzer VII 261; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 160 No. 43, 286 No. 78. |
| F1041.11.1 | Laughter from chagrin. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.11.2 | Man turns pale, red, blue, etc. from emotion or strain. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1041.12 | Man perspires in winter while relating fearful vision. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.13 | Biting fingers to see if one is dreaming. Chauvin V 261 No. 154. |
| F1041.14 | Beheaded man swims. (Cf. E783.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 686. |
| F1041.15 | Inordinate longing. (Cf. D1041.1.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16 | Extraordinary physical reaction to anger. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 88. |
| F1041.16.1 | Man spits fire when enraged. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.16.2 | One eye recedes, other protrudes when angered. (Cf. F541.5.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.16.3 | Man fells wood with sword (dies) when he hears of Crucifixion. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.16.3.1 | Strength from anger enables man to break binding chain. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.3.2 | Strength from anger causes man to break stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.3.3 | Strength from anger enables man to tear opponent to bits. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.4 | Heat of saint's anger sets cowl afire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.5 | Extraordinary bodily contortion as result of warrior's anger. (Cuchulain's battle-rage.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.16.6 | Extraordinary physical reactions of angry warriors in battle. (Cf. F1041.8.7.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.16.6.1 | Fury in battle causes stream of blood to rise from warrior's head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.16.6.2 | Fury in battle causes warrior to increase in size. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.6.3 | Fiery columns rise in front of angry warrior. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.6.4 | Face of angry warrior lights up with flame. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.6.5 | Angry warrior becomes red and purple. Irish myth: Cross. |
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