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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
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| V61.4.1 | Corpse buried face down. (Cf. S139.2.2.3.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61.10 | Corpses exposed in tree. Greek: Argonautica III 205. |
| V12.4.4.1 | Cow as sacrifice. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| V1.8.1 | Cow worship. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 142bc; **Burnell FL LVIII 377ff.; *Penzer II 240; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V254.7.1 | Criminal who said "Ave" beheaded. His head calls repeatedly, "Ave Maria". Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V221.0.2.1 | Crippled saint miraculously receives horse and chariot. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V113.1 | Cripples at shrine frightened and run away without crutches. *Herbert III 21; *Crane Vitry 241f. No. 254. |
| V211.4.1 | Cross of Christ made of four kinds of wood. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V462.4.2 | Cross vigil. Cleric stands with hands extended in shape of cross. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V1.10.2 | Cult of heads. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V221.9 | Cut off parts of body attached again by saint. *Loomis White Magic 84. |
| V247 | Daily life of angels. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V222.0.1.3 | Dazzling heavenly light by day and night marks place of saint's birth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V61.2 | Dead burned on pyre. (Cremation.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 143c; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V222.7 | Dead holy man stretches hand from tomb to honor saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V68.4 | Dead is undressed. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 245. |
| V68.4.1 | Dead not to be buried naked. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V61.1 | Dead placed on boat. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 79c, 545b; Fb "skib" III 243b; Icelandic: *Boberg. Cf. Beowulf. |
| V68.5 | Dead rubbed with red paint. Africa (Fang): Trilles 140. |
| V68.1 | Dead washed (in river). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V68.2 | Dead washed and hair combed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V462.2.3 | Death from ascetic devotions. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V115.3 | Devil buys church bell and demoralizes congregation. They have always come early before since they had no bell to announce the time. Now they wait for the bell. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 92. |
| V31.5 | Devil eats unblessed bread. Scala Celi 64b No. 353. |
| V254.4 | Devil exorcised by "Ave". Ward II 686 Nos. 74, 75, 77. |
| V5.3 | Devils cause monk to perspire and stay away from church service. Pauli (ed. Bolte). No. 260. |
| V267 | Devotee of Virgin is comforted in the hour of death. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V281 | Devotee of Virgin Mary given present by her. Ward II 660 No. 28. |
| V255.1 | Devotee of Virgin not buried in consecrated ground has lily issue from mouth so that his grave is made known. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V142 | Devout possessor of false relics miraculously receives authentic ones. Alphabet Nos. 89, 402; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V211.7.2 | Dialogue (debate) between Christ and Satan (at the harrowing of hell). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.6 | Dialogue between Christ and the Virgin Mary. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61.4.2 | Dismemberment before burial. Gaster Thespis 242. |
| V229.18 | Dispute between two saints settled by angel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V111.3.2 | Divine person points out site for church. United States: Baughman. |
| V382 | Doctor ridicules belief in Devil, Heaven, and Hell. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V311.0.1 | Doctrine of immortality taught by druids. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V12.4.1 | Dog as sacrifice. Irish myth: Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 218 No. 167. |
| V1.8.3 | Dog worship. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 167b; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 422. |
| V345 | Dove flies out of man's mouth. Impious anchorite has agreed to forsake his religion in return for the possession of a maid. When he repents the dove reenters his mouth. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V229.20 | Downfall of ascetic (saint). Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 185 No. 126. |
| V1.8.8 | Dragon worship. Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 103f. |
| V65.2 | Drinking festival in memory of the dead. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V132.3 | Drinking holy water facilitates cursing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V229.6.4 | Druid by spells seeks to drive saint from island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V331.0.1 | Druid converted to Christianity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.6.3 | Druid raised in air, cast down, and brains scattered on stone by power of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V134.4 | Ducks in pool in church: water in which they are placed refuses to boil till ducks are restored to pool. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V351 | Duel (debate) to prove which religion is better. Dickson 187 nn. 61, 62; English: Wells 88 (Roland and Vernagu), 91 (Otuel); Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V23.2 | Dumb man recovers speech in order to confess. *Fb "stum". |
| V284 | During a flood the Virgin descends into the streets to save her image from the flood waters. U.S.: Baughman. |
| V68.3 | Dying hero wants to be buried in the clothes of his brother who killed him. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V311.2 | Dying man refuses to believe in life to come. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V211.2.3.1 | Earth trembles at Crucifixion. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.9 | Earthquake accompanies entrance of holy man into palace of heathen emperor. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V75 | Easter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V25 | Easy confession not effective. |
| V316 | Efficacy of prayer. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V254 | Efficacy of saying "Aves". Irish: Beal XXI 335, O'Suilleabhain 114, 117. |
| V211.1.5 | Elements silent and motionless at Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V323.1 | Epicureans regarded as atheists. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V462.13 | Evil ascetic misuses magic powers obtained through religious meditation. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V84 | Excommunication. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 193b; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V461.5 | Extended meditation as clerical virtue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V29.9 | Extortionate confessor demands golden statue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V229.2.12 | Extraordinary longevity of saints. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V12.7 | Eyes (human or animal) as sacrifice. Marquesas: Handy 134; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 130, 497. |
| V331.8 | Fairies converted to Christianity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V44 | Faithful attendance at mass outweighs evil deeds. *Crane Vitry Nos. 223ff. passim; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 98, Beal XXI 331. |
| V253 | Faithfulness to Virgin Mary, even if not to Christ, rewarded. Alphabet No. 555; Wesselski Mönchslatein 128 No. 113. |
| V236.1 | Fallen angels become fairies (dwarfs, trolls). *Fb "engel" I 250; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 59, 61, Beal XXI 323f. |
| V236 | Fallen angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V73.2 | Fast improves health. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.1 | Fast to prevent pestilence. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.5 | Fasting on "Golden Fridays" as charm against certain misfortunes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.4 | Fasting to secure a prosperous journey. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V74.1). |
| V73 | Fasts. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V70.3.1 | Feast of Saint John the Baptist. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.7 | Feast of the new moon. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V74). |
| V70.1.1 | Festival of Beltane (== May Day). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.8 | Festival of Cenn (Crom) Cruaich. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.6 | Festival of Imbolg (Brigit, Candlemas). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.5 | Festival of Samhain (Hallowe'en, Tara [Temair]). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.1 | Fiery pillar as sign of Christ's visit. (Cf. F964.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.3 | Finding of the Cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V463.2 | First martyr: John the Baptist. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V451 | First-born son and one of every ten born thereafter given to Church. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V12.4.10 | Fish as sacrifice. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 19, 420; Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 241. |
| V134.3 | Fish in water from certain well: water refuses to boil till fish are returned to well. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V1.8.11 | Fish worship. Marquesas: Handy 104; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 129. |
| V200.1 | Flame illuminates cradle of sacred person. (Cf. H41.4.) Saintyves Saints Successeurs 247—48. |
| V30.1.1 | Flesh of Artemis eaten as quail or bear. Greek: Fox 183. |
| V12.8 | Flowers as sacrifice. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 16. |
| V222.11 | Flowers fall from saint's mouth while he speaks. (Cf. D1454.2.1.) *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| V229.2.7 | Flowers grow on graves from the mouths or hearts of holy persons. (Cf. E631.1.) *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| V224.2 | Food (animals) eaten by saint miraculously replaced. Loomis White Magic 70; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V411.6 | Food given away by saint miraculously restored. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V441 | Forgiveness. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V473 | Former monk refuses to take pay for his work, considering it as a religious act. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V65.5 | Funeral games. Virgil Aeneid V 66; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V60.2 | Funeral rites by druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V62.1 | Funeral rites forbidden. Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 53, Sophocles' "Antigone". |
| V69 | Funeral rites-miscellaneous. |
| V60 | Funeral rites. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 212a; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V66 | Funeral sermon. |
| V65.4.1 | Funeral song sung over dead. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. VIII 1071ff.; *E. Reiner Die rituelle Totenklage der Griechen (Stuttgart, 1938); Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V232.7 | Gifts from angels. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V81.1 | Girl having been stolen by mountain-folk must be baptized anew. *Fb "døbe" I 227. |
| V511.2.3 | Girl sees vision of her mother in hell. She chooses to live the poor life of her father which leads to heaven. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V115.2 | Girl sold for new church bell. (Cf. S210.) England: Child I 91ff. |
| V311.3 | Given choice between life and heaven, person chooses latter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V12.4.5 | Goat as sacrifice. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V10.2 | God dislikes offerings beyond one's ability. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V227.1 | God gives staff of Jesus to saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V510.1 | God speaks in vision to devotee. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V123.1 | God under compulsion: suppliant threatens to mutilate (crush) holy image if his wish is not fulfilled. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V201 | God. *Encyc. Relic Ethics Index 223b. |
| V10.1 | Goddess prevents suicide of man despairing of ability to make sacrifice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V12.5 | Gold as sacrifice to false wooden god. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V229.13 | Ground elevates itself to give protection or comfort to saint. *Loomis White Magic 45. |
| V238 | Guardian angel. (Cf. F403.2.2.2, V232, 246.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V211.1.2.1 | Hairy star appears before Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.1.2 | Hand of saint made bright by Lord's touch. Too splendid for man's sight thereafter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V58.4 | Handwashing before prayer. Greek: Homer passim; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V12.4.7 | Hare as sacrifice. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| V70.4 | Harvest-festival. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.4 | Head buried one place, body another. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V256.1 | Healing spittle of Virgin Mary. (Cf. D1500.1.7.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V41.2 | Hearing masses causes triumph in tournament. Angel takes absent knight's place. He is delayed by going to mass. *Liebrecht 29; Alphabet No. 462; Scala Celi 130b No. 714; *Ward II 662; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V381 | Heathen beats his god because of misfortune. (Cf. V123.) *Boje 101; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 238 No. 185. |
| V356.2.1 | Heathen idols sink into earth up to their necks through power of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V249.2.1 | Hebrew the language of the angels. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V12.4.4.1.1 | Heifer as sacrifice. Greek: Homer passim. |
| V118.0.1 | Hell as a monastery—the devil, abbot; sinners, monks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V322 | Heretical baptism. Heathen baptized into devil's possession. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V320 | Heretics. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 251b; Irish myth: Cross. |
| V69.2 | Hero buried as unknown merchant in foreign country. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V61.3.0.1 | Hero buried in armor, standing with face toward land of enemies. (Cf. V67.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V326 | Hero renounces heaven because dead companions (heathen) are not there. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V383.2 | Hindu drinks water by mistake from Mohammedan's vessel: his fortune turns to evil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V512.1 | His faith into the balance. A clerk sees his good and evil deeds being weighed. He asks them to throw his faith in Christ (the Virgin) into the scale. He is saved. Ward II 651 No. 5; *Herbert III 471. |
| V12.4.3.1 | Hog as sacrifice. Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Homer Odyssey XIV 435; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 123. |
| V133 | Holy candles. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics III 188ff. |
| V317.1 | Holy land. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V73.6.3 | Holy man eats pork and beef in Lent because pig is raised on milk, ox on grass; but refuses to eat cake because it contains weevils (live meat). Irish myth: Cross. |
| V43 | Holy man has his own mass. (Cf. F1011.1, V29.3.) When upbraided for not coming to mass, he hangs his coat on a sunbeam. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 10; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 147 No. 1805B. |
| V222.8 | Holy man passes through fire for his faith. Only his clothing burns. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V222.12 | Holy man restores a garden to bloom. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V229.10.2 | Holy man restores cut-off hands and feet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V242 | Holy place (object) glorified by angel's presence. (Cf. V421.2.) |
| V132.2 | Holy water disperses demons. (Cf. D1385.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V132.1 | Holy water prevents a man from committing incest with his daughter. (Cf. T411.) Alphabet No. 523. |
| V132.2.1 | Holy water removes mark placed on man's face by the devil. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V132 | Holy water. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics IV 61f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V12.4.9 | Horse as sacrifice. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 262b; *Howey 185ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V35.1.1 | Horse kneels before stolen sacrament. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 556; Mensa Philosophica No. 59; Scala Celi 64a Nos. 349f. |
| V1.8.2 | Horse worship. Penzer II 57; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 216, *Boberg. |
| V34.1 | Host cures disease. Alphabet No. 164. |
| V39.6 | Host given as pledge to keep one's word. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V32 | Host miraculously given when it is refused a man by the priest. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 129; Alphabet Nos. 160, 420; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V31.1 | Host taken away from sinful priest. Alphabet Nos 689, 691; Scala Celi 40b, 41a Nos. 229—36; Herbert III 398, 399, 465, 480, 483, 609, 709; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 409; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V229.21 | House and family appear overnight to afford hospitality to benighted priests. (Cf. Q45.1.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| V222.4 | House of saint filled with fragrance. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V137 | House of woman who launders clothes for church spared in great fire. Alphabet No. 76. |
| V11.6.1 | Human sacrifice in connection with funeral. (Cf. S260.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V462.0.3 | Husband abandons wife to become ascetic. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V83 | Hymns. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V347 | Idols found on their faces after saint's arrival. *Loomis White Magic 89; Irish myth: Cross. |
| V122 | Image bars way of nun trying to escape convent to join lover. Wesselski Mönchslatein 74 No. 65. |
| V123 | Image blamed by suppliant for misfortunes. Type 1479**, *Wesselski Arlotto I 196 No. 23; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V127 | Image of deity in wood (stone). (Cf. V1.11.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 111; Cook Islands: ibid. 131; Marquesas: Handy 122; Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 344. |
| V122.1 | Image of Jesus descends from cross and wounds nun leaving convent. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V126 | Image of saint speaks. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| V268.5 | Image of Virgin Mary works miracles. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V265.1 | Image of Virgin tries in vain to keep nun from leaving convent. Crane Vitry 160 No. 60; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V120.1 | Images and druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V120 | Images. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 271b; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V228 | Immunities of saints (holy men). (Cf. D1840.) |
| V41.1 | Imprisoned miner kept alive by masses performed by his wife. Ward II 675; Herbert III *85, 284, 324, 365; Alphabet No. 499. |
| V12.10 | Incense as sacrifice. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V465.1 | Incontinence of clergy. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 113b, 136c; West Indies: Flowers 580. |
| V465.1.1 | Incontinent monk (priest). Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda |
| V465.1.2 | Incontinent nun. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V33.1 | Incredulity as to sacredness of host confounded by miraculous appearance. Scala Celi 42a, 65b, 66a Nos. 239, 357—60, 364; Herbert III 539. |
| V33 | Incredulity as to sacredness of host punished. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 687; Alphabet No. 309. |
| V33.1.1 | Incredulity of true transformation of host banished by actual appearance of Jesus's body and blood. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V321 | Insane man burns heretic in his bed: restored to his senses as reward. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 47. |
| V540 | Intervention of Providence saves person's life. (Cf. R341.) |
| V229.7 | Invaders miraculously defeated by saints. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V250.1 | Irish saint as "Mary of the Gael". Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V411.8 | Jesus appears to St. Martin when he gives his cloak to beggar. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V211.2.1.2.1 | Jesus had "dark hair and a long red beard". Irish myth: Cross. |
| V12.2 | Jewels as sacrifice to sea. (Cf. V11.2.) *Penzer II 72 n. 1. |
| V71.1 | Jewish automaton will not work on Saturday. *Dickson 212 n. 140. |
| V363.1 | Jewish child resurrected (saved by power of Virgin Mary) after being burned to ashes for eating consecrated bread in Christian church. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V363 | Jewish child thrown into oven by father for taking eucharist. Preserved by Virgin Mary. *Ward II 601; Irish myth: Cross (V35.1.0.1); Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V365 | Jewish traditions concerning non-Jews. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V35.1 | Jews bribe woman to steal host for them: miraculous manifestations. Scala Celi 64a No. 350. |
| V343 | Jews protesting against marriage of Jewess and Christian are struck dumb. Wesselski Mönchslatein 52 No. 62. |
| V254.6 | Joseph and Mary threaten to leave heaven when the man who has always prayed to them is refused admittance. *Type 805*. |
| V61.5 | King buried in his war car. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.3.1 | King buried with immense treasure in the ground of an artificially dried river; later the normal course of the river is restored. *Krappe "Les funérailles d'Alaric" Annuaire de l'institut de philologie et d'histoire orientales et slaves VII 229—40. |
| V462.0.1 | Kingship renounced to become an ascetic. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V229.16 | Lake of milk made through merit of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V249.2 | Language of angels. |
| V313 | Last judgment. Jewish: Moreno Esdras, *Neuman. |
| V51 | Learning to pray. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V73.6 | Lent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V221.3.1 | Leper cured by the kiss of a saint. *Loomis White Magic 103. |
| V293 | Lepers as sacred persons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.10 | Letter (message) of Christ. Irish myth: *Cross. Cf. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 642. |
| V453 | Levites as religious order. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V12.9 | Libations. Drink poured out to the gods. Greek: Homer passim; Chinese: Graham. |
| V354 | Life of heroic age preferable to Christian living. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V84.1 | Lightning strikes excommunicated person who enters church. Scala Celi 85b No. 492. |
| V222.1.4 | Lights show where the body of saint is buried. Loomis White Magic 28. |
| V61.9 | Lion buried in stone cave with gold letters. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V1.8.9 | Lion worship. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V29.6.1 | List of sins: schedule is returned miraculously cleansed of all his sins. *Loomis White Magic 131. |
| V72.1 | Little Christmas. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V86.6 | Loaf bursts in oven because sign of cross has not been made over it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V351.3 | Magician overpowered in contest with a saint. *Loomis White Magic 75f. |
| V462.1 | Maintaining silence as ascetic practice. Alphabet Nos. 709, 711, 712, 725; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 32; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V472.1 | Man becomes hermit when he realizes selfishness of his beloved's love. (Cf. T93.2.) Heptameron No. 24. |
| V432 | Man beggars self by charity. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V230.1 | Man beholds angels. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V61.3.0.3 | Man buried upright beneath kitchen stairway in order that he may watch his family. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V39.1 | Man considering self unworthy to receive host given it by God himself. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 687. |
| V311.1 | Man converted to belief in future life on deathbed. Feels sure nevertheless that nothing will come of it. Wesselski Bebel I 182 No. 32. |
| V416.1 | Man convicted of cheating at his bookkeeping is excused when it is learned that he has given the money to the poor. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V86.1.3 | Man dies because he has killed a man with the sign of the cross on his forehead. Köhler-Bolte I 382. |
| V411.5.1 | Man earns as much as he gave away for charity in his former life. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V542 | Man hears voice telling him to leave danger spot in mine. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| V541 | Man is prevented from taking passage on ship which later sinks. U.S.: Baughman. |
| V312.2 | Man miraculously dies for opposing dogma of Immaculate Conception. Attempt to disprove the dogma by false miracle. Sham dead man is to rise if the dogma is not true. He is found to be actually dead. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 554. |
| V25.1 | Man returns from dead to protest against priest who has been too easy with him at confession. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 303. |
| V52.1 | Man saved from lechery through prayer. Alphabet No. 65; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V328 | Man sets fire to his house and perishes in it rather than accept Christianity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V51.1 | Man who does not know how to pray so holy that he walks on water. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 332; **Andrejev "Tri Starca" Novoje Delo (Kazan, 1922) (see Anderson Zs. f. Vksk. XXX-XXXII 171); Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 827*; Russian: Andrejev No. 827*. |
| V411.3 | Man who has given all in charity has foot amputated: restored miraculously. Alphabet No. 81; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V34.3 | Man who has received sacrament overcomes enemy, a blasphemer. Alphabet No. 163; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 535. |
| V475.3 | Man who is disappointed with his religious order renounces his vow. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V512.2 | Man whose only good deed was unintentional sees this deed outweigh all his evil in the scales of judgment. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V1.10.1 | Man worships a cake which from time to time he eats. *Chauvin V 24 No. 13 n. 1. |
| V55 | Man worships devil's image in order to secure advancement. Scala Celi 8b No. 56; Alphabet No. 50. |
| V71.1.1 | Manna does not descend on Sabbath. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V52.6 | Mariners saved from maelstrom through prayer. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V465.1.1.2 | Marriage of clerics. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V86.2 | Martyr with sign of cross on his heart. (Cf. V254.3.) Herbert III 77, 416, 467, 487, 530; Scala Celi 69b No. 388; Alphabet No. 563. |
| V229.2.6 | Martyrs emit milk instead of blood from their wounds. *Loomis White Magic 79. |
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