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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| G220.0.1 | "Black" and "white" witches. Malevolent and benevolent. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G372 | "Rain" as ogre in bull form. Gaster Oldest Stories 47; Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 193. |
| G252.0.1 | A cat in form of an old woman has hand cut off; recognized next morning by missing paw. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G303.25.12 | A farmer who trades horses with the devil is cheated. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 16 No. 149. |
| G303.4.6.1 | A little girl recognizes the devil by his tail. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 119 No. 29; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3675, Legends Nos. 382, 395. |
| G303.25.17.2 | A musician engaged to play for the night-spirits (devils) dances. Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3276f., Legends Nos. 425—438, 443f., 446f., 449—453, 460. |
| G303.16.2.3.4 | A nun eating unblessed lettuce eats a demon. Gregory the Great Dialogues Bk I Ch. 4 (tr. Edmund Gardner, London, 1911) 17; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 22; Alphabet No. 108; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G25 | Abandoned infant lives by eating corpse of murdered father. (Cf. S350.) Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 385. |
| G303.16.5 | Administering sacrament destroys devil's power. |
| G76 | Aged person eaten. Icelandic: Boberg; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 168. |
| G11.11.1 | Albino twins with cannibal appetite. Tonga: Gifford 192. |
| G303.10 | Allies and possessions of the devil. |
| G346.3 | Amphibious monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G346.3.1 | Amphibious tree-destroying monsters. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.10.9 | An all-red, all-black, or all-white calf the property of the devil. Dh I 188. |
| G303.10.18 | Angels of Satan. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.16.10 | Angels save person from the devil. Scala Celi 45a, 84a Nos. 253, 479, 660; Alphabet No. 178; Wünsche Teufel 42. |
| G512.9 | Animal kills ogre. (Cf. B524.) |
| G350 | Animal ogres. |
| G79.1 | Animal-wife devours her husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G304.2.4 | Antipathies of trolls. |
| G304.1 | Appearance of troll (ogre). (Cf. F455.2.) |
| G303.8.1.2 | Archangels Michael and Gabriel drive Satan and other devils from heaven to earth. Dh I 67, 138; Irish: Beal XXI 323, O'Suilleabhain 59. |
| G11.16 | Army of cannibal monsters. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.0.1.1 | As result of fraud, Saturn swallows stone instead of infant Jove. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G285.1 | At communion witches spit out wine over shoulder. Fb "heks" I 580. |
| G512.7 | Backbone of ogre's old mother broken. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G423 | Ball falling into water puts person into ogre's (witch's, water spirit's) power. *Type 440; BP I 226. |
| G272.2.4 | Bay leaves used as protection against witches. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G272.7.1 | Beam across door protects from witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 645. |
| G303.16.19.19 | Beating the devil. One must give him an odd number of strokes. Devil asks for one stroke more. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 657f., 773, 795. |
| G229.5 | Beautiful witch. (Cf. G264.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 660; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G202 | Beneficent witches. Papua: Ker 52, 127. |
| G312.5 | Bhrat, fierce flesh-eating creatures made by Creator in fit of anger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G271.2.5 | Bible used in exorcism of witch. England: *Baughman. |
| G303.10.17 | Bird as messenger of devil. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G353 | Bird as ogre. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 261, Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1229); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 493. |
| G252.3 | Bird's neck broken: rakshasa dies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G219.7 | Black witch. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G303.16.2.3.5 | Blessing reveals seemingly pure stream to be devil's trap which kills whoever drinks from it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G121 | Blind giant ogre. *Type 1165*; *Hackman Polyphemsage; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 57. |
| G367.1 | Blood of five ogres colored yellow, red, white, green, black. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G229.7 | Blue lights follow witches. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G691 | Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 351 n. 268b. |
| G461.1 | Boy in ogre's house sees many human heads placed in rows: heads smile and weep. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.4.6.2 | Boy recognizes devil when he fans fire with his tail. Africa (Masai): Fuchs Sagen, Mythen, und Sitten der Masai (Jena, 1910) 21ff. No. 4. |
| G512.8.3 | Boy sends magic spear against six-headed ogre and slays him. (Cf. B11.11.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 104. |
| G271.4.5 | Breaking spell by beating the person or object bewitched. This injures the witch. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.10 | Breaking spell by burying animal alive. England: Baughman. |
| G271.4.7 | Breaking spell by burying bottle of water, preventing witch from urinating until the bottle is emptied. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.3 | Breaking spell by destroying image of victim used by the witch in torturing the victim. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.8 | Breaking spell by shooting bewitched object. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G271.4.6 | Breaking spell by sticking sharp object into tracks of witch. This pains or paralyzes her. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.4 | Breaking spell on animal by bleeding or maiming animal. Witch suffers same loss or injury. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G271.4.9 | Breaking spell on animal by pulling three hairs from tail. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G271.4.11 | Breaking spell on cream by holding churn handle hard against bottom of churn. This paralyzes the witch. (Cf. D2084.2.) England: Baughman. |
| G424 | Bridal party will not pass over bridge for fear of water-demon. Fb "bro" IV 62a. |
| G272.7.2 | Broom across door protects from witch. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 653. |
| G73.2 | Brother eats brother. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 22. |
| G323 | Brother-Dead. Trapper of game; silent; pursues trickster. Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 249 No. 27. |
| G73.1 | Brothers eat their sister. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G225.0.4 | Bullets will not harm witch's familiars. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 81 (D1840). |
| G257.1 | Burning object forces witch to reveal herself: sympathetic magic. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G272.17 | Burning thatch from home of witch protects against witch. England: *Baughman. |
| G303.16.1 | By the help of the Virgin Mary the devil may be escaped. Scala Celi 111a, 119a, 120b Nos. 617, 657, 659; Irish: *Cross; O'Suilleabhain 41, Beal XXI 315; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G353.1 | Cannibal bird as ogre. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 78. |
| G93 | Cannibal breaks wind as means of attack. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G87 | Cannibal crunching human bone says noise is only eating of peas. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G82.1 | Cannibal cuts captive's finger to test fatness. *Type 327; BP I 115ff.; Fb "slagte", "finger". |
| G11.15 | Cannibal demon. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Alu: Wheeler 8, 44, 48, 50, 56. |
| G33.1 | Cannibal disenchanted by overcoming it. Becomes maiden. Type 406*; Russian: Andrejev No. 406. |
| G11.1 | Cannibal dwarfs. *Basset 1001 Contes I 190; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict II 335. |
| G82 | Cannibal fattens victim. *Type 327, 314, *BP I 115ff.; Chauvin VII 19 No. 373D; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 9; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 107, Holm 11; N. A. Indian (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 448 No. 8. |
| G11.2 | Cannibal giant. (Cf. G82, G83, G84.) Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Icelandic: Arnason Legends of Iceland (tr. Powell, London, 1864) I 122, 125, 133, *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 387; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 377. |
| G92 | Cannibal hard to lift. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 70. |
| G88 | Cannibal has long tooth and long nail. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 210 No. 31. |
| G551.5 | Cannibal is killed by his wife's relatives. Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 633. |
| G81.1 | Cannibal marries wife by force. Chinese: Graham. |
| G11.8 | Cannibal meteor. N. A. Indian (Luiseсo, Diegueсo, Mohave): Kroeber JAFL XXI 224. |
| G683 | Cannibal offers wealth to save his life. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 69. |
| G312 | Cannibal ogre. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 109, 291, 1113, II 950; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 14, 21. |
| G94.2 | Cannibal ogres eat daily ten men, ten women, ten children from the same tribe. Africa (Fang): Einstein 65. |
| G86.1 | Cannibal ogress gives finger of one girl to her frightened sister. Chinese: Graham. |
| G11.18.1 | Cannibal people driven from land. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 341. |
| G83 | Cannibal sharpens knife to kill captive. German: Grimm No. 41; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3910; Japanese: Ikeda; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270f. Nos. 82, 83. |
| G11.18 | Cannibal tribe. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G11.3 | Cannibal witch. Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 485 nn. 28, 29.—England: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *2027B; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 6; India: *Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Tawney I 162, II 450; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 85, II 25, III 50f., 168f., Rink 48, 440, Holm 80, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 198, 598, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 180, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 599; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 233. |
| G11.11 | Cannibal with extraordinary features. (Cf. G88.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.12 | Cannibal with winnowing tray and pestle. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 73. |
| G94 | Cannibal's gigantic meal. |
| G91 | Cannibalism brings madness. Fb "menneskekjød" II 580a. |
| G91.2 | Cannibalism causes death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G78 | Cannibalism during plague. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G78.1 | Cannibalism in time of famine. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 92. |
| G10 | Cannibalism. *Types 327, 406*; BP I 115; *Cox Cinderella 499; *Saintyves Perrault 299ff.; *Penzer X 181 s.v. "Human flesh"; *Fb "menneskekjød"; *Freytag Am Ur-Quell N. F. I 179; *MacCulloch Childhood 279; Krause Der Ur-Quell I 1; *Cosquin Contes indiens 208; **DeCock Volkssage 64; *Laistner Rätsel der Sphinx II 87; Krappe The Modern Language Review XLIII (1948) 54ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 57 No. 135; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "anthropophages," "diable"; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 189, 588, II 32, 407, 676, 824; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 21; Oceanic (Indonesia, Melanesia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii): Dixon 61, 63, 69, 86, 130ff., 227ff.; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 76ff. 83f.; Maori: Clark 100, 159; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 272; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 388; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 353 n. 274, (Cherokee): Alexander N. Am. 68, (Southern Ute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 74 No. 46; Africa: Werner African 242, (Basuto): Jacottet 8, 122, 204, 208, 258, (Angola): Chatelain 97, 103, (Fang): Einstein 65, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 199, (Zulu): Callaway 47, 74, 142, 154, *158, 181, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 413, (Kaffir): Theal 126, 139f., Kidd 225, (Benga): Nassau 227 No. 34, (Congo): Weeks 203, (Mpongwe): Nassau 72 No. 15. |
| G11.0.1 | Cannibalistic god. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G11.7 | Cannibalistic king. Malone PMLA XLIII 403; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 581. |
| G11.10.1 | Cannibalistic spirits in upper world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G11.10 | Cannibalistic spirits. |
| G86 | Cannibals cut off parts of children's bodies. Dickson Valentine and Orson 41 n. 41; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G18.1 | Cannibals live at cemetery. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G82.1.1 | Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness. *Type 327; BP I 115ff.; *Fb "hale" I 537, "lysepile" II 487; Korean: Zong in-Sob 147 No. 65. |
| G535 | Captive woman in ogre's house helps hero. Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G420 | Capture by ogre. |
| G303.10.1 | Cat as follower of the devil. Fb IV 99a. |
| G351.2 | Cat as ogre. Sucks blood. Kittredge Arthur and Garlagon 259 n. 2; Japanese: Mitford 245ff. |
| G225.3 | Cat as servant of witch. Fb "kat" II 107; Kittredge Witchcraft 177f. n. 36; England, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 660, 664; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G303.16.19.18 | Catching the devil. The devil is caught with the help of a sacred article (rosary, scapular) or some other thing (band for binding breeches, a switch of the rowan-tree). Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3345, Legends Nos. 665—668, 677. |
| G303.16.5.1 | Chaplain administers sacrament and saves woman's soul from devil. Wünsche Teufel 37. |
| G630 | Characteristics of ogres. |
| G304.2 | Characteristics of trolls. |
| G229 | Characteristics of witches—miscellaneous. |
| G220 | Characteristics of witches. |
| G257 | Charms to cause witch to reveal herself. (Cf. G271.) |
| G33 | Child born as cannibal. *Type 406*; *Fb "menneskeæder" II 580. |
| G61.1 | Child recognizes relative's flesh when it is served to be eaten. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 167, 173, (Kaffir): Theal 100, (Basuto): Jacottet 260 No. 38; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 314 No. 54. |
| G442.2 | Child watched throughout night as protection against child-stealing demon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G442 | Child-stealing demon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G31 | Children flee from father who turns cannibal. Cosquin RTP XXX 79. |
| G412 | Children lured into ogre's house. Mono-Alu-Fauru: Wheeler 44f.; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 189, 311. |
| G401 | Children wander into ogre's house. *Types 327, 327**; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 326 No. 1; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 48 No. 327E*, Espinosa Jr. No. 81; West Indies: Flowers 453. |
| G303.16.18.1 | Christians are prohibited from whistling in dark lest the devil appear. Sébillot France I 159. |
| G302.6 | Circumstances of demons' appearance. |
| G303.6 | Circumstances of the devil's appearance. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G307.4 | City infested by jinns deserted. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G308.7 | Clam shell invites man down into sea so he can be eaten. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 97. |
| G519.3 | Cliff ogre thrown as food to his children. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 335. |
| G321 | Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff. Greek: Fox 99, Frazer Apollodorus II 129 n. 1; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 163. |
| G281 | Consecrated wafer kept in mouth in order to be a witch. Kittredge Witchcraft 149, 469 n. 105; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G354.2 | Crocodile as ogre. Africa (Fang): Trilles 158. |
| G271.2.1.1 | Cross marked on horn and forehead of cow causes bewitched cow to give normal amount of milk. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G269.4 | Curse by disappointed witch. Type 410; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 643f.; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 303. |
| G269.4.1 | Curse by other angry ogres or ogresses. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G130 | Customs of giant ogres. |
| G315 | Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 264 n. 1. |
| G303.10.4 | Dancers as followers of the devil. (Cf. G303.6.2.1.) |
| G278 | Death of witch. |
| G302.9 | Deeds of demons. |
| G303.9 | Deeds of the devil. |
| G510.3 | Defeated giant becomes friend and helper of victor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G510.1 | Defeated giant gives his daughter to victor. (Cf. G512.0.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G302.3.1 | Demon as fiery pillar. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.16.2.5 | Demon cannot hurt holy man or woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G336.1 | Demon drags beneath the water any person whose shadow falls on surface of water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.16.19.5 | Demon has to serve girl whom he cannot persuade to break vow of chastity. (Cf. D1714.) Scala Celi 154b 854. |
| G302.3.2 | Demon in animal form. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.3.3 | Demon in form of old woman. (Cf. C745, D651, G1263.0.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G354.1.1 | Demon in the shape of serpent guards forest where treasure tree grows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G514.0.1 | Demon must bring treasure to those who have released him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G342 | Demon with pointed head, red hair, and black face. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| G308.9 | Demon-octopus. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 289; Marquesas: Handy 76. |
| G302.8 | Demon's helpers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.3.0.1 | Demon's size changed at will. (Cf. D631.7.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.2 | Demons abduct men and torment them. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.6.1 | Demons appear only at stated times. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.1 | Demons attack men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G582.1 | Demons bribed with food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G302.4.4 | Demons cast no shadow. (Cf. F1038, G369.3.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G583 | Demons coerced by tabus of druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G302.9.6 | Demons fool men in their dreams. (Cf. G303.11.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.9 | Demons goad man to treachery. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.4.5.1 | Demons have cock-feet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.4.3 | Demons have only souls but no bodies. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.5 | Demons help Satan. (Cf. G303.10.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.4 | Demons injure and strangle little children. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.7.2 | Demons marry among themselves. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.5.3 | Demons present at discussion in academies. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.8 | Demons teach men idolatry. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.3 | Demons tempt men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.1.1 | Demons: soul of the giants who perished in the flood. (Cf. A1010.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302 | Demons. Malevolent creatures (not usually further defined). Irish: Plummer cliii, *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 36; Jewish: *Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 276f.; Hindu: Penzer I 205, Tawney II 232 n.; Chinese: Graham, Werner 432b s.v. "Demons"; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 82; S. A. Indian (Chaco): Alexander Lat. Am. 323. |
| G302.5.1 | Desert the abode of demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G346.2 | Devastating demon. Kills and eats people. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G346.1 | Devastating monster mews like cat. Africa (Hausa): Mischlich 164ff No. 22, Frobenius Atlantis IX 277ff., 287ff. Nos. 74, 75. |
| G346.0.1 | Devastating monster which comes out of a hole in evening. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G346 | Devastating monster. Lays waste to the land. *Types 301, 550; Irish: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 126, 148f.; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 102; Finnish: Kalevala rune 46; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Greek: Fox 56; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.4.3 | Devil (Black Donald) as a bunch of ferns. Rolls down hill. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 303. |
| G303.7.1.2.3 | Devil (gentleman) invites girls into his sleigh. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.7.1.2.2 | Devil (gentleman) invites traveler into his wagon. Explains that his horses are Earl X, etc. (Cf. G303.25.17.1.) Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 118 No. 25. |
| G303.3.1.12.5 | Devil (in queen's form) insatiable, although she copulates with all men and horses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.2.2 | Devil (Satan) appears as an angel. Dh I 228; *Loomis White Magic 74; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.16.19.4 | Devil (Satan) flees when cock is made to crow. (Cf. G303.17.1.1.) U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 811; French: Sébillot France IV 126; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 218f. No. 168. |
| G303.9.5.1 | Devil abducts girl: has her hang about his neck and he flees to hell. Wünsche Teufel 65f. |
| G303.24.1 | Devil accuses congregation of sins. |
| G303.9.7.1 | Devil advises young girl not to go to a castle. Later, when she returns pregnant she says that the devil advised her to serve at the castle. He slaps her and tells her she is lying. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 84; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 664. |
| G303.4.8.9 | Devil all speckled and spotted. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.2.4 | Devil and Drake carry waters of English Channel from Dartmoor to Plymouth. English: Hunt Popular Romances 231, Baughman. |
| G303.9.4.7.1 | Devil and girl. "Are you lonely?" Girl: "No, devil, with God and angels." Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 365. |
| G303.8.6 | Devil and his servants live where perjurers dwell. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 12. No. 107. |
| G303.9.2.5 | Devil and Michael Scott carry tide an additional five miles up River Wansbeck. England: Baughman. |
| G303.17.2.4 | Devil and sinful priest disappear amid blaze of fire in the river. England: Baughman. |
| G303.6.3.3 | Devil and the wind travel together. French: Sébillot France II 313. |
| G303.6.2.3 | Devil appears among youths who jest while they say their evening prayers. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 10 No. 76. |
| G303.3.1.12.3 | Devil appears as a beautiful black wench. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.16 | Devil appears as a child. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.15 | Devil appears as a Jew. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.2.1 | Devil appears as Christ. Scala Celi 45a No. 256; *Loomis White Magic 74; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.12.4 | Devil appears as old woman to seduce monk from cloister. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.2.5 | Devil appears as Virgin Mary. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 41. |
| G303.6.2.2 | Devil appears at meetings of witches. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292; Finnish-Swedish: Danielsson op. cit. 84. |
| G303.6.1.1 | Devil appears at midnight. Hunt Popular Romances 230; Wünsche Teufel 54, 59, 106f.; Danielsson op. cit. 77. |
| G303.6.3.4 | Devil appears in an intense light and with strong odor of sulphur. (Cf. G303.4.8.1.) Sébillot France II 313; U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.3.1.20 | Devil appears in shape of a dead man while hidden in his corpse or skin. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| G303.3.1.4 | Devil appears in the form of a man who is repugnantly ugly. (Cf. G303.3.0.1.) Wessman 8 No. 66, Wünsche Teufel 103f.; Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 35, Beal XXI 312; England: Baughman. |
| G303.6.2.1 | Devil appears invisible among dancers. (Cf. G303.10.4.) Canada, U.S.: *Baughman (G303.6.2.12); Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 10 No. 79; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G303.6.1.7 | Devil appears on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.6.1.3 | Devil appears to claim soul offered to devil in jest. Wünsche Teufel 36f.; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 56, Beal XXI 322. |
| G303.6.2.8 | Devil appears to dying man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.6.2.11 | Devil appears to Eve. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.6.2.7 | Devil appears to girl who prays over pit where she has thrown the bodies of her babies. French: Sébillot France II 313. |
| G303.10.4.4 | Devil appears to girl who wants an escort for a dance. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.6.2.6 | Devil appears to minister's serving man to warn of impending disaster to the house. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 298f. |
| G303.6.2.13 | Devil appears to person who cuts both ends off loaf of bread. England: Baughman. |
| G303.6.2.5 | Devil appears to persons ready to abandon their integrity. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292. |
| G303.6.2.14 | Devil appears to Sabbath breakers. (Cf. C631.) England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| G303.6.2.9 | Devil appears to saint (cleric). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.6.2.10 | Devil appears to scholar. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.6.1.4 | Devil appears when a woman looks at herself in the mirror after sunset. England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; French: Sébillot France I 139; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.6.1.5 | Devil appears when cards are played. Fb IV 99a; Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292. |
| G303.6.2.15 | Devil appears when person steals. |
| G303.3.4.2.1 | Devil as a ball of fire. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 848ff. |
| G303.3.4.5 | Devil as a barrel. Rolls and is impossible to catch. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 802. |
| G303.3.1.12.2 | Devil as a beautiful young woman seduces man. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.4.2 | Devil as a black ball. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 9 No. 68. |
| G303.3.2.3 | Devil as a dwarf. Irish myth: Cross; German: Henne-Am Rhyn 278. |
| G303.3.1.8.1 | Devil as a hermit. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.5.2.2 | Devil as a hunter in green. Wünsche Teufel 53f., 90f. |
| G303.3.1.7 | Devil as a huntsman. Wünsche Teufel 33f., 49f.; Hunt Popular Romances of West of England (London, 1903) 222; Nouvelles de Sens No. 5. |
| G303.3.1.10 | Devil as a peasant. England: Hunt Popular Romances 232; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 543. |
| G303.3.1.3.1 | Devil as a ribald traveler. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.22.11 | Devil as advocate of falsely condemned men. Carries off the judge. *Type 821; BP II 566. |
| G303.3.1.8.2 | Devil as ascetic. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 617. |
| G303.3.1.22 | Devil as astrologer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.20.6 | Devil as black dog kills people. (Cf. G303.3.3.1.1.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G303.9.1.1 | Devil as builder of bridges. Wünsche Teufel 30—37; England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3285, Legends Nos. 489f.; Japanese, Korean: Ikeda. |
| G303.9.1.6 | Devil as builder of churches. Wünsche Teufel 42; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1931) 26ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 491; French: Sébillot France IV 126. |
| G303.9.1.2 | Devil as builder of dams. Finnish-Swedish: man 17 No. 155; Wünsche Teufel 29f. |
| G303.9.1.3 | Devil as builder of mill. Wünsche Teufel 38ff. |
| G303.9.1.5 | Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux). Wünsche Teufel 49f.; Icelandic: Boberg; French: Sébillot France IV 126. |
| G303.9.1.4 | Devil as builder of walls. Wünsche Teufel 27f., 69; England: Baughman. |
| G303.3.1.13 | Devil as cook. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.9.9.17 | Devil as crow misleads travelers, puts out their lights. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.3.2.1.1 | Devil as crucifix. *Loomis White Magic 75; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.24.5 | Devil as dog chews up Bibles, hymnbooks, church accounts in church. Wales: Baughman. |
| G303.25.17.1 | Devil as gentleman invites a traveler to the feast (wedding). (Cf. G303.7.1.2.2.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3276, Legends Nos. 441, 448, 454, 458ff., 466. |
| G303.22.14 | Devil as helper in battle. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| G303.3.3.1.3 | Devil as horse. Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 35ff.; *Loomis White Magic 74; Kittredge Witchcraft 177 n. 31; Boggs FFC XC 90 No. 762; Köhler-Bolte II 266ff.; Fb I 266b; England, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Danielsson op. cit. I 68; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 667ff., 760, 781f.; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G20.1 | Devil as husband eats corpses. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 369. |
| G303.3.1.19 | Devil as merchant. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.3.1.18 | Devil as shoemaker. Estonian, Livonian, Latvian, Lithuanian: *Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI 105—110. |
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