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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| P551.9 | "Battle seeds" (semen bellicosum). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P319.7 | "Friendship without refusal." Friends bind themselves each to grant every desire of the other. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P525.0.1 | "It is a debt if it is promised." Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4.4 | "Men's truth" (fir fer). Challenger to single combat must submit to same conditions as person challenged. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P555.2.1.1 | "Publication of slaying." Heads of slain enemies displayed. Irish myth: Cross; *Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P424.3.1 | "Skillful" physician compelled to help carry away the bier of his dead patient. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P632.2.1 | "The champion's portion." The choicest portion assigned to the bravest at feasts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P526.1 | "To every cow belongs its calf," a legal principle applied to question of ownership of copy of manuscript. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P526.2 | "To every son belongs his mother": in case of suspected illegitimacy, child is not guilty. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P522.1.1 | A nose for a nose. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P361.5 | Abandoned maiden helped by her faithful nurse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P471 | Actor. |
| P471.1 | Actors banished along with vagabonds. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 537. |
| P15 | Adventures of kings. |
| P427.3 | Advice (instruction) from druid. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P18.1 | After highly mourned wife's death the king marries another who turns out to be an evil witch. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P32.1 | All children born in realm on same day as chief's son are brought to palace to be the boy's companions. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 441. |
| P11.4.2 | Amasser of largest fortune to be king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P13.5.1 | Anointing of kings. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P711.7 | Aristotle rises from sick bed to rush into battle for his country. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P551.1 | Army of young men. Old men excluded. *Chauvin VII 84 No. 373bis. |
| P551 | Army. |
| P440 | Artisans. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P481 | Astrologer. Penzer X 77a s.v. "Astrologer"; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P429.1 | Astronomers. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P17.0.2.1 | At son's wedding king names him as successor. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P16.3.1.1 | Attempt to kill old king by suffocating him in bathroom. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P294 | Aunt. *Rivers "The Father's Sister in Oceania" FL XXI 42. |
| P711.8 | Aversion to burial in foreign soil. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P262.1 | Bad relations between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P442.1 | Baker and devil walking together. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "boulanger". |
| P442 | Baker. *Sébillot Métiers Nos. 2, 3; *Nyrop Dania VIII 174ff. |
| P551.0.1 | Band of professional warriors. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P111 | Banished minister found indispensable and recalled. *Chauvin VI 38 No. 207 n. 5; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P446 | Barber. Sébillot Métiers No. 11; Penzer III 100 n. 1. |
| P446.1 | Barbers as bunglers of plans. Chauvin V 154ff. Nos. 78ff. and n. 1. |
| P446.2 | Barbers cunning and greedy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P427.7.5 | Bard. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P327 | Barmecide feast. Host places imaginary feast before guest, who accepts it in the same spirit. Guest's courtesy is rewarded by real feast. *Chauvin V 163 No. 86; Arabian: Burton Nights I 317. |
| P92 | Bathing pool reserved for royalty. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 608. |
| P552 | Battle formations. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P554 | Battle-cairn. Losses reckoned by number of stones remaining in pile after each survivor has removed one. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P552.1 | Battle-pen. Warriors fight in circle around leader. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P163 | Beggar rewarded by king for poem (song). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P160 | Beggars. Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P161 | Beggars' many children. *Wesselski Bebel II 131 No. 97, 136 No. 107. |
| P651.1 | Bells hung at every corner of ship. Child IV 462a. |
| P651.2 | Bells on horse's mane. Child I 323, II 183—191, 344, IV 410, 413. |
| P651.3 | Bells rung backward as alarm. Child III 26. |
| P233.3 | Berserks scold their father who apparently without reason called their adversary invincible. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P37 | Birth rites confer royalty on infant prince. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 59. |
| P233.11 | Birthright transferred by father from the oldest son to another. (Cf. P251.7.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| P427.7.3 | Blind poets. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P312 | Blood-brotherhood. Friends take oath of brotherhood by means of mixing their blood. *Type 1364; **Encyc. Rel. Ethics II 717a, 857ff.; **H. C. Trumbull The Blood Covenant (London, 1887); *Chauvin VII 20 No. 373D; *Hibbard 145 n. 3; Fb "blod" IV 46b; Nitze MPh IX 291; DeVries Acta Philologica Scandinavica III 106; *Basset RTP VI 577—XXV 438 passim; *Julian Revue d'Ethnographie et de Trad. Pop. II 1ff.; **H. Tegnæus Blood-Brothers (Stockholm, 1952). — Irish myth: Cross: Icelandic: *Boberg; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/203); Africa: Stanley 274. |
| P171.2 | Bond woman with rope girding her loins. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P551.5 | Boy corps. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P231.1 | Boy sickens from grief at mother's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P533.1.1 | Boys as hostages. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P11.0.2.1 | Bramble chosen king of trees. Herbert III 34; Hebrew: Judges 9: 8—15. |
| P171 | Branding person makes him one's slave for life. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 198 No. 391. |
| P444.1 | Brave soldier and timid cabinet-maker as companions. German: Grimm No. 130a; BP III 67. |
| P621 | Bridle goes with horse when horse is bought. *Wesselski Märchen 245f. No. 55. |
| P523 | Bringing suit in law courts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P253.1 | Brother about to drink blood of seemingly guilty sister. Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 61. |
| P253.3 | Brother chosen rather than husband or son. Only one can be saved; he alone is irreplaceable. Chauvin II 190 No. 2; Tawney Journal of Philology XII 121; Aly Volksmärchen bei Herodot 35, 109; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 257 No. 31. |
| P253.2.1 | Brother faithful to persecuted sister. East Africa: Zuure L'Ame du Murundi (Paris, 1932) 331ff. No. 2. |
| P251.5.5 | Brother unjustly imprisoned by brother. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P263 | Brother-in-law. (Cf. K2211.1.) |
| P250 | Brothers and sisters. |
| P251.3 | Brothers follow each other in exile. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P251.4.1 | Brothers kill brother because they fail to understand his wise answer. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P253.7 | Brothers persecute sister's lover and are in return killed by him. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P17.5 | Brothers rule jointly. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P251.4 | Brothers scorn brother's wise counsel. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P251.3.1 | Brothers strive to avenge each other. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P251 | Brothers. *Penzer III 272 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P441.4 | Busy tailor asks soldier to mount watch in his place. Missouri French: Carrière 177f. No. 36, 261 No. 59. |
| P448 | Butcher. Sébillot Métiers No. 4. |
| P444 | Cabinet-maker. *Sébillot Métiers No. 14. |
| P623.0.7 | Calves not let to cows during fast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P361.7 | Captain will not betray king's secret. He refuses to betray where recruits are being raised. Spanish: Childers. |
| P173.1 | Captive king's daughter as slave. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P173 | Captive king's sons made slaves. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P173.3 | Captives from battle sold as slaves. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P26 | Captured queen commits suicide. (Cf. P16.3.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P456 | Carpenter. Sébillot Métiers No. 13; Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 62ff., 89ff., 260ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P311.6 | Ceremonial friendship. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P93 | Certain foods, ornaments, feathers, etc. reserved for royalty. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 376. |
| P556.1 | Challenge by turning left side of shield toward enemy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P556.2 | Challenge to battle by hurling javelin skyward. Virgil Aeneid IX 53. |
| P556 | Challenge to battle. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| P12 | Character of kings. |
| P613 | Charon's fee: putting coin in dead person's mouth to pay for ferry across Styx. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P28.1 | Chieftainess of such rank that none of her countrymen can woo her. Maori: Clark 2. |
| P174 | Children of slave and free person become slaves. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 300. |
| P273.4 | Children of Tuatha De Danann fostered by Milesians. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P242 | Children punished for fathers' sins. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P293.2.1 | Children take after their mother's brothers. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P11.0.2 | Choice of king of trees. |
| P11.1 | Choice of kings by divine will. *Egerton JAOS XXXIII 158; Krappe Revue Hispanique LVI (1922) 5—24; *Penzer V 175ff.; *Chauvin VI 75 No. 239; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P11 | Choice of kings. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P557.4.3 | Choice of weapons alternates each succeeding day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P511.1 | Chooses to die of old age. Criminal given choice of deaths. (Cf. J1181.) Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Friedrich der Grosse" n. 58. |
| P337.1 | Christian king makes baptism a condition for hospitality during the winter. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P120 | Church dignitaries. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P518 | Cities of refuge. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P426 | Clergy. |
| P551.3 | Clerics exempted from military service. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.1.1 | Clerics fast against God for revelation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P12.7 | Clever king knows everything in advance. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P20.1 | Clever queen. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P253.8 | Clever sister saves life of brother. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P415 | Collier. (Cf. K2262.) |
| P632.4 | Color worn signifies rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P314 | Combat of disguised friends. Brown Iwain 17 and passim. |
| P311.1 | Combatants become sworn brethren. Dickson 123 n. 73; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P711.3 | Common citizen saves the honor of his country. Gives his own funds. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P315.1 | Competition in friendship: prisoner and jailor. Officer in charge of prison offers to let his friend escape, though his own life will be forfeited. The friend refuses; tells officer to let king think he has escaped and if the king demands his life the officer can produce the prisoner. King hears of the generosity and forgives the prisoner. Chauvin V I No. 1. |
| P521 | Complacent judge disregards the confession. He has put the criminal to torture without success. When he releases him, the criminal says, "In a moment I should have confessed all." The judge lets him go nevertheless. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 266 No. 247. |
| P512 | Condemned woman may be freed by marrying a rogue. *Fb "gifte" I 432; Zs. f. Vksk. XXIII 108, XXV 286, XXVII 236; Sehreuer Zs. f. vgl. Rechtswiss. XXXIV 201; Blätter f. pommersche Volkskunde VII 63. |
| P551.7 | Conflicts with the recruiting officers. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3743. |
| P525.1 | Contract made by madman void. (Cf. P192.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P525.2 | Contract made by woman without her husband void. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P525 | Contracts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P555.2 | Corpses of dead foes dismembered. Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 93. |
| P632.1 | Couches provided for men of high rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P14.15.2 | Court messenger. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P295 | Cousins. |
| P311.5 | Covenant of friendship. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P447.8 | Covetous goldsmith. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P517 | Crime less serious if committed at request of a lady. English romance: Malory VII 18. |
| P511 | Criminal allowed to choose his method of execution. *Wesselski Märchen 199. |
| P513 | Criminal may fight against odds rather than be judicially executed. Child IV 497a. |
| P361.9 | Crow lets itself be caught so as to save king of crows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P13.5 | Crowning of kings. Icelandic: *Boberg; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 986. |
| P13.6 | Custom to appoint a king by day and slay him at night. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P665 | Custom: boasting of sexual prowess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P192.6 | Customary to shave heads of demented so that they may be recognized as such. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P651 | Customs concerning bells. |
| P632 | Customs concerning recognition of rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4 | Customs concerning single combat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P677 | Customs connected with dueling. |
| P634.0.1 | Customs connected with eating and food. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P13 | Customs connected with kings. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P600 | Customs.1 Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P632.2 | Cuts of meat distributed according to rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P672.2 | Cutting off a man's (woman's) hair as an insult. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P319.8 | Danger of one saint voluntarily incurred by another. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P234.1 | Daughter marries her husband's slayer in order to save her old father from war. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P237 | Daughters flogged by parents. Child I 192, II 435, V237a. |
| P12.5.0.1 | Dead king carried into battle in his war-chariot. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P319 | Deeds of friendship—miscellaneous. |
| P555 | Defeat in battle. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P310.5 | Defeated enemy turns true friend. (Cf. P311.1.) Icelandic: Lagerholm 108ff., *Boberg. |
| P482.1 | Devil pulls painter from chair. Scala Celi 120b No. 660. |
| P427.7.2.1 | Difficult language used by poets. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P721 | Diseases (plague) invoked to combat overpopulation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P15.1 | Disguised king punished by peasant. Beaten because he does not get up early enough. (King Alfred and the cakes.) *BP III 451 n. 1. |
| P15.1.1 | Disguised king taught courtesy by peasant. English: Wells 94 (The Taill of Rauf Coilyear). |
| P36 | Dispossessed prince taunted by usurper's son. West Africa: Frobenius Atlantis VI 182ff. No. 4. |
| P557.7 | Divorce given to wives before leaving for battle. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P424.2 | Doctor who can cure can also poison. This reflection brings the doctor under the king's suspicion. *Chauvin V 276 No. 156. |
| P452 | Dressmaker (milliner, etc.). Type 326; German Grimm No. 4; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 269f.; Sébillot Métiers No. 8. |
| P312.1 | Drinking mixture of blood, milk, and wine as pledge of covenant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427 | Druid (poet, learned man). Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 311. |
| P427.2 | Druid as emissary of peace. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.6 | Druid as judge. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.5 | Druid as physician. (Cf. P424.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.0.1 | Druid inspires great respect and fear. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.1 | Druid performs sacrifices. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.1.3 | Druidic (heathen) baptism. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.1.4 | Druidic tonsure. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.9 | Druids (poets) boil spell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.1.2 | Druids as priests. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.8 | Druids as rath-builders. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P340.0.1 | Druids as teachers. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.1.1 | Druids perform human sacrifice. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P677.1 | Duel: shooting and catching arrows in turn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P13.0.2 | Duties of under-king's retainers. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P271.3 | Dwarf as foster father. (Cf. F451.5.1.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 267, *Boberg. |
| P310.3 | Dying hero sends greetings to friends. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P17.3 | Dying king names successor. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P310.4.1 | Dying man asks friends to let his son inherit his friendship together with his father's weapons. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 358, Boberg. |
| P50.1 | Earl. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P50.1.1 | Earl's name preferred to king's. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P273.2.2 | Earl's son seduces foster brother's sister and betrays himself. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P251.6.4 | Eight brothers. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P252.4 | Eight sisters. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P252.7 | Eighteen sisters kill one another. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P250.1 | Elder children to protect younger. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aоnés". |
| P251.6.6 | Eleven brothers. Type 451; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P16 | End of king's reign. |
| P535 | Eric fines (imposed for personal injury, etc.). (Cf. P522.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P413.1 | Eternal ferryman. Always transports passengers and when the ruler is in danger takes his place. (Cf. Q25.) Cosquin Lorraine I 215. |
| P427.7.9.1 | Excessive demands of poets. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.7.1 | Extemporaneous composition by poets. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P427.7.2 | Extensive repertory of poets. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P424.4 | Fairy as physician. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P273.1 | Faithful foster brother. *Type 516; *BP I 46; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 96; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P361.4 | Faithful nurse tries to save tyrant's daughter by exposing her own in her place. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P361.6 | Faithful servant dies avenging master's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P361.1 | Faithful servant dies for his master. Puts on his master's clothes so as to be slain in his place. (Cf. P316.) Alphabet No. 327; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| P362 | Faithful servant entrusted with care and education of crown prince. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P361.1.1 | Faithful servant kills his master's murderer and is killed in turn. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P361.2 | Faithful servant remains at home and fights for exiled hero. *Boje 82ff. |
| P361.3 | Faithful servant sacrifices sons to save life of king. Sons resuscitated and servant enriched. Penzer IV 177f., VI 272f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P361.8 | Faithful servant undergoes torture for sake of his master. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P361.1.2 | Faithful servant wants to follow on dangerous quest, where he alone is killed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P361 | Faithful servant. *Types 516; *BP I 46; **Rösch FFC LXXVII 95f.; **Hdwb. d. Märchens I 389 (and cross references there given); Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 154ff. No. 68. |
| P273.2 | Faithless foster brother. |
| P365.1 | Faithless men-servants corrupt the maids in the household. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 209; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P365 | Faithless servant. *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 391; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P623 | Fasting (as a means of distraint). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.3 | Fasting against fairies. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.1 | Fasting against God. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.4 | Fasting against saints. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.2 | Fasting against the Devil. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.5 | Fasting by saints causes tree worshipped by pagans to fall. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P623.0.6 | Fasting to enforce saint's dues. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P16.1.4 | Father abdicates in favor of son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P234.2 | Father and daughter die at same time. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P234 | Father and daughter. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P233 | Father and son. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| P233.2.1 | Father drives away bad son whom the mother prefers. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P233.10 | Father in vision reproves son about to succumb to temptation. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P261 | Father-in-law. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P293.5 | Father's brother avenged. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P427.4.1 | Fear of druidic lampoon as activating power. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P634.2 | Feast (hospitality) endures for seven days and seven nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P634.1 | Feast (hospitality) endures for three days and three nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P634 | Feasts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P676 | Feet (legs) seized in supplication. Greek: Iliad XXII 337 and passim; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P424.5 | Female physician. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P170.0.1.1 | Female slaves as medium of exchange (unit of value). Irish myth: Cross. |
| P170.0.1 | Female slaves. (Cf. P173.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| P413.1.1 | Ferryman puts oar into king's hand and he must remain ferryman. *Type 461; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| P413 | Ferryman. |
| P201.1 | Feud between two branches of family. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P533 | Feudal tribute. Specified interchange of aid and gifts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P13.9.2 | Fifth of the land's production belongs to king. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P430 | Financiers and merchants. |
| P17.1 | First man to arrive after king's death to be heir. (Cf. N683.) Hdwb. d. Märchens I 605a n. 62; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P426.1.1 | First of animals and fruits belong to priest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P557.4.1 | First to reach field of combat has choice of weapons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P271.2 | Fisherman as foster father. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P311.2 | Flower-friendship. Friends take oath of brotherhood by exchanging flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P236.1 | Folly of father's giving all property to children before his death. They abandon him. *Oesterley No. 273; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 116 No. 980A. Cf. Shakespeare's King Lear. |
| P192.2 | Fool as clever judge. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P192.4 | Fool can live under water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P192.3 | Fool can walk on water. Irish myth: Cross. |
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