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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
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Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| V58.1 | Prayers at sunrise and sunset. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 143. |
| V58.2 | Prayer with face toward east. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V58.3 | Repeated circumambulations with prayer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V58.4 | Handwashing before prayer. Greek: Homer passim; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V58.5 | Prayer shawl. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V59 | Prayers answered—miscellaneous. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V59.1 | Skill in theft granted as answer to prayer. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 64. |
| V60 | Funeral rites. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 212a; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V60.1 | Stones sold at funeral wakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V60.2 | Funeral rites by druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61 | Various ways of disposing of dead. |
| V61.1 | Dead placed on boat. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 79c, 545b; Fb "skib" III 243b; Icelandic: *Boberg. Cf. Beowulf. |
| V61.2 | Dead burned on pyre. (Cremation.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 143c; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V61.3 | Coffin buried upright. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cercueil". |
| V61.3.0.1 | Hero buried in armor, standing with face toward land of enemies. (Cf. V67.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V61.3.0.2 | Person buried in standing position with friends about him. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61.3.0.3 | Man buried upright beneath kitchen stairway in order that he may watch his family. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.4 | Head buried one place, body another. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V61.4.1 | Corpse buried face down. (Cf. S139.2.2.3.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61.4.2 | Dismemberment before burial. Gaster Thespis 242. |
| V61.5 | King buried in his war car. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.6 | Christian buried in stone coffin. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.7 | Christian buried in wooden coffin. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.8 | Burial in grave-mound. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.8.1 | Chiefs buried in hidden caves. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 224. |
| V61.9 | Lion buried in stone cave with gold letters. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V61.10 | Corpses exposed in tree. Greek: Argonautica III 205. |
| V61.11 | Aversion to burial in "strange city". Irish myth: Cross. |
| V62 | Restrictions on burial. |
| V62.1 | Funeral rites forbidden. Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 53, Sophocles' "Antigone". |
| V62.2 | Only usurers to carry body of usurer to grave. Alphabet No. 793. |
| V63 | Bones of dismembered person assembled and buried. (Cf. E30.) Type 720; BP I 412ff., *422. |
| V64 | Money tied on corpse thrown overboard from ship in order to secure burial. Child III 342, IV 506. |
| V64.1 | Shipwrecked each get a piece of the chief's gold ring in order to have gold with them in death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V65 | Commemoration of death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V65.1 | Calves kept separate from cows in commemoration of hero's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V65.2 | Drinking festival in memory of the dead. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V65.3 | Wedding and funeral festival on same time. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V65.4 | Professional mourning. Virgil Aeneid XI 37; Greek: Aeschylus Libation-Pourers 423; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| V65.5 | Funeral games. Virgil Aeneid V 66; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V66 | Funeral sermon. |
| V66.1 | Witty funeral sermon. Priest having nothing good to say about man damns him with faint praise or gives anecdotes with unfavorable implications. (Cf. K1961.1.2.1.) *Wesselski Arlotto I 216ff. No. 64. |
| V67 | Accompaniments of burial. (Cf. V61.3.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V67.1 | Ornaments (arms, chariots) buried with hero. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.2 | Shoes buried with the dead. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 305. |
| V67.3 | Treasure buried with the dead. 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. |
| V67.4 | Men buried with dead chief. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.4.1 | Captain buried with his crew. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.5 | Animals buried with the dead. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V68 | Preparations for burial. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Lagerholm 33, *Boberg. |
| V68.1 | Dead washed (in river). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V68.2 | Dead washed and hair combed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V68.3 | Dying hero wants to be buried in the clothes of his brother who killed him. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V68.4 | Dead is undressed. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 245. |
| V68.4.1 | Dead not to be buried naked. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V68.5 | Dead rubbed with red paint. Africa (Fang): Trilles 140. |
| V69 | Funeral rites-miscellaneous. |
| V69.1 | All dead are buried after battle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V69.2 | Hero buried as unknown merchant in foreign country. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V70 | Religious feasts and fasts. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 198; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V70.1 | The first day of summer. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V70.1.1 | Festival of Beltane (== May Day). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.2 | Whitsuntide. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V70.3 | Midsummer. (Cf. A1535.3.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V70.3.1 | Feast of Saint John the Baptist. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.4 | Harvest-festival. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V70.5 | Festival of Samhain (Hallowe'en, Tara [Temair]). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.6 | Festival of Imbolg (Brigit, Candlemas). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.7 | Feast of the new moon. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V74). |
| V70.8 | Festival of Cenn (Crom) Cruaich. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V71 | Sabbath. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 509c; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V71.2.), *Neuman. |
| V71.1 | Jewish automaton will not work on Saturday. *Dickson 212 n. 140. |
| V71.1.1 | Manna does not descend on Sabbath. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V71.2 | Misfortune ascribed to breaking Sabbath. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V71.3 | Various events, from creation to Resurrection, that occurred on Sabbath. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V72 | Christmas. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 121b; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX 979ff., IX Nachträge 864—968; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V72.1 | Little Christmas. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73 | Fasts. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V73.0.1 | Christ in the desert overcomes devil by fasting. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.1 | Fast to prevent pestilence. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.2 | Fast improves health. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.3 | Saint causes two youths to be fed with the best food, says one is doomed to go to hell, the other will practice austerity in his old age. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.4 | Fasting to secure a prosperous journey. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V74.1). |
| V73.5 | Fasting on "Golden Fridays" as charm against certain misfortunes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.6 | Lent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.6.1 | Christ's forty-days' fast called "His Lent". Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.6.2 | Saint remains silent during Lent by holding stone in mouth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| 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. |
| V75 | Easter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V75.1 | Passover. Jewish: Moreno Esdras, *Neuman. |
| V80 | Religious services—miscellaneous. |
| V81 | Baptism. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 61c; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 337, O'Suilleabhain 128; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V81.1 | Girl having been stolen by mountain-folk must be baptized anew. *Fb "døbe" I 227. |
| V81.2 | Tails fall off mountain spirits when they are baptized. Fb "hale" IV 197b. |
| V81.3 | Metamorphosis brought about by baptism. Monster born of union of heathen ruler and Christian maiden becomes a handsome boy on being baptized. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V81.4 | Baptism of infants. Maori: Clark 185. |
| V81.5 | Sea bath as purificatory rite. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 144; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 152, 176. |
| V82 | Circumcision. (Cf. F81.3.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 126c; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V83 | Hymns. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V84 | Excommunication. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 193b; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V84.1 | Lightning strikes excommunicated person who enters church. Scala Celi 85b No. 492. |
| V84.2 | Priest shows power of excommunication over host. It turns black. Scala Celi 85b No. 495; Herbert III 446 No. 17. |
| V84.3 | Pirate excommunicated, goes on pilgrimage as penance. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V85 | Religious pilgrimages. (Cf. V84.3.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 186f. |
| V86 | Sign of the Cross. Encyc. Rel. Ethics VI 539b; Fb "kors" II 274; Scala Celi 67b—71b Nos. 373—404 passim. |
| V86.1 | Sign of cross protects from injury. |
| V86.1.1 | Sign of cross prevents child from being stolen from cradle. Fb "kors" II 285f. |
| V86.1.2 | Sign of cross prevents garment from burning. Alphabet No. 232. |
| V86.1.3 | Man dies because he has killed a man with the sign of the cross on his forehead. Köhler-Bolte I 382. |
| 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. |
| V86.3 | Punishment for profane use of the cross. Drunkard kisses cross, thinking it is a bottle of wine. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 271. |
| V86.4 | Miraculous manifestations to scoffers of the cross. Alphabet. No. 230; English: Wells 97 (Chevalere Assigne), 89 (The Sege of Melayne). |
| V86.5 | Praying with arms extended so as to form a cross. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V86.6 | Loaf bursts in oven because sign of cross has not been made over it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V86.7 | The seven significances of the sign of the cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V87 | Christening. |
| V88 | Ceremony of the proclamation of a Buddha. Chinese: Werner 271. |
| V91 | Accidental calling on god's name held to outweigh a life of wickedness. Hindu: Keith 180. |
| V92 | "Our Lady's Tumbler." A tumbler, turned monk, dances while others chant psalms. He is praising God in the only way he knows. *Herbert III 417; *Wicksteed Romania II 315; Romanische Forschungen XI 223. |
| V93 | Religious dancing. (Cf. A1542.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V96 | Ritual bathing. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V96.1 | Taking bath in a sacred river (Ganges). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V97 | Study of Tora as religious service. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V100 | Religious edifices and objects. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V110 | Religious buildings. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V111 | Churches. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 123c; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 335, O'Suilleabhain 112. |
| V111.1 | Visit to certain church protects from drowning on pilgrimage. (Cf. D1384, D1388.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V111.2 | Stones for building church (chapel) miraculously supplied. (Cf. D931.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V111.3 | Place where a church must be built miraculously indicated. *Loomis White Magic 127f. |
| V111.3.1 | Birds indicate the site where a church is to be built by making a model of the structure on the spot. *Loomis White Magic 68. |
| V111.3.2 | Divine person points out site for church. United States: Baughman. |
| V112 | Temples. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 591b; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V112.0.1 | Ark of the temple. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V112.1 | Spirit huts. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 69; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 112. |
| V112.2 | Mosques. |
| V112.3 | Synagogues. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V113 | Shrines. (Cf. C51.1.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 546a; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V113.0.1 | Miracles at shrine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V113.0.2 | Vow to visit shrine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V113.1 | Cripples at shrine frightened and run away without crutches. *Herbert III 21; *Crane Vitry 241f. No. 254. |
| V113.2 | Robbers promise to make offerings to the shrine of a hermit if successful. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V114 | Sacred groves. *Frazer Golden Bough XII 293 s.v. "Grove(s), sacred"; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V114.1 | Sacred groves of druids. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V115 | Church bells. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 69a; Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 868ff.; E. Lippert Glockenläuten als Rechtsbrauch (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1939); *P. Sartori Das Buch von deutschen Glocken (Berlin, 1932).—Irish myth: *Cross; Norwegian: Solheim Register 21. |
| V115.1 | Church bell sunk in river (sea). (Cf. F993.) *Fb. "kirkeklokke" IV 260b; Wales, England: *Baughman; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 88; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72 Nos. 608—11; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 88. |
| V115.1.1 | Sunken bell travels on sea bottom. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72 No. 609. |
| V115.1.2 | Raising sunken church bell. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 73 No. 620. |
| V115.1.3 | Sunken church bell cannot be raised. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 73 Nos. 612—22. |
| V115.1.3.1 | Church bell cannot be raised because silence is broken. (Cf. C401.4.) Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 72f. Nos. 612, 613, 619. |
| V115.1.3.2 | Church bell cannot be raised because person blasphemes. England: *Baughman. |
| V115.2 | Girl sold for new church bell. (Cf. S210.) England: Child I 91ff. |
| 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. |
| V115.4 | What church bells say. Fb "kirkeklokke" IV 260A. |
| V116 | Altars. (Cf. V135.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 18a; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V117 | Pulpits. |
| V118 | Monasteries. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V118.0.1 | Hell as a monastery—the devil, abbot; sinners, monks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V118.1 | Monastery on otherworld island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V118.2 | Subaqueous monastery. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V118.2.1 | Submarine oratory. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V120 | Images. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 271b; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V120.1 | Images and druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V121 | Miraculous image of Christ impressed on napkin. Veronica. Ward II 641 No. 20. |
| V122 | Image bars way of nun trying to escape convent to join lover. Wesselski Mönchslatein 74 No. 65. |
| V122.1 | Image of Jesus descends from cross and wounds nun leaving convent. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V123 | Image blamed by suppliant for misfortunes. Type 1479**, *Wesselski Arlotto I 196 No. 23; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V123.1 | God under compulsion: suppliant threatens to mutilate (crush) holy image if his wish is not fulfilled. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V124 | Preacher criticizes the likeness of Christ exhibited in his church. Says that it is unworthy of the original. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V124.1 | Saint hangs cowl in thornbrake as symbol of Christ on the Cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V125 | Casting of image of Buddha delayed until a maniac's mite is thrown into the furnace. Chinese: Werner 401. |
| V126 | Image of saint speaks. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| 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. |
| V128 | Motions of various kinds attributed to images. |
| V128.1 | An apple is offered to a statue of the Virgin and her child. The infant reaches out and takes the fruit. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| V128.2 | Portraits exude oil. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| V130 | Other sacred objects connected with worship. |
| V131 | Religious robes (vestments). *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 629c; Gaster Thespis 270f.; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V131.1 | Sight of holy fringe on garment restrains a man from fornication and reforms the harlot. Gaster Exempla 192f. No. 35; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V131.2 | White robes of druids. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V132 | Holy water. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics IV 61f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V132.1 | Holy water prevents a man from committing incest with his daughter. (Cf. T411.) Alphabet No. 523. |
| V132.2 | Holy water disperses demons. (Cf. D1385.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V132.2.1 | Holy water removes mark placed on man's face by the devil. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V132.3 | Drinking holy water facilitates cursing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V133 | Holy candles. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics III 188ff. |
| V134 | Sacred wells. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 640c; Fb "kilde" II 119: Namn och Bygd XXXIII (1945) 1ff. — Danish: Schmidt Danmarks Helligkilder (DF XXXIII); Irish myth: *Cross; England, Wales, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V134.0.1 | Tree beside holy well. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V134.1 | Oracles and auguries from holy well. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V134.2 | Offerings to holy wells. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V134.3 | Fish in water from certain well: water refuses to boil till fish are returned to well. 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. |
| V135 | Altar cloths. (Cf. F962.12.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V135.1 | Poverty-stricken couple wrap newly-born child in altar-coverings. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V136 | Bible. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V136.1 | Copy of gospels buried with saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V137 | House of woman who launders clothes for church spared in great fire. Alphabet No. 76. |
| V140 | Sacred relics. **Saintyves Les réliques et les images légendaires (Paris, 1912); Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 493a. |
| V140.1 | Angel reveals (buried) relics to saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V140.2 | Saint's relics miraculously recovered. *Loomis White Magic 127f. |
| V140.3 | A cow licks the stone under which the secreted body of saint is buried. *Loomis White Magic 62. |
| V140.4 | Testing the authenticity of relics: bones are cast into fire; with great noise they jump away from the flames. *Loomis White Magic 92. |
| V141 | Possession of relic brings prosperity, its loss sickness. Wesselski Mönchslatein 113 No. 96. |
| V142 | Devout possessor of false relics miraculously receives authentic ones. Alphabet Nos. 89, 402; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V142.1 | Sham relics perform miracles if faith is great. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V143 | Saint's bones for lack of worship remove themselves from church. (Cf. D1641.) Alphabet No. 679. |
| V143.1 | Saint's bones miraculously removed from reliquary broken in pillage. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V143.2 | Relics (images) carried away return to their original church. *Loomis White Magic 48. |
| V144 | Belief in miraculous powers of sacred relics. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V144.1 | Sacred relics carried in battle to aid victory. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V144.2 | The relics of saint protect horses from the attack of wild beasts. *Loomis White Magic 106. |
| V150 | Sacred objects—miscellaneous. |
| V151 | Sacred writings. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 530a; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V151.1 | Captive released because of ability to recite beginning of Genesis. (Cf. J1185.) Gaster Exempla 193 No. 38. |
| V200.1 | Flame illuminates cradle of sacred person. (Cf. H41.4.) Saintyves Saints Successeurs 247—48. |
| V201 | God. *Encyc. Relic Ethics Index 223b. |
| V202 | Sacred spirits. Hawaii: *Beckwith Myth 104, 107, 108, 180, 382, 447, 512. |
| V205 | Royal family as sacred. |
| V205.1 | Third son of king possesses sacred power. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 130. |
| V210 | Religious founders. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V211 | Christ. *DeVooys Middelnederlandse Legenden en Exempelen (Den Haag, 1926) 129ff.; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V211.0.1 | Christ born from crown of Virgin's head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.0.2 | Christ conceived on same day He was crucified. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.0.3 | Seventeen marvels at the birth of Christ. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.0.4 | Christ as prophet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.0.5 | Christ called "druid". Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.1 | The Nativity of Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.1 | Air fragrant at Nativity. (Cf. V222.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.2 | Star shines through day of Nativity. (Cf. F961.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.2.1 | Hairy star appears before Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.3 | Shining cloud marks place of Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.3.1 | Vast intolerable light on night of Christ's Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.4 | Virgin suffers no birth pangs at Christ's Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.5 | Elements silent and motionless at Nativity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.6 | A "crown of thorns" among gifts given by the shepherds to Joseph, husband of Virgin Mary. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.7 | Three (seven) druids come to adore infant Jesus. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.1.8 | The Infant Jesus. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.8.1 | Christ in form of an infant nursed by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.8.2 | Christ in form of an infant fondled by nuns. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.1.8.3 | Christ as infant in mother's arms causes bare hillside to become field of wheat as protection. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2 | Christ on earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.1 | Fiery pillar as sign of Christ's visit. (Cf. F964.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.1.1 | Christ disguised as leper. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.1.2 | Christ disguised as beggar. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.1.2.1 | Jesus had "dark hair and a long red beard". Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.2 | Christ leaves bachall after visit. (Cf. D1277.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.3 | The Crucifixion. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V211.2.3.0.1 | Angel warns of Christ's danger. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V211.2.3.0.2 | Smith's wife made nails for the Cross because her husband believed Christ to be a true prophet. *Loomis White Magic 51f. |
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