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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
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
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 |
|---|---|
| F582.3 | Venomous man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F583 | Hero has lain motionless since birth. Koryak, Mongol Turk, Russian: Jochelson JE VI 363. |
| F584 | Person remarkably light in weight. |
| F584.1 | Princess' weight that of five flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F585 | Phantoms. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 61 No. 445B. |
| F585.0.1 | Fairy (god) as phantom. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F585.1 | Fatal enticements of phantom women. Chauvin V 34 No. 16. |
| F585.2 | Magic phantom army. Created out of puffballs and withered leaves. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F585.3 | Phantom women cause weakness. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F585.4 | Treasure struck from hand of phantom. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F591 | Person who never laughs. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 347, 1288. |
| F591.1 | Prince who never laughs. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rire". |
| F591.2 | Sad-faced princess cannot laugh. *BP IV 189 n. 2; Italian: Basile Pentamerone Introduction. |
| F592 | Man's ferocious glance kills (causes swooning). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F593 | Person's extraordinary body temperature. (Cf. F546.5). |
| F593.1 | Extraordinary heat of body melts snow far around person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F594 | Man whose entrails are visible when he laughs. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F595 | Man's body exudes sweet scent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F596 | Extraordinarily slow person. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F597 | Woman without womb. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F598 | Old woman gives miraculous amount of milk. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F600 | Persons with extraordinary powers. |
| 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. |
| F601.0.1 | Skillful companions. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| 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. |
| F601.2 | 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. |
| F601.3 | Extraordinary companions betray hero. *Type 301; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 334ff. |
| F601.4 | Extraordinary companions rescue hero. *Type 514. |
| 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. |
| F601.7 | Animals as extraordinary companions. Type 715; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 74ff. No. 16. |
| F610 | Remarkably strong man. (Strong John). (Cf. X940, X959.1.) *Panzer Beowulf; *Types 301, 650*, 650**, 650, 1003—1013; *BP II 285ff., 300ff.; *Fb "styrke", "stærk", "Svend Felding".—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 86, 153 (Heimdall), *Boberg; French: Cosquin Lorraine Nos. 14, 46, 52, 69 and notes; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 8; Greek: Fox 75 (Herakles), Frazer Apollodorus I 259 n. 3; Jewish: Frazer Old Testament II 480ff. (Samson), *Neuman; Armenian: Ananikian 86; Hindu: Keith 172; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: *De Vries Nederlandsch Tijdschrift v. Volkskunde XXX 97ff.; Chinese: Graham; Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 428; N. A. Indian: *Thompson CColl II 334ff. incident A 2; West Indies: Flowers 435. |
| F610.0.1 | Remarkably strong woman. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 551, 902; Africa (Upoto): Einstein 128. |
| F610.0.1.1 | Remarkably strong women defeats man in arrow and spear contest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F610.1 | Wild man of superhuman strength. *Dickson 114 n. 37; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F610.2 | Dwarf-hero of superhuman strength. Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 24; Missouri-French: Carrière. |
| F610.3 | Warrior of special strength (Berserk). (Cf. F1041.8.6.) Hdwb. d. March. I "Bärenhäuter"; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.1 | Invulnerable berserk. (Cf. D1840.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.2 | Black berserk. (Cf. F527.5.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.3 | Twelve berserks. (Cf. F610.3.4.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.3.1 | Two berserk-brothers. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.4 | Fighting with berserks. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.4.1 | Fighting with twelve berserks. (Cf. F610.3.3.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.4.2 | Single combat with berserk. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.4.2.1 | Berserk killed in combat about maiden. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.3.5 | Competition with berserks in their particular sports: walk through fire, etc. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.4 | Man with strength of many men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F610.4.1 | Man with four men's strength. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F610.4.2 | Man with twelve men's strength. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.4.3 | Man with seventy men's strength. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F610.5 | Man with strength of animals. |
| F610.5.1 | Man with strength of lion. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F610.5.2 | Man with strength of ten elephants. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 31, 580. |
| F610.6 | Man so strong that he breaks most of what he gets in touch with. (Cf. F614.3—F614.6.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.6.1 | Man so strong that he must be chained except when in battle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.7 | Strong man is so heavy that no horse can carry him all day. (Cf. F681.8.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F610.8 | Strong man so heavy that only his own horse can carry him. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 380, Boberg. |
| F610.9 | Strong man accomplishes superhuman tasks when God's spirit is over him. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F611 | Strong man's birth and rearing. |
| F611.1 | Strong man's birth. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 703*. |
| F611.1.1 | Strong man son of bear who has stolen his mother. *Types 301, 650; *Panzer Beowulf 16ff.; *Dickson 117 n. 48; *BP II 293, 300; Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Bärensohn"; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 334ff. |
| F611.1.2 | Strong man son of woman and dwarf. Type 301; BP II 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.2.1 | Strong man son of woman and forest spirit. Africa (Fang): Einstein 70ff., Trilles 190ff. No. 11. |
| F611.1.3 | Wild man son of woman and satyr who overpowers her. Dickson 124 n. 76. |
| F611.1.4 | Wild man son of woman and robber. She is overpowered in forest. Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.5 | Strong man son of man and she-bear. Type 301; BP II 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.6 | Strong man son of man and mare. Type 301; BP II 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.6.1 | Strong man accused of being son of man and mare. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F611.1.7 | Strong man son of person and giant. Fb. "styrke". |
| F611.1.8 | Strong hero engendered by eating of fruit. BP II 300. |
| F611.1.9 | Strong hero engendered by the wind. BP II 300. |
| F611.1.10 | Strong hero engendered from burning brand. BP II 301. |
| F611.1.11 | Strong hero born from egg. *Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.1.11.1 | Strong hero born from noodle. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F611.1.12 | Strong hero struck by smith from iron. Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.1.13 | Strong hero son of man and troll-woman. Relations take place in dream. Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.1.14 | Strong hero son of woman of sea. Type 650. |
| F611.1.15 | Strong hero son of wood-spirit. Type 650. |
| F611.2 | Strong hero's suckling. |
| F611.2.0.1 | Hero's unusual strength from drinking his own mother's milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.2.1 | Strong hero suckled by animal. Type 301; BP II 293, 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.2.2 | Strong hero suckled by mermaid. Gives him strength of twelve men. *Fb "havfrue" I 569. |
| F611.2.3 | Strong hero's long nursing. *Type 650; *BP II 293; Panzer Beowulf 20f. |
| F611.2.4 | Strong hero suckled by seven women. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.2.5 | Strong hero suckled by giant. German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F611.3 | Strong hero acquires his strength. (Cf. F611.2.2.) |
| F611.3.0.1 | Extraordinary strength from fasting for 12 years and eating nothing except earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.1 | Strong hero practices uprooting trees. (Cf. F621.) Type 650; BP Il 287; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 435. |
| F611.3.2 | Hero's precocious strength. Has full strength when very young. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 69, Snorra Edda Prol. III, *Boberg; Norwegian: Christiansen 92, India: *Thompson-Balys; Lau Islands: Beckwith Myth 483; Marquesas: Handy 105. |
| F611.3.2.1 | Strong hero drives huge log into frozen ground. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 237. |
| F611.3.2.2 | Baby tied to a mill-stone by strap so he would not wander about; drags stone after him. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 31. |
| F611.3.2.3 | Precocious hero crushes iron wall with fists. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.2.4 | Precocious hero jumps across river. (Cf. F614.11.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.2.5 | Small child beats giant challenger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.2.6 | Twelve year old hero captures town of father's enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.3 | Strong hero tests weapons. Breaks first swords. *Von Sydow Fâvne 22ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo III 305, *Boberg. |
| F611.3.3.0.1 | Precocious strong hero demands bows and arrows. (Cf. F611.3.3.) Type 650. |
| F611.3.3.1 | Hero tests sword by cutting steer in two. Chinese: Graham. |
| F611.3.3.2 | Strong hero tests scythes: they break all. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F611.4 | Precocious son saves kingdom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F612 | Strong hero sent from home. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F612.1 | Strong hero sent from home because of enormous appetite. *Type 650; BP II 293; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92; *Fb "spise" III 495b, "æde" III 1140a; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "appétit"; Indonesian: De Vries Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXX (1926) 97ff.; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 24. |
| F612.2 | Strong hero kills (overcomes) playmates: sent from home. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; French: Cosquin Lorraine No. 52; N. A. Indian: *Thompson CColl II 334ff. |
| F612.3 | Hero leaves home with giant equipment. |
| F612.3.1 | Giant cane for strong man. Cane holds fifty cattle. *Type 650; *Cosquin Contes indiens 482ff.; *Fb "jærn" IV 249a; French: Cosquin Lorraine No. 52; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bâton"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXX 86; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 436. |
| F612.3.2 | Strong man with giant hammer and shield. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F613 | Strong man makes labor contract. *Type 650; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F613.1 | Strong man's labor contract: blow at end of year. Blow sends his master to sky. *Type 650; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *762. |
| F613.2 | Strong man's labor contract: all grain he can carry. *Type 650; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 505—511, 520f., 523f. |
| F613.2.1 | Labor contract: as much money as my companion (strong man) can carry. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 8. |
| F613.3 | Strong man's labor contract: anger bargain. First to become angry shall receive blow. *Type 650, 1000; BP II 293. |
| F613.4 | Strong man serves ogre as punishment for stealing food. *Type 650. |
| F614 | Strong man's labors. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F614.1 | Strong man drives anvil into ground. *Type 650; BP II 293; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.2 | Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapon. *Type 650; Dickson 179 n. 47; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.2.1 | Strong man uses pillar-stone as weapon. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F614.2.2 | Strong man uses rafter as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.2.3 | Strong man buries axe in tree stump and removes it with his little finger. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F614.3 | Strong man as gardener: destroys plants. *Type 650; Finnish: Kalevala rune 31 (woods); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 77 No. 650. |
| F614.4 | Strong man as rower; breaks boat. Finnish: Kalevala rune 35. |
| F614.4.1 | Strong man as rower: rows one side of boat against many at other. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F614.5 | Strong man as fisherman: destroys fish and nets. Finnish: Kalevala rune 35; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.6 | Strong man throws trees on roof and breaks it. *Type 650; Chinese: Graham. |
| F614.6.1 | Strong man throws man back and breaks his bones (legs). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.7 | Strong man uses stable-roof as flail. Type 1031; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21. |
| F614.8 | Strong man fells tree with one blow of axe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F614.9 | Strong man clears plain. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F614.10 | Strong hero fights whole army alone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F614.11 | Strong man jumps across rivers. (Cf. F611.3.2.4.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F614.12 | Youth crushes coins to powder with fingers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F615 | Strong man evades death. Vain attempts to kill him. *Type 590, 650.—Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 143, *Cross; Hindu: Keith 173 (Krishna); Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 24; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 391. |
| F615.0.1 | Death of strong man. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F615.1 | Strong man sent to devil's mill: drives devils to master's house. *Type 650. |
| F615.2 | Strong hero sent for wild animals. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F615.2.1 | Strong man sent to milk lions: brings lions back with him. *Type 590. |
| F615.2.2 | Strong man sent to kill lions: does so and frightens king. Greek: Fox 80 (Herakles). |
| F615.2.3 | Strong man sent for wild horses: brings them back. *Type 650. |
| F615.2.4 | Strong man sent for bears: bring them back home. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F615.2.5 | Strong man sent for wolves: brings them back home. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F615.3 | Strong hero overawes master. *Type 1145—1165 passim; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F615.3.1 | Strong hero attacked with millstone puts it on as collar. Sent to dig a well. Master throws the millstone on him. *Type 650; Fb "kilde" II 119a, "møllesten" II 650b; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21; India: Thompson-Balys; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 112 No. 39. |
| F615.3.1.1 | Strong hero asks that chickens stop scratching. When his master throws millstone on him he complains that chickens are scratching dirt on him. *Type 650; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 435f. |
| F615.3.1.2 | Camels having fallen from sky into girl's eyes; she tells her mother that some grains of sand have fallen down from sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F615.4 | Spear bends as it strikes hero on chest and he survives ordeal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F616 | Mighty pugilist. Greek: Grote I 156. |
| F617 | Mighty wrestler. Africa (Bulu): Krug 106. |
| F617.1 | Extraordinary strength; elephant-wrestler. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F618 | Strong man tames animals. |
| F618.1 | Strong hero tames ungovernable horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F621 | Strong man: tree-puller. Can uproot and carry off trees. (Cf. F611.3.1, F614.2.) *Type 513; BP II 79ff.; *Fb "træ" III 867b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 13; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Dixon 90, Beckwith Myth 421; Samoa: Ibid. 254; Tonga: Gifford 127; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1323). |
| 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. |
| F621.2.1 | Trees pulled up and thrust into the ground upside down by Antichrist, a giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F621.2.2 | Giant polishes teeth with uprooted tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F621.3 | Tree as strong man's umbrella. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F622 | Mighty blower. Man turns mill with his blowing. (Cf. X935.) *Type 513; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 432a n. 55.—Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 8, Rotunda; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "souffle", "moulin." |
| F622.1 | Mighty blower slows down princess with his breath. Causes her to lose race. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F622.2 | Mighty blower blows firebrand so that sparks fly far, blows seawaves back and forth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F623 | Strong man holds up mountain. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "montagne", "appuiemontagne"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F624 | Mighty lifter. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Flateyjarbok I 523—24, MacCulloch Eddic 82, 93, Snorra Edda Prol. III, *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F624.0.1 | Saint as mighty lifter. (Cf. V220.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F624.1 | Strong man lifts horse (ox, ass). Fb "stærk"; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 250; Gaster Exempla 203 No. 92; Greek: Fox 100 (Theseus); Jewish: Neuman. |
| F624.1.1 | Strong man throws elephant across sea. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F624.1.2 | Strong man throws walrus. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 178. |
| F624.1.3 | Strong man throws leopard. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F624.2 | Strong man lifts large stone. Irish myth: Cross (F624.7); Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F624.2.0.1 | Strong man throws enormous stone. Greek: Odyssey XIII 184, IX 482, X 120, Iliad XII 381. |
| F624.2.0.1.1 | Strong man throws mountain. (Cf. F623, F626.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F624.2.0.2 | Strong man moves enormous rock. Marquesas: Handy 105. |
| F624.2.1 | Strong man lifts millstone. Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arracheur." |
| F624.2.2 | Strong man lifts large stone with one hand. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F624.3 | Strong hero lifts cart. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charrette." |
| F624.3.1 | Strong man throws carriage with horses and driver on top of haystack and breaks the driver's ribs. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F624.4 | Strong man lifts plow. Fb "stærk"; German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F624.5 | Strong man lifts ton of rye. Fb "stærk." |
| F624.6 | Strong hero lifts house. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F624.7 | Strong man carries boat (ship). Tonga: Gifford 127; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/403). |
| F624.8 | Strong man throws opponent into the air. Icelandic: *Boberg; Tonga: Gifford 122. |
| F624.9 | Little girl moves enormous bow which nobody could ever carry before. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F624.10 | Strong man carries bellows. Chinese: Graham. |
| F625 | Strong man: breaker of iron. (Cf. X946.) *Fb "stærk" (bends horseshoe); Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 524, Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "Brise-Fer"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F625.1 | Hero drives spear through seven iron plates. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F626 | Strong man pulls down mountains. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21. |
| F626.1 | Strong man flattens hill (lops off hilltop). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F626.2 | Strong man kicks mountain down. Marquesas: Handy 105. |
| F627 | Strong man pulls down building. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Judges 16: 30 (Samson), *Neuman. |
| F628 | Strong man as mighty slayer. (Cf. F615.2.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.0.1 | Precocious strong hero as mighty slayer. (Cf. F611.3.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.1 | Strong man kills animals with own hands. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F628.1.0.1 | Strong man slays monster. Tears heart out. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.1.1 | Strong man kills lion with own hands. English: Child V 487 s.v. "lion", Wells 151 (Richard Coer de Lyon); Hebrew: Judges 14: 6 (Samson); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F628.1.1.1 | Strong man kills tiger single-handed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F628.1.1.2 | Strong man kills leopard. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 125f. |
| F628.1.1.3 | Strong man kills jaguar. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 687. |
| F628.1.1.4 | Strong man kills bear. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F628.1.1.5 | Strong man kills wolves in sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F628.1.2 | Man kills ox with flat of hand. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No 250. |
| F628.1.2.1 | Man kills cow with flat of hand. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen 144. |
| F628.1.2.2 | Man swings wild steer by horns round and round till it is stunned, casts it to ground. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F628.1.3 | Strong man kills great serpent. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 116. |
| F628.1.3.1 | Man kills serpents, toads, dragons with own hands. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.1.3.2 | Child tears to pieces a live snake with his bare hands. (Cf. F611.3.2.) Greek: Fox 79 (Hercules); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F628.1.4 | Strong hero kills aquatic animal with own hands. |
| F628.1.4.1 | Strong hero kills many crocodiles with own hands. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1365. |
| F628.1.4.2 | Strong hero kills sharks with own hands. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 421. |
| F628.1.4.3 | Strong hero kills walrus with own hands. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 263. |
| F628.1.5 | Strong man kills giant dog. Tonga: Gifford 137. |
| F628.1.6 | Strong hero fells two maddened elephants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F628.2 | Strong man kills men. Dickson 180; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F628.2.1 | Strong man kills many men at once. *Boje 103; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Judges 14: 19 (Samson), *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 417, Rarotonga: ibid. 253; Africa (Upoto): Einstein 126. |
| F628.2.2 | Strong man throws another from walls. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 238 n. 3. |
| F628.2.3 | Strong man kills giant. Type 650* (Cf. F639.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 38; S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| F628.2.4 | Army of strong men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F628.2.5 | Strong man kills men with own hands. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F628.2.6 | Strong man kills many with hammer. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F628.2.7 | Strong man uses man as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F628.2.8 | Strong man kills robber with a snap of his finger. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F628.2.10 | Strong man cleaves horse and rider in two with sword. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F628.3 | Strong man slays spectre. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.4 | Strong man's mighty spear-cast (sword blow). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.4.1 | Strong man plunges sword into stone. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.5 | Strong hero wields many weapons at once. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F631 | Strong man carries giant load. (Cf. F531.3.10, F624.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F631.1 | Strong man drags mill. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "moulin". |
| F631.2 | Strong man carries off city gates. Jewish: Judges 16: 3, *Neuman. |
| F631.2.1 | Strong man carries off door-frame and frame of smoke-hole. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F631.3 | Strong man swims carrying fifty (many) companions. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F631.4 | Strong man carries ox on the back. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F631.5 | Strong man carries heavy oxhide on the hand. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F631.6 | Strong man carries huge beam. |
| F631.6.1 | Strong men knock on door with beam of twenty elbow-lengths. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F631.6.2 | Man carries a beam eighteen feet in length and cuts path through jungle at same time. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F632 | Mighty eater. Eats whole ox at time, or the like. (Cf. X931.) *Cosquin Contes indiens 427ff.; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 250.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 88, 93, Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 419; Tonga: ibid. 271, Gifford 172f.; Marquesas: Handy 42; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/620); S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 142; Africa (Fang): Tessman 117, (Wute): Sieber 117. |
| F633 | Mighty drinker. Drinks up whole pools of water, or the like. (Cf. X932.) *Type 513; BP II 79ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Tonga: Gifford 159; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 259; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 345ff.; Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 246. |
| F634 | Mighty fisherman. Palm tree as rod, elephant as bait. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F634.1 | Strong man bathing and diving in river catches thousands of fishes in his beard. (Cf. X1112.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F635 | Remarkable spitter. Spits lake of soap. (Cf. F934). Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F636 | Remarkable thrower. (Cf. F531.3.2., F624.0.1, F624.3.1, F624.8, F628.2.2, F628.4, X943.) Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1172; Hawaii: Beckwith 421; Samoa: ibid. 254. |
| F636.1 | Remarkable thrower of iron. Makes field full of scissors. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F636.2 | Remarkable thrower of chips. Makes forest. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F636.3 | Remarkable pourer of water. Makes a river. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F636.4 | Remarkable stone-thrower. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F636.4.1 | Hero throws up a stone: before it falls, he drinks a full jar empty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F636.4.2 | Strong man catches stones hurled from catapults by enemy and throws them back upon the besiegers. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F636.4.3 | Strong man's stone-throw carries away roof-timber. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F636.5 | Hero catches a giant jug and pitches it about. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F637 | Strong man holds back ship. Alphabet No. 493.—Jewish: Neuman. |
| F638 | Mighty archer. Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 428; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
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