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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
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 |
|---|---|
| M221.1 | Hag offers to run race with men on condition that the one left behind shall be beheaded. Marvelous runner beheads hag. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M222 | Man umpires dispute in exchange for guarantee of safety. Disputants, bear and tiger, agree not to eat him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M223 | Blind promise (rash boon). Person grants wish before hearing it. English romance: Malory X 22; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M223.1 | Person who never refuses a request. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M225 | Eyes exchanged for food. A starving man lets himself be blinded in return for food. *Type 613; *BP II 468ff.; **Christiansen FFC XXIV 46, 54; *Fb "øje" III 1166b; Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M225.1 | Horse, clothes, and members of rider's body exchanged for food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M226 | In return for magic shirt from girl hero is to stay in Ireland for three years. In return he claims her as wife. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M231 | Free keep in inn exchanged for good story. *Fb "kro" II 303a. |
| M232 | Prince to give up life in exchange for learning a secret. Malone PMLA XLIII 405, 413. |
| M233 | Three deformed witches invited to wedding in exchange for help. *Type 501; BP I 109; **Von Sydow Tvе Spinnsagor. |
| M234 | Life spared in return for life-long service. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M234.1 | Life spared in return for poetic mead. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 53. |
| M234.2 | Life spared for bringing a dreaded enemy without weapon. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 83 f. (Thor and Loki). |
| M234.3 | Life bought for gold. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M234.4 | Life bought with promise of reparations and healing of enemy. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M235 | Bargain: woman rides naked through streets to obtain freedom for citizens. Godiva. Liebrecht 104; Hartland FL I 207. |
| M236 | Peace bought for husband. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 103, *Boberg. |
| M237 | Bargain to save face. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M237.1 | Opponents agree not to fight and are thus undefeated. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M241 | Bargain: to divide all winnings. |
| M241.1 | Dividing the winnings: half of the bride demanded. When the hero shows that he is willing to carry out the bargain, his helper relents. *Type 505—508; *BP III 490; Köhler-Bolte I 11, 444; *Liljeblad Tobiasgeschichte; English: Wells 160 (Sir Amadace); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M241.2 | Dividing the winnings: presents (favors) from man's own wife. After the agreement to divide all winnings the first man receives favors (presents, kisses) from the second's wife. He faithfully delivers them. *Type 1364; Wesselski Märchen 187 No. 2; English: Wells 55 (Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight). |
| M242 | Bargains and promises between mortals and supernatural beings. (Cf. M221, M222, M223.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M242.1 | Mortal fosters fairy child to prevent destruction of crops. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M242.2 | Contract between hungry god and untouchable: to give gods food it they will eat from his hands. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M242.3 | Ogre released in return for his magic girdle. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (Z-G. 13/152, 221, 1314). |
| M244 | Bargains between men and animals. |
| M244.1 | Bargain with king of mice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M244.2 | Captured bird promises to deliver fifteen birds in exchange for freedom. Africa (Cameroon): Lederbogen 73. |
| M246 | Covenant of friendship. |
| M246.1 | Covenant of friendship between animals. |
| M246.1.1 | Covenant of friendship between elephant and jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M246.1.2 | Covenant of friendship between louse and crow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M246.2 | Covenant of friendship: no matter how poor son of one is, daughter of other will accept him as groom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M246.3 | Covenant of friendship: to secure brides for each other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M250 | Promises connected with death. |
| M251 | Dying man's promise will be kept. Fb "love" II 452a. |
| M252 | Promise of dying man to bring news of other world. (Or two friends agree that the first to die shall bring news.) *Type 470; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 6, 323 Nos. 112, 113, 329 Nos. 31, 33; Irish: Beal XXI 331f., O'Suilleabhain 99—102, *Cross; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas VI 123, 311. |
| M253 | Friends in life and death. In pursuance of the pledge, the living follows the other to the world of the dead. *Type 470; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 561; **MacKay The Double Invitation; Jewish Neuman. |
| M254 | Promise to be buried with wife if she dies first. *Type 612; *BP I 128. |
| M255 | Deathbed promise concerning the second wife. Promises his dying wife that he will not marry unless the bride meets the specifications the dying wife imposes. *Type 510B; *Cox 53—79 passim; De Vries Studien over Færösche Balladen 133; Icelandic: Boberg; Danish: Grundtvig No. 135. |
| M256 | Promise to dying man broken. |
| M256.1 | Sons break promise to have masses for father's soul. "If he is in Hell it will do him no good; if he is in Heaven he won't need it; and if he is in Purgatory he can purge himself." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M257 | Dying monster's request and promise. Hero is to drink his blood, suck his eyes and brains, and give his heart to his loved one to eat. He will become marvelously strong and his wife will have three sons and four daughters with great powers. Köhler-Bolte I 117; Gascon: Bladé I 3, 181; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M257.1 | Dying hero's request and promise to disciples. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M257.2 | Murdered person's request and promise. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M258 | Promise to dying man sacred. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M258.1 | Promise to dying father leads to adventures. Type 884; *BP II 56ff. |
| M258.2 | Promise to dying father not to wed woman of certain tribe. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M258.3 | Promise to dying father to bury him in his homeland. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M260 | Other promises. |
| M261 | Chaste woman promises herself to her lover when the rocks leave the coast. (They are moved by magic.) Robinson Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Cambridge, Mass., 1933) 826 (Franklin's Tale); **Dempster and Tatlock in Bryan and Dempster Sources and Analogues of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 333—56; Irish myth: Cross; cf. Type 976. |
| M261.1 | Chaste woman promises herself to her lover when he can make a garden bloom in winter. (Cf. H352.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M261.1.1 | Raja to marry girl when cut mango branch blooms. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M261.2 | Princess promises to embrace her teacher on her wedding day. Teacher has only been testing her promise. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M262 | Person promises to have but one consort if he is cured. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M263 | Retreat in return for cessation of attack. Host agrees to march back a day's journey if warrior will cease his feats of arms upon them until a certain battle in the future. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M266 | Man promises to build church if he is saved at sea. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 145ff., (1931) 107ff.; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 134 No. 85; Italian Novella: Rotunda; West Indies: Flowers 562. |
| M267 | Promise to give another one's wife for a day. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M268 | Marriage promised to save life. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M271 | Sons agree to meet at father's grave after they have been out in world for one year to learn trade. Chinese: Graham. |
| M272 | Supernatural woman promises to return if she gives birth to a boy. Chinese: Graham. |
| M290 | Bargains and promises—miscellaneous. |
| M291 | Trickster undertakes impossible bargains and collects his part. Trusts that in the year he is given either he or the other will die. Chauvin VIII 117ff. No. 101 n. 1. |
| M292 | Wife undertakes man's penances for him: also to go to heaven for him? He has a dream and when he sees that she also goes to heaven for him he decides against the bargain. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 287. |
| M293 | Covenant: one nation not to wrest city from inhabitants without their consent. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M294 | Divine promise not to destroy sinful city if righteous live there. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M295 | Bargain to keep secret. |
| M295.1 | Tiger lets man go on condition he does not tell what he has overheard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M296 | Two men in love agree to have nothing to do with the girl without the other's consent. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 153. |
| M300 | Prophecies. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics s.v. "Divination"; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 326, 334f.; Schott Weissagen und Erfüllung im deutschen Volksmärchen (München, 1936). |
| M300.1 | Prophecy by Jesus that certain people shall live "till coming of Patrick." So it was. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M300.2 | Unconscious prophecy. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M300.3 | Prophetic gift received from another prophet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M300.4 | Suppression of prophecy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M301 | Prophets. **E. Bass Die merkmale der israelitischen Prophetie nach der traditionellen Auffassung des Talmud (Berlin, 1917); *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 66—100; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M301.0.1 | Prophet destined never to be believed. Greek: Fox 179 (Cassandra); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M301.0.2 | Prophet speaks six nights each year. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M301.1 | Wild man as prophet. Dickson 121 n. 68. |
| M301.2 | Old woman as prophet. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 624; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M301.2.1 | Enraged old woman prophesies for youth. He has accidentally knocked her over (broken water pot, etc.). Type 516; *Cosquin études 555; *Köhler in Gonzenbach I 209ff.; *BP IV 189; *Penzer Pentamerone of Basile (London, 1932) I 11; Penzer Ocean V 171; Rösch FFC LXXVII 100; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M301.2.2 | Old Woman, "völva", prophesies at child's birth. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M301.3 | Druids as prophets. Irish: Plummer clxii, *Cross. |
| M301.4 | Prophecies from old man who writes in a book. *Cosquin études 448ff. |
| M301.5 | Saints (holy men) as prophets. *Loomis White Magic 71; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M301.5.1 | Anchorite prophesies at childbirth. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M301.5.2 | Cuchulinn prophesies birth of 50 women. Shall be loyal folk to God. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M301.6 | Fairies as prophets. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M301.6.1 | Banshees as portents of misfortune. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M301.7 | Biblical worthy as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M301.7.1 | Moses as prophet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M301.7.2 | David as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M301.7.3 | Abraham as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M301.8 | Personification prophesies. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M301.9 | Half-wit as prophet. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M301.9.1 | Fool (entertainer) as prophet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M301.10 | Angels as prophets. (Cf. V230.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M301.11 | Spirit as prophet. (Cf. F400.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M301.12 | Three fates, "norns", prophesy at child's birth. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 131, FFC LXXIII xxxvii, *Boberg. |
| M301.13 | Icelandic guardian spirits, "spádísar", prophesy victory. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M301.14 | Summoned dead prophesies. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 98, *Boberg. |
| M301.15 | Mountain in human shape prophesies whole family's death. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M301.16 | Gods prophesy both good and evil about hero's fate. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M301.17 | King as prophet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M301.17.1 | King in will foretells that daughters of his son shall be fruitful. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M301.18 | Poet as prophet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M301.19 | Smith as prophet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M301.20 | Child as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M301.21 | Sibyl as prophet. Writes on leaves blown about by winds. (Cf. M302.8.) Greek: *Grote I 307. |
| M302 | Means of prophesying. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M302.1 | Prophesying through knowledge of animal languages. Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 116; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 87 n. 3. |
| M302.2 | Man's fate written on his skull. *Penzer VII 24 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M302.2.1 | Fate written on the head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M302.2.2 | Man's destiny read in his face. Korean: Zong in-Sob 73 No. 40. |
| M302.3 | Descent into hell to learn future. Vergil Aeneid Book 6; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 127. |
| M302.4 | Horoscope taken by means of stars. *Prato RTP IV 178; *Wesselofsky Romania VI (1877) 161ff.; *Patch Fortuna 76—78 and notes; Dickson 33 n. 15; Fb "lykkestjærne" II 477, "stjærne" III 577b; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. VIII 461ff., IX N. 596—762; *Loomis White Magic 52. — Irish: Cross, Beal XXI 313; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Graham. |
| M302.4.1 | Astrology forbidden. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M302.5 | Tasks assigned so as to learn future. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M302.6 | Prophecy inscribed on well. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M302.7 | Prophecy through dreams. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M302.8 | Prophecy from book. (Cf. M301.21.) Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Thespis 348. |
| M303 | Prophecy by reading palm. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M304 | Prophecy from enigmatical laugh. (Cf. N456.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M305 | Ambiguous oracle. Dickson 132 n. 108; Frazer Apollodorus I 285 n. 4; Gaster Oldest Stories 205; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M306 | Enigmatical prophecy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M306.1 | Enigmatical prophecy: what thou sowest thou shalt not reap, etc. (Thou shalt have children and they shall not die, etc.) Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Exempla 217 No. 144, Gaster Oldest Stories 205. |
| M306.2 | Two sons: one a purse cutter and the other a killer. Wife tells husband that they will make a purse designer of one, and a butcher of the other. Spanish: Childers. |
| M306.3 | Enigmatical prophecy: princess will wed physician, fisherman and prince all in one. Man puts on the guise of all three, one on top of another. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M306.4 | Enigmatical prophecy: "He that is to kill you shall grow up in Braja (a place). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M306.5 | Enigmatical prophecy: "He who will kill your child is not here, but in the village." Africa (Fang): Tessman 187. |
| M310 | Favorable prophecies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M310.1 | Prophecy: future greatness and fame. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M310.1.1 | Prophecy: preeminence of man's descendants. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M310.1.1.1 | Prophecy of preeminence to descendants of man provided they do the will of saint to be born. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M311 | Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.) Gaster Exempla 229 No. 242 (Moses); Wells 103 (Alliterative Alexander Fragment); Loomis White Magic 16f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Danish: Grundtvig No. 42; Icelandic: Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 24 n. 1 (Zeus and Mitis), Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Achilleus"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M311.0.1 | Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child. Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M311.0.2 | Prophecy: birth of hero at certain time (in certain place). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M311.0.2.1 | Prophecy: conception of hero at certain time. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M311.0.3 | Prophecy: child to be born. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M311.0.3.1 | Prophecy: child to be born to childless couple. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M311.0.3.2 | Prophecy that if raja should take one more queen he will have a son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M311.0.4 | Heavenly voices proclaim birth of future child hero. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M311.1 | Prophecy: king's grandson will dethrone him. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 167, *Cross; Babylonian: Spence 157. |
| M311.2 | Prophecy: child born at certain time will build religious edifice. (Cf. M312.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| M311.3 | Prophecy: unborn child to be a saint. Loomis White Magic 17f.; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 327, O'Suilleabhain 74. |
| M311.4 | Prophecy: unborn child to become king. (Cf. M314.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M311.5 | Unborn child will become nation's deliverer. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M311.6 | Prophecy: unborn child will be prophet. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M312 | Prophecy of future greatness for youth. *Types 461, 517, 725, 930; *BP I 322; English romance: Malory XI 4; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 531; Korean: Zong in-Sob 72 No. 39, 209 No. 98. |
| M312.0.1 | Dream of future greatness. *Type 725; *BP I 324; Cox 500; MacCulloch Childhood 354; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M312.0.2 | Prophecy of future greatness given by animals. *Type 517; *BP I 322; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| M312.0.3 | Prophecy of future greatness if boy lives to be eighteen. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M312.0.4 | Mother's symbolic dream (vision) about the greatness of her unborn child. Loomis: White Magic 18f; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M312.0.4.1 | The dream about a tree which sprouts enormously, indicates the birth of a hero (saint). Loomis White Magic 19. |
| M312.0.5 | Prophecy: son will tie father to a horse's leg and strike him fifty blows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M312.1 | Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor boy. *Types 461, 930; **Aarne FFC XXIII; **Tille Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 22a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M312.1.1 | Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor girl. *BP I 288; *Aarne FFC XXIII 110. |
| M312.2 | Prophecy: parents will humble themselves before their son. (Vaticinium.) *Type 517; *BP I 324; Köhler-Bolte I 145, 430; *Wesselski Märchen 221 No. 35; Campbell Sages cxii; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M312.2.1 | Prophecy: son to be more powerful than father. Greek: Grote I 173. |
| M312.2.2 | Prophecy: youngest brother to rule over his brethren. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M312.3 | Eater of magic bird-heart will become rich (or king). *Type 567; *BP III 3; **Aarne MSFO XXV 176; Chauvin VI 170; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1138; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 190. |
| M312.3.1 | Eater of magic fish will have power to spit up treasure. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M312.3.2 | Whoever eats outside of fruit will become a king and whoever eats the seed will drop gems from his mouth every time he laughs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M312.4 | Prophecy: superb beauty for girl. Type 709; Africa (Thonga): Junod II 266ff., (Ekoi): Talbot 401. |
| M312.5 | Prophecy: child will build religious edifice. (Cf. M311.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| M312.6 | Prophecy: boys to be fathers of saints. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M312.7 | Prophecy of luck for outcast child. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 828. |
| M312.8 | Prophecy: man will make sun and moon stand still. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M312.9 | Prophecy: no people or king will be able to stand up against hero. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M313 | Man transformed into swine will regain his human form after third marriage. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M314 | Prophecy: man (child) will become king. (Cf. M311.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M314.0.1 | Prophecy: girl will be queen. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 539. |
| M314.1 | Prophecy: son who catches certain fawn will become king. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M314.2 | Prophecy: king will be succeeded by the son whom he shall see next. Sends for elder son, who delays and is preceded by younger son. Elder son is slain next day; younger son becomes king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M314.3 | Prophecy: younger son will succeed to throne. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M314.4 | Prophecy of future empire for fugitive hero. Greek: *Grote I 307. |
| M315 | Prophecy: man will eat magic salmon and gain knowledge. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M316 | Prophecy: strength to be gained when milk is drunk from hero's skull. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M317 | Prophecy: race will never be without an illustrious woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M318 | Prophecy: no snakes in Ireland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M318.1 | Prophecy: no snakes in Israel. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M321 | Prophecy: long life. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M321.1 | Blessing of saint to descend from generation to generation. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M322 | Prophecy: person will avenge his own death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M323 | Prophecy: victory against great odds. Irish myth: Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 183. |
| M324 | Prophecy: future Golden Age. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M325 | Prophecy: glory and prosperity for a people. Greek: Aeschylus Eumenides 920; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M326 | Prophecy: future success as hunter. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 343. |
| M331 | Princess to marry prince. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M340 | Unfavorable prophecies. |
| M340.1 | Prophecy of grief fulfilled by death of relative (friend, etc.). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M340.2 | Forced prophecies are unfavorable. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M340.3 | Prophecy of general misfortune to newborn child. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M340.4 | Bridegroom to meet with disaster if he rides a certain elephant which comes to meet him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M340.5 | Prediction of danger. Africa (Bankon): Ittman 95. |
| M340.6 | Prophecy of great misfortune. Korean: Zong in-Sob 73 No. 40. |
| M341 | Death prophesied. Penzer IV 175f.; Ward II 620 No. 24; Alphabet Nos. 266, 305; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 333; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.0.1 | Saint prophesies that certain man will have a warning of coming death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M341.0.2 | All forty of man's sons to die at once. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.0.3 | Prophecy of death not to come true if baby is married to girl of twelve years. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1 | Prophecy: death at (before, within) certain time. Irish: Beal XXI 313, O'Suilleabhain 37, *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| M341.1.1 | Prophecy: death on wedding day. Type 333*; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.1.1 | Prophecy: death within year after marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.1.2 | Prophecy: death on seventh day of marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.1.3 | Prophecy of death upon daughter's marriage. Greek: *Grote I 146. |
| M341.1.1.4 | Prophecy: death on entrance to the marriage chamber. Moreno Esdras (N389). |
| M341.1.2 | Prophecy: early death. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.2.1 | Prophecy: death of king (before the morrow). Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.2.2 | Prophecy of death on twelfth day after birth. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.2.3 | Prophecy: death within two months. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 103. |
| M341.1.2.4 | Prophecy: death in three years and three months. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.2.5 | Prophecy of only seven days' life for baby. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 285, 507. |
| M341.1.3 | Prophecy: death before certain age. |
| M341.1.3.1 | Prophecy: child shall hang before fifteen years. Fb "hænge" I 731b. |
| M341.1.3.2 | Prophecy: death before eighteen years. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M341.1.4 | Prophecy: death at certain age. |
| M341.1.4.1 | Prophecy: death at sixteen. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.4.2 | Prophecy: danger to threatened newborn boy at his eighteenth year. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.4.3 | Prophecy: death when twenty-five years old. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 62 No. 449*. |
| M341.1.4.3.1 | Prophecy: death on twenty-first birthday. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.4.4 | Prophecy: man shall hang himself when he is thirty years old. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M341.1.4.5 | Prophecy: death at sixty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.5 | Prophecy: death within certain period. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.1.5.1 | Prophecy: death in ten years. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.1.5.2 | Prophecy that hero will not live another eighteen years. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.1.6 | Prophecy: death after certain time. Korean: Zong in-Sob 49 No. 29. |
| M341.1.6.1 | Prophecy: death after three life spans. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.1.6.2 | Prophecy: death after two life spans. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M341.1.6.3 | Prophecy: death after three-year dominion. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M341.1.7 | Prophecy: death at birth of child. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.7.1 | Death at sight of son before twelve years. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2 | Prophecy: death by particular instrument. In spite of all precautions the prophecy is fulfilled. *Basset 1001 Contes II 209; *Krappe Scandinavian Studies 16 (1942) 20—35; Irish myth: *Cross, India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| M341.2.0.1 | Prophecy: death by particular weapon. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M341.2.1 | Prophecy: death by mistletoe. *Frazer Golden Bough X—XI (Balder the Beautiful); Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M341.2.2 | Prophecy: death by storm. *Type 932*. |
| M341.2.3 | Prophecy: death by drowning. Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| M341.2.3.1 | Death by drowning: man strangles to death on drinking water. Irish: Beal XXI 328, O'Suilleabhain 87; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 95; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.4 | Prophecy: three-fold death. Child to die from hunger, fire, and water. It so happens. *Jackson The Motive of the Threefold Death in the Story of Suibhne Geilt (Essays and Studies Presented to Eoin MacNeill 535—550); Irish myth: *Cross; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 96; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| M341.2.5 | Prophecy: death by horse's head. Man is killed in that way. **Taylor MPh XIX 93ff.; Krappe PSASS XVII (1942-43) 20ff.; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.2.6 | Prophecy: death by wolf. Killed by a wolf claw (or by a cat transformed to wolf). Type 333*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 166*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 94. |
| M341.2.7 | Prophecy: death by fire. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Benga): Nassau 107 No. 9. |
| M341.2.7.1 | Prophecy: sinners to be burnt by fire on Doomsday. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M341.2.8 | Prophecy: death by poison. Greek: Fox 108 (Pelias and Aeson). |
| M341.2.9 | Prophecy: death from hands of man with one sandal. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 94 n. 1 (Jason); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.10 | Prophecy: death from bite of stone lion. Man killed by scorpion concealed in the statue. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 827; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.10.1 | Prophecy: death by tiger. Tiger-shaped cake becomes tiger and kills man in spite of all precautions. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.10.2 | Prophecy: death from tiger. Tiger picture comes to life and kills man. India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 51 No. 30, 58 No. 33. |
| M341.2.11 | Prophecy: death by lightning. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 932*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 932*; Russian: Andrejev No. 932*; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 62 No. 449*. |
| M341.2.12 | Prophecy: death through future husband. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 157 n. 4. |
| M341.2.13 | Prophecy: death through spindle wound. *Type 410; *BP I 434. |
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