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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
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
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Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| D142.0.1 | Transformation: woman to cat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D114.1.1.2 | Transformation: woman to doe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D659.14 | Transformation: woman to fly so as to help hero pick out weapons from among many. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D235.2 | Transformation: woman to golden stool. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D212.3 | Transformation: woman to lotus. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D199.3 | Transformation: woman to siren. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D169.1 | Transformation: woman to waterfowl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D353.1 | Transformation: woodpecker to person. Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| D418.2.2 | Transformation: worm to dog. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 72. |
| D418.2 | Transformation: worm to other animal. |
| D392 | Transformation: worm to person. Tonga: Gifford 25. |
| D418.2.1 | Transformation: worm to serpent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D454.11 | Transformation: writing tablets to bundle. Irish myth: Cross (D469.15). |
| D134.4 | Transformations supernatural being into a goat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D686 | Transformed animal refuses to touch meat of that animal. Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 102 No. 84. |
| D1610.32 | Transformed bird reveals its identity by speaking out. (Cf. D150.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D688.1 | Transformed cow advises daughter. Chinese: Graham. |
| F383.5 | Transformed fairy warriors disenchanted when attacked. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F234.4 | Transformed fairy—miscellaneous. |
| F234 | Transformed fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B17.1.2.3 | Transformed man as hostile dog. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N819.2.1 | Transformed mother as helper. Chinese: Graham. |
| D792 | Transformed mother called by her child. Comes and is rescued.—Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 333. |
| D688 | Transformed mother suckles child. *Types 403, 450; BP I 79ff., 99ff.—India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda.—Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 87, (Kaffir): Theal 61. |
| D457 | Transformed parts of person or animal to object. |
| N819.2 | Transformed person as helper. Chinese: Graham. |
| K1361.1 | Transformed person sleeps before girl's door, at foot of bed, in the bed. Is disenchanted upon admission to the bed. *Type 440; *BP I 1ff. |
| N324.1 | Transformed prince unwittingly killed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B11.1.3.0.1 | Transformed princess as dragon. Irish myth: Cross; German: Grimm No. 88. |
| R152.5 | Transformed wife takes husband out of captivity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B297.2 | Transformed women enchanted by music. |
| Q584.1 | Transformer transformed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D683.1 | Transformers. Demigods who transform things at will so that they assume present form. See all references for motifs A900—A999 for work of transformers. (Cf. D272.)—Marshall Islands: Davenport JAFL LXVI 222. |
| Z10.3 | Transition formulas. Hdwb. d. Märchens II 162; BP IV 20ff. |
| F2 | Translation to otherworld without dying. (Cf. F12.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1269.5 | Transmutation of the quail. Bishop brought quail on Friday orders them cooked. Blamed. If he can turn bread into the body of the Lord why can he not turn quail into fish? Frey (ed. Bolte) 247 No. 85; Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 100; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T579.8.1 | Transparent body of pregnant woman. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.7 | Transparent stone. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1520.1.2 | Transportation by hollow tree. (Cf. D950, D1532.7.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1520.25 | Transportation by magic bag. (Cf. D1193.) Fb "rænsel". |
| D1520.24 | Transportation by magic box. (Cf. D1174.) Chauvin V 230 No. 130. |
| D1520.23 | Transportation by magic goblet. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 213 n. 2. |
| D1520.29 | Transportation by magic jewel. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1520.29.1 | Transportation by magic pearl. (Cf. D1071.) Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 159. |
| D1520.22 | Transportation by magic pitcher. (Cf. D1171.4.) Chauvin V 230 No. 130. |
| D1520.21 | Transportation by magic platform. (Cf. D1157.) Chauvin V 230 No. 130. |
| D1520.36 | Transportation by magic stone. (Cf. D931.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1520.20 | Transportation by magic throne. (Cf. D1156.) Chauvin V 230 No. 130; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1520.34 | Transportation by means of necklace. (Cf. D1073.) German: MacCulloch Eddic 261. |
| D1520.26 | Transportation by putting magic ointment on feet. (Cf. D1244.) Penzer IV 90 n. 1. |
| D1520.1.1 | Transportation by stretching and swaying tree. The tree stretches and bends over so as to land hero in a distant country. (Cf. D482.) Tahiti, Melanesia, Indonesia: Dixon 66. |
| D1976.1 | Transportation during magic sleep. Dickson 223; Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Homer Odyssey XVIII 121; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F61.3 | Transportation from heaven in mist. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1520.14 | Transportation in magic carriage. (Cf. D1111.) Chauvin V 229 No. 130. |
| D1520.18.2 | Transportation in magic palanquin. (Cf. D1154.3.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1520.15 | Transportation in magic ship. (Cf. D1123, D1521.2, D1525, D1533.1.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 39; Greek: Fox 138; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1520.17.2 | Transportation on magic couch. (Cf. D1154.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1520.18.1 | Transportation on magic swing. (Cf. D1154.3.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B542.2.1 | Transportation to fairyland on griffin's back. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F60 | Transportation to or from upper world. |
| K32 | Trapping contest won by deception. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 328 n. 187. |
| D2105.3.1 | Trash magically becomes food. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Fables 66. |
| T133 | Travel to wedding. |
| H586.2.1 | Traveler says he is going to seek a hind that he saw in the woods ten years before. (A maiden.) Wesselski Märchen 197 No. 7. |
| H586.2 | Traveler says he is going to the city to see what has become of the seed he sowed in the street. (What has become of the girl he left in the city to await his return.) Köhler-Bolte I 197; Nouvelles de Sens No. 3. |
| H586.2.2 | Traveler says he must look after his net to see if it has taken fish. (He has left his lady seven years before with a pledge of faithfulness. Net has taken fish—lady has had lovers.) English: Child I 191 n. |
| S354.2 | Travelers find exposed baby girl and take her to emperor's court. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1886.4 | Travelers mistake brushwood at a distance for a ship. Wienert FFC LVI 75 (ET 411), 123 (ST 323); Halm Aesop No. 310. |
| X111.15 | Travelers pass through Wesley. One asks name of town; another replies, "This is Wesley." Another says, "I thought it was Thursday." Third says, "So am I; let's have a drink." U.S.: Baughman. |
| N251.4 | Travelers pursued by misfortune. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| C331.2 | Travelers to other world must not look back. (See all references to F81.1., Orpheus.)—Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 169, 299, Rasmussen III 124, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 51. |
| F809.5 | Traveling stones. (Cf. D1431.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| K2285.2 | Treacherous anchorite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2295 | Treacherous animals. Wienert FFC LVI *134. |
| K2299.1 | Treacherous astrologer. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2253 | Treacherous barber. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2291 | Treacherous beggar. Tawney I 132f., 349f. |
| K2281 | Treacherous bishop. Dickson 46 n. 55. |
| K2284.2 | Treacherous brahmin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2211.1 | Treacherous brother-in-law. *Types 315, 712; Dickson 178, Schlauch Chaucer's Constance and Accused Queens (New York, 1927) 108; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 139, 151, 157. |
| K2211 | Treacherous brother. Usually elder brother. *Types 301, 502, 506, 550, 551; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "jalousie"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 328*A, Espinosa II Nos. 120f., III Nos. 141f., Espinosa Jr. Nos. 81, 202—204; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 323; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 125; Marquesas: Handy 86; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/615); Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 170; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 68. |
| K2249.4.1 | Treacherous butcher. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2295.5 | Treacherous camel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2282 | Treacherous cardinal. |
| K2284.1 | Treacherous chaplain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2262 | Treacherous charcoal-burner. *Type 300; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 14; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 68. |
| K2214 | Treacherous children. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2280 | Treacherous churchmen. |
| K2222 | Treacherous co-wife (concubine). Type 450; Dickson 29 n. 3, 41 n. 41; Irish myth: Cross; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 2; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 526; Africa: Werner 203, (Basuto): Jacottet 246 No. 36, (Fjort): Dennett 47 No. 7, (Ekoi): Talbot 312. |
| K2295.3 | Treacherous cock. Wienert FFC LVI 49 (ET 84); 135 (ST 407, 449). |
| K2254 | Treacherous cook. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1626.2 | Treacherous counselor killed in treacherous ballgame he himself has arranged. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K1094 | Treacherous counselor persuades king's son to woo his father's young bride whom he is sent to get, and as he tells the king that he is her lover both are killed. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2298 | Treacherous counselor. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2260.1 | Treacherous dark man. Malone PMLA XLIII 417 n. 9; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K2260.2 | Treacherous dark woman. *Dickson 43 n. 47. |
| K2214.2.1 | Treacherous daughter-in-law plots against husband's mother. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2214.2 | Treacherous daughter-in-law. |
| K2214.1 | Treacherous daughter. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus II 117 n. 3; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1911.2 | Treacherous disposal of true bride by false. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| K2277 | Treacherous dwarf. Schlauch Chaucer's Constance and Accused Queens (New York, 1927) 104. |
| K2295.2 | Treacherous eagle. Wienert FFC LVI *51, 59 (ET 108, 200), 135, 139 (ST 404, 446); Halm Aesop No. 5. |
| K2211.0.1 | Treacherous elder brother(s). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2218.2 | Treacherous father-in-law. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| K2211.2 | Treacherous foster brother. False accusation of theft. Missouri French: Carrière; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K2214.3.1 | Treacherous foster son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K499.9 | Treacherous friend drinks out of other's flask to save the water in his own. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 186. |
| K2297 | Treacherous friend. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2257 | Treacherous gardener. *Type 314. |
| K2249.3 | Treacherous goldsmith. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2261.1 | Treacherous gypsy. Type 450. |
| K2255 | Treacherous herdsman. |
| K2294 | Treacherous host. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| K1930 | Treacherous impostors. |
| K2241 | Treacherous inn-keeper. *Type 563; Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2369.2.2 | Treacherous king participates in battle only when he sees who is likely to win. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K2246.1.1 | Treacherous king spies so that he may levy fines. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2246.1 | Treacherous king. Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (Z-G. 13/420). |
| K2259.2 | Treacherous lamplighter. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b. n. 18. |
| K2295.4 | Treacherous lizard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2247 | Treacherous lord. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 8; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K2232 | Treacherous lover (man). English and Scottish: Child Ballads Nos. 4; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2232.1 | Treacherous lover betrays woman's love and deserts her. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2230 | Treacherous lovers. (Cf. K2221.) |
| K2252 | Treacherous maidservant. *Types 408, 553; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K2245 | Treacherous marshall. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 6. |
| K2249.4 | Treacherous merchant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2248 | Treacherous minister. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 9; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 715; Jewish: Neuman. |
| K2248.1 | Treacherous minister's son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2231 | Treacherous mistress. *Dickson 245 n. 51; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S12.1.1 | Treacherous mother and paramour plan son's death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S12.1 | Treacherous mother marries ogre and plots against son. *Type 590; *BP III 1; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl. II 392. |
| K2218.1 | Treacherous mother-in-law accuses innocent wife. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K917 | Treacherous murder during hunt. Boje XIX 61, 64; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K930 | Treacherous murder of enemy's children or charges. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2261 | Treacherous negro (Moor). Malone PMLA XLIII 408—432 passim; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56, 60 Nos. 408A*, 435*, Espinosa II Nos. 120f., Espinosa Jr. Nos. 106—110; Italian: Basile Pentamerone Int., I No. 2, V No. 5. |
| K2217.1 | Treacherous nephew kills good uncle for his money. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2240 | Treacherous officers and tradesmen. |
| K2293 | Treacherous old woman. *Type 1353; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2255.2 | Treacherous ox-herd. Chinese: Chavannes I 382 No. 112. |
| K2296 | Treacherous partner. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 23 and notes. |
| K2295.1 | Treacherous partridge. Wienert FFC LVI 51 (ET 111), *65 (ET 290), 139 (ST 448); Halm Aesop No. 356. |
| K2258 | Treacherous peasant. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 16; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 7; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K2299.2 | Treacherous peoples (tribes). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P485.1 | Treacherous philosophers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2292 | Treacherous physician. Penzer II 2; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K2061 | Treacherous plan of hypocritical animal detected and prevented. |
| K2244 | Treacherous porter. Dickson 240; *Boje 71. |
| K2249.1 | Treacherous potter. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 17. |
| K2259.3 | Treacherous potter. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2284 | Treacherous priest. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2354 | Treacherous priests prolong mass to let enemy destroy city. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301 No. 17, 326 No. 28. |
| K2246 | Treacherous prince. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 7; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2246.0.1 | Treacherous princess (queen). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2212.0.3 | Treacherous queen has her brother killed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2213.15 | Treacherous queen lures her husband into chest and betrays him to hostile king. He is hung up between two fires, but his second wife cuts the strings so that he falls down and kills his enemy and takes his kingdom back. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K2213.11 | Treacherous queen tricks king into bestowing kingdom upon her son. Irish myth: *Cross (fuller text). |
| K2265 | Treacherous red knight. *Type 300; *Fb "Ridder R[ö]d"; *Ranke FFC CXIV 236. |
| K2218 | Treacherous relatives-in-law. Irish myth: Cross (cf. K2211.1). |
| K2210 | Treacherous relatives. Distinction between treacherous relatives and cruel relatives (S0-S99) is frequently impossible to make. Relatives whose treachery seems to be uppermost have been listed here; those usually possessing power over their charges and exercising their power in a cruel fashion have been listed under cruel relatives. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2221 | Treacherous rival lover. Wife's paramour or rival in love. (Cf. K2230.) *Type 560, 561; Malone PMLA XLIII 417; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/10). |
| K2220 | Treacherous rivals. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F932.8.4 | Treacherous river overflows and drowns victims. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2296.1 | Treacherous robber-partner. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2369.3 | Treacherous ruler of city under siege sends sons to deliver city to enemy. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2259.4 | Treacherous sailor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2243 | Treacherous seneschal. Dickson 74 n. 31; *Boje 62; Schlauch Chaucer's Constance and Accused Queens (New York, 1927) 98. |
| K2250.1 | Treacherous servant. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2250 | Treacherous servants and workmen. Types 450, 652; Dickson 236 n. 37; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 12; Malone PMLA XLIII 417 n. 9; Icelandic: FFC LXXXIII xxxvi—vii, *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "jalousie". P365. Faithless servants. |
| K2212.0.2 | Treacherous sister as mistress of robber (giant) plots against brother. *Type 315; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2212.0.1 | Treacherous sister attempts to poison brother. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2212.2 | Treacherous sister-in-law. *Type 706; BP I 295ff.; *bin Gorion Born Judas I 364; Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 315C*; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2212 | Treacherous sister. Usually elder sister. *Types 300, 315, 425, 706, 709, 780; *BP I 551, III 2; Dickson 29 n. 3; Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 138-141; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 125; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 382ff., 391; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 297. |
| K2251.1 | Treacherous slave-girl. *Penzer VI 47 n. 1; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 61 No. *445B, Espinosa Jr. No. 114. |
| K2251 | Treacherous slave. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 19; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2214.3 | Treacherous son: leads revolt against his father to whom he owes all. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 286. |
| K2256 | Treacherous stable-groom. Malone PMLA XLIII 406; Hdwb. d. |
| K2211.3 | Treacherous stepbrother. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2212.1 | Treacherous stepsisters. *Types 403, 425, 432, 450, 510, 516, 592; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| K2242 | Treacherous steward. Malone PMLA XLIII 437; Icelandic: Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2255.1 | Treacherous swineherd. Malone PMLA VLIII 417 n. 9. |
| K2249.2 | Treacherous treasurer. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K2217 | Treacherous uncle. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q261.2.1 | Treacherous wife abandoned by lover for fear of treachery. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B335.1.1 | Treacherous wife forces husband to kill helpful dog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q261.2 | Treacherous wife punished. (Cf. K2213.) |
| K2213 | Treacherous wife. *Types 560, 561, 566, 612, 670, 1350, 1510; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 315B*, 894*; Russian: Andrejev No. 315B*, 894*; Prussian: Plenzat 25; Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 315B*; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman, *bin Gorion Born Judas III 90ff., 95; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 93, 884, 998, II 491, 510, 516, 1014; Japanese: Ikeda; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 381, 385; Africa (Fang): Trilles 277, Tessman 113f. |
| K2259.1 | Treacherous woodsman. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 241b n. 15. |
| K2211.0.2 | Treacherous younger brother(s). India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 43; Mono: Wheeler No. 22. |
| Q431.2.2 | Treachery punished by banishment to desert isle. (Cf. S145.) Heptameron No. 67. |
| Q261 | Treachery punished. (Cf. Q413.8, Q414.0.5, Q414.0.6.1, Q417.2, Q423, Q431.2, Q431.10, Q433.7, Q451.1.3, Q451.4.4, Q451.5.4, Q469.7.1, Q552.1.5, Q581.0.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 113, 119, III No. 264, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 75, 80, 106, 110, 126, 138—42; Greek: Grote I 88f., 109, 171, 203; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 87; (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 551f.; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1122, T-G. 3/912); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 87, 331; Tonga: Gifford 101, 142; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 180. |
| Q217 | Treason punished. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 597. |
| N527 | Treasure (money) carried by bird to nest. English: Wells 114 (Sir Isumbras); Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 937*. |
| F166.1 | Treasure and jewels in otherworld. Siuts 83ff.; Patch Other World 379 s.v. "jewels"; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| B109 | Treasure animals—miscellaneous. |
| B100 | Treasure animals. *Clouston Tales I 123 ff.; India: Thompson-Balys; Penzer I 20 n., VIII 59 n. 3; Cox 510 n. 54. |
| Q111.6 | Treasure as reward. Chinese: Graham. |
| N516 | Treasure at end of rainbow. *Fb "regenbue" III 31b, "skat" III 235a; African: Werner African 234. |
| N511.1.0.1 | Treasure buried by dying man. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 128 No. 63; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 5 No. 63. |
| N511.1 | Treasure buried by men. Irish myth: *Cross; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 692; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 425ff., (1931) 297ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| N511.1.2 | Treasure buried in ancient settlements. *Winter 16. |
| N511.1.8 | Treasure buried in chest, cask, kettle, or cannon barrel. (Cf. N525.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| N511.1.3 | Treasure buried in extraordinary topographical formations. *Winter 27. |
| N511.1.1 | Treasure buried in graves. *Winter 11; Icelandic: *Boberg; Chinese: Graham. |
| N513.5 | Treasure buried in sunken ship. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| N511.1.5 | Treasure buried in woodshed. Type 935***. |
| N511.1.12 | Treasure buried on island. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| N511.1.11 | Treasure buried on top of mountain. U.S.: Baughman. |
| N511.1.10 | Treasure buried under flower. U.S.: Baughman. |
| N511.1.13 | Treasure buried under stump. U.S.: Baughman; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| N511.1.9 | Treasure buried under tree. U.S.: Baughman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V67.3 | Treasure buried with the dead. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2353 | Treasure cast down crushes besiegers. English: Wells 85 (The Sowdone of Babylone). |
| N557 | Treasure disappears after being uncovered. U.S.: Baughman. |
| N541.4 | Treasure discovered at the Nativity of Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N534 | Treasure discovered by accident. Irish myth: Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 78 Nos. 652—656; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; West Indies: Flowers 565. |
| N533.1 | Treasure discovered by clairvoyant vase. (Cf. D1323.2.) *Chauvin V 259 No. 154. |
| N533.3 | Treasure discovered by hand of unborn child. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 7 No. 645. |
| N533 | Treasure discovered by magic object. |
| N531 | Treasure discovered through dream. Type 834*; Scotland, England, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 693; Icelandic: *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 481ff., (1931) 323ff.; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas V 18; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 39 No. 5; West Indies: Flowers 564. |
| D1454.2 | Treasure falls from mouth. (Cf. D992.2, D1454.3.) *Type 403; *BP I 100 n. 1; Fb "spytte" III 515a.—Icelandic: Snorra Edda Skaldsk. XXXII and XXXVIII; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1469.13 | Treasure falls from stone lion's mouth. (Cf. D1268.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N553.3 | Treasure finders must not take all of money. Fb "penge" II 803a. |
| N533.2 | Treasure found by clairvoyant mirror. (Cf. D1323.1.) *Winter 83. |
| N534.6 | Treasure found by man when he obeys call of nature. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2101.1 | Treasure found by sprinkling ground with blood of white cock. (Cf. D1314.) *Chauvin V 13f. No. 9; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N542.1 | Treasure found if one goes with one-night old colt on to one-night old ice. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 45 No. 65**. |
| N524 | Treasure found in beggar's hat. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| N526 | Treasure found in bundle of rags. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| N525 | Treasure found in chest (kettle, cask). (Cf. N511.1.8.) Type 968*; *Fb "skat" III 236b; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 78 Nos. 652—656; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N528 | Treasure found in hollow of tree. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| N511.1.6.1 | Treasure found in ruined wall. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B100.1 | Treasure found in slain helpful animal. *Cox Cinderella passim. —Lithuanian: Leskien 448 No. 25; Breton: Luzel III 134; Portuguese: Pedroso 76 No. 18. |
| N511.4 | Treasure found in snake hole. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N541.3 | Treasure found on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B113.3 | Treasure from bird's feathers. German: Grimm Nos. 60, 64. |
| N538.2 | Treasure from defeated giant. (Cf. F531.6.7, G610, D838.6.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1454.5 | Treasure from excrements. (Cf. D1002.) India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Keith 145; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 329 n. 190a; Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 256 No. 4. |
| D1454.7 | Treasure from footprints. (Cf. D1294.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1469.8 | Treasure from magic stick. (Cf. D956, D1254.) Chinese: Graham. |
| D1454.9 | Treasure from nose (with sneezing). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1454.6 | Treasure from scab. (Cf. D1009.1.) N. A. Indian (Tsimshian): Boas BBAE XXVII 190. |
| D1454.3 | Treasure from spittle. (Cf. D1454.2, D1001.) *Penzer VIII 59 n. 3.—Irish: Plummer clxxviii, Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 329 n. 190. |
| D1454.4 | Treasure from tears. (Cf. D1004.) |
| V411.5 | Treasure given away by saint miraculously restored. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| N581.1 | Treasure guarded by magic millstone. U.S.: Baughman. |
| N581 | Treasure guarded by magic object. (Cf. D1560.) |
| N562.1 | Treasure having removed itself eventually returns. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 695. |
| N511.1.7 | Treasure hidden by retreating army. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3740. |
| N523 | Treasure hidden in a stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
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