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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| E501.11.1.2 | Wild hunt abroad until cockcrow. Schweda 16. |
| E501.12.8 | Wild hunt appears at castle. Schweda 14. |
| E501.11.2 | Wild hunt appears at certain seasons. |
| E501.12.3 | Wild hunt appears at crossroads. Schweda 13; Plischke 61. |
| E501.12.7 | Wild hunt appears at desert spot. Schweda 14. |
| E501.11.1.1 | Wild hunt appears at midnight. Schweda 16; Plischke 52. |
| E501.11.1 | Wild hunt appears at night. *Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 235. |
| E501.12.10 | Wild hunt appears at old mill. Schweda 14. |
| E501.11.2.2 | Wild hunt appears between Christmas and Twelfth Night. Plischke 54. |
| E501.12.4 | Wild hunt appears by body of water. Schweda 13; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 678. |
| E501.12.5 | Wild hunt appears by hill or mountain. Schweda 14; Plischke 57. |
| E501.11.3.1 | Wild hunt appears every seven years. Plischke 64. |
| E501.12.6 | Wild hunt appears in a field. Schweda 14. |
| E501.12.2 | Wild hunt appears in churchyard. Schweda 13. |
| E501.12.6.1 | Wild hunt appears in old battlefield. Plischke 29, 59. |
| E501.11.2.1 | Wild hunt appears in winter. Schweda 16; Plischke 54. |
| E501.12.1 | Wild hunt appears in woods. Schweda 13; Plischke 57. |
| E501.11.2.3 | Wild hunt appears on feast-days. Schweda 16; Plischke 55; Fb "Odins jæger" II 732ab. |
| E501.11.1.3 | Wild hunt appears on St. John's Night. Schweda 16. |
| E501.11.1.4 | Wild hunt appears on stormy nights. Plischke 55. |
| E501.12.9 | Wild hunt appears over city. Schweda 14. |
| E501.11.3 | Wild hunt appears periodically. |
| E501.11.3.2 | Wild hunt appears yearly at same moment. Plischke 74. |
| E501.20.1 | Wild hunt as omen of disaster. RTP XII 186. |
| E501.20.1.2 | Wild hunt as omen of pestilence. Plischke 67. |
| E501.20.2 | Wild hunt as omen of plentiful year. Plischke 68. |
| E501.20.1.1 | Wild hunt as omen of war. Plischke 67; Fb "krig" II 296a; England: Baughman. |
| E501.20 | Wild hunt as omen. |
| E501.20.3 | Wild hunt as weather omen. Plischke 68. |
| E501.17.5.2 | Wild hunt avoided by getting out of its course. Plischke 76. |
| E501.17.5.6 | Wild hunt avoided by holding bread. (Cf. D1031.1.) Plischke 78. |
| E501.17.5.7 | Wild hunt avoided by holding certain plant. (Cf. D965.) Plischke 78. |
| E501.17.5.3 | Wild hunt avoided by keeping in house with windows closed. (Cf. E501.14.6.) Plischke 76. |
| E501.17.5.1 | Wild hunt avoided by keeping on one's road. Sometimes in middle of road or on right side of road. Schweda 31; Plischke 77. |
| E501.17.5.5 | Wild hunt avoided by staying within circle. (Cf. D1272.) Plischke 76. |
| E501.17.5.4 | Wild hunt avoided by throwing self to earth. Plischke 76. |
| E501.17.5 | Wild hunt avoided. |
| E501.18.4 | Wild hunt carries person off. Plischke 69; England: Baughman. |
| E501.14.1 | Wild hunt chases in air. Plischke 62; Mazeret RTP XXV 313. |
| E501.14.2 | Wild hunt courses in particular direction. Plischke 63. |
| E501.16.5 | Wild hunt disappears during storm. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.4 | Wild hunt disappears in column of fire. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.3 | Wild hunt disappears with blast of wind. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.1 | Wild hunt disappears with loud noise. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.2 | Wild hunt disappears with movement of tree tops. Schweda 21. |
| E501.17.8 | Wild hunt forced to depart. |
| E501.17.8.1 | Wild hunt frightened away by scolding. Plischke 75. |
| E501.14.5 | Wild hunt goes around the entire earth. Plischke 64. |
| E501.14.4 | Wild hunt goes several times around a hill. Schweda 29. |
| E501.14.3 | Wild hunt goes thrice around pond. Schweda 29. |
| E501.14.6 | Wild hunt goes through houses when front and back doors are on a line. (Cf. E501.17.5.4.) Plischke 64; Fb "port" II 862b, "Odins jæger" II 732b. |
| E501.18.1 | Wild hunt harmful to certain persons. |
| E501.18.1.1 | Wild hunt harmful to mockers. Schweda 31; Plischke 69, 72. |
| E501.18.1.3 | Wild hunt harmful to the curious. Schweda 31. |
| E501.18.1.2 | Wild hunt harmful to thieves. Schweda 31. |
| E501.13.4 | Wild hunt heralded by baying of hounds. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.1.3 | Wild hunt heralded by clash of swords. Plischke 29. |
| E501.13.1.1 | Wild hunt heralded by detonation. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.7 | Wild hunt heralded by fire. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.2 | Wild hunt heralded by music. Plischke 36. |
| E501.13.3.2 | Wild hunt heralded by neighing of horses. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.3 | Wild hunt heralded by noise of horses. |
| E501.13.1 | Wild hunt heralded by noise. Schweda 20, Plischke 36. |
| E501.13.1.2 | Wild hunt heralded by rattle of chains. Schweda 20; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 250. |
| E501.13.1.4 | Wild hunt heralded by ringing of bells. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.5 | Wild hunt heralded by shouts of huntsmen. Schweda 21, Tobler 92. |
| E501.13.3.1 | Wild hunt heralded by stamping of horses. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.6 | Wild hunt heralded by storm. Plischke 37. |
| E501.14.1.1 | Wild hunt in air very close to ground. Plischke 63. |
| E501.17.1 | Wild hunt powerless against certain persons. |
| E501.17.1.2 | Wild hunt powerless against churchmen. Schweda 32. |
| E501.17.1.1 | Wild hunt powerless against herdsmen. Schweda 31. |
| E501.17.3 | Wild hunt powerless at crossroads. Schweda 32; Plischke 32, 37; RTP XX 163. |
| E501.17.2 | Wild hunt powerless beyond certain range. Schweda 32. |
| E501.18.1.3.1 | Wild hunt throws down man's dead child when asked for part of game. England: Baughman. |
| E501.18.3 | Wild hunt throws horses' feet on persons who see it. This cannot be removed. Schweda 32; Plischke 72. |
| E501.18.2 | Wild hunt throws human flesh on persons who see it. This cannot be removed. Schweda 32; Plischke 72. |
| E501.18.5 | Wild hunt throws person to ground. Plischke 70. |
| E501.17.4 | Wild hunt's power evaded. |
| E501.5.1 | Wild hunter pursues a woman. Plischke 65; Fb "Odins jæger" II 732b; Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 233. |
| E501.15.6.1 | Wild huntsman asks people to hold his dogs. Fb "Odins jæger" II 732a. |
| E501.15.1 | Wild huntsman blows horn. Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 232. |
| E501.15.2 | Wild huntsman has his horse beaten. *Zingerle 589. |
| E501.15.8 | Wild huntsman lives in room on farm. Fb "Odins jæger" 732b. |
| E501.15.3 | Wild huntsman makes people carry him on their backs. Harou RTP XX 368. |
| E501.17.6.1 | Wild huntsman pacified by sacrifice. *Fb "ofre" II 735a. |
| E501.17.6.2 | Wild huntsman pacified with food. Fb "Odins jæger" II 732b. |
| E501.17.6 | Wild huntsman pacified. |
| E501.17.7.1 | Wild huntsman released from wandering by mould from Christ's grave. Fb "Kristi grav". |
| E501.17.7 | Wild huntsman released from wandering. |
| E501.15.4 | Wild huntsman repays with leaves (shavings) that turn to gold. Plischke 36; Zingerle 589. |
| E501.15.6.2 | Wild huntsman turns his dogs loose on those he meets. Harou RTP XX 368. |
| E501.3.7 | Wild huntsman wanders because he wished to continue hunt after death. Fb "jagt" II 36, "jagen" II 35; RTP XIII 695f. |
| E501.3.1 | Wild huntsman wanders because of cruelty. Schweda 38. |
| E501.3.3 | Wild huntsman wanders because of parricide. Harow RTP XX 369. |
| E501.3.2 | Wild huntsman wanders because of suicide. Schweda 38. |
| E501.3.4 | Wild huntsman wanders because of unshriven death. Schweda 38. |
| E501.3.8 | Wild huntsman wanders for disturbing church service. Plischke 34. |
| E501.3.5 | Wild huntsman wanders for failure to keep fast day. Plischke 29. |
| E501.3.6 | Wild huntsman wanders for hunting on Sunday. *Fb "Søndag" III 741a, "Odins jæger" II 731b. |
| E501.15.7 | Wild huntsman waters his horse. Fb "Odins jæger" II 732a. |
| E501.8.6 | Wild huntsman with black fur cap and white staff. Hartland Science 236. |
| E501.15.6.5 | Wild huntsman's dog cannot be dislodged from house it has entered. Plischke 33. |
| E501.15.6.7 | Wild huntsman's dog when seized becomes stick (black coal). Plischke 32. |
| E501.15.6.4 | Wild huntsman's dogs cannot pass over grave. Must be lifted over. Plischke 33. |
| E501.15.6.6 | Wild huntsman's dogs eat dough, bread, meal, etc. Plischke 33; *Zingerle 590. |
| E501.4.2 | Wild huntsman's horse. *Howie 51. |
| E501.8.5 | Wild huntsmen belted and tied up. Plischke 35. |
| E501.3.9 | Wild huntsmen cannot die until evil in world has been made right and things return as they had been. England: Baughman. |
| E501.7.4 | Wild huntsmen carrying skull under arms. Plischke 29. |
| E501.8.4 | Wild huntsmen dressed in ancient costume. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8.1 | Wild huntsmen dressed in black. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8.2 | Wild huntsmen dressed in red. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8.3 | Wild huntsmen dressed in white. Schweda 29. |
| E501.7.6.1 | Wild huntsmen exhale fire. Schweda 28. |
| E501.7.6.2 | Wild huntsmen have fiery eyes. Schweda 29. |
| E501.7.1 | Wild huntsmen headless. *Zingerle 589; Schweda 28. |
| E501.9 | Wild huntsmen invisible. Tobler 92. |
| E501.7.6.3 | Wild huntsmen leave fiery tracks. Schweda 28. |
| E501.7.6 | Wild huntsmen luminous. Zingerle 4 No. 6. |
| E501.7.6.4 | Wild huntsmen surrounded by fire. Schweda 29. |
| E501.3 | Wild huntsmen wander because of sin. Schweda 38. |
| E501.7.2 | Wild huntsmen with deer-heads. Plischke 29. |
| E501.7.5 | Wild huntsmen with entrails stringing from open bodies. Plischke 29. |
| E501.7.3 | Wild huntsmen with heads on backward. Plischke 29. |
| E501.7.7 | Wild huntsmen with long hair. Schweda 29. |
| E501.3.10 | Wild huntswoman wanders because of murder of daughter. England: Baughman. |
| B563.5 | Wild leopards guide Jesus and the Holy Family through wilderness in flight to Egypt. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| B240.3 | Wild man as king of animals. Chinese: Werner 392. |
| M301.1 | Wild man as prophet. Dickson 121 n. 68. |
| T471.2 | Wild man as ravisher of women. (Cf. F567.) Dickson 120 nn. 58—60. |
| F441.3 | Wild man as wood-spirit. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 968—980, 984f.; Dickson 114 n. 37; Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 280. |
| R1 | Wild man captured and tamed. *Dickson 116 n. 44, 122; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 319 n. 152. |
| P55 | Wild man of noble birth. (Cf. F567.) Dickson 135 n. 117; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F610.1 | Wild man of superhuman strength. *Dickson 114 n. 37; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| G671 | Wild man released from captivity aids hero. *Type 502; BP III 94ff.; Dickson 121 n. 64; Jones PMLA XXIII 567; Missouri French: Carrière; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F611.1.4 | Wild man son of woman and robber. She is overpowered in forest. Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.3 | Wild man son of woman and satyr who overpowers her. Dickson 124 n. 76. |
| F567 | Wild man. Man lives alone in wood like a beast. Type 502; *Dickson 113ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Fang): Trilles Proverbs 199. |
| B292.4.1 | Wild oxen plow for man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B845.1 | Wild pigs kept by demigod as if domesticated. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F567.1 | Wild woman. (Similar to wild man.) Type 314; **Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 968ff.; U.S.: *Baughman. |
| J674.1 | Wild-boar sharpens tusks when no enemy is in sight. Tells fox that when enemy comes there are other things to do. Wienert FFC LVI 61 (ET 237), 108 (ST 203); Halm Aesop No. 407. |
| A2442.2.7 | Wild-goose's flight. Dh III 223. |
| K731 | Wildboar captured in church. *Type 1640; BP I 148ff. |
| A2213.2.1 | Wildcat's (Lynx's) face mashed in. (Cf. A2230.1.)—Dh III 5, 6.—N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 300 n. 99; Australian: Dixon 290 (wombat). |
| J1261.3 | Will lunch with Christ. Priest tells condemned man after confession that he will dine with Christ that evening. Mule that carries him to scaffold goes very fast and criminal says, "At this rate I shall lunch with Christ." Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 150 No. 1855*. |
| J1289.3 | Will not try to correct them. Pope calls persistent courtier a fool. Latter says that there are people who call the pope the same thing and that he for one will not try to correct them. Frey (ed. Bolte) 222 No. 17. |
| J1261.5 | Will spend the funeral money now. King asks how much his funeral will cost. "Give me the three hundred ducats now and when I am dead throw me into the Tiber." *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 187. |
| J1322.1 | Will take care of the thirst. Doctors consult how to rid fever-stricken drunkard of his great thirst. "You take care of the fever; I shall take care of the thirst." *Wesselski Arlotto II 267 No. 217; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1545.1 | Will work when beaten. A wife whose husband has beaten her sends a rumor to the sick king that her husband is a skilled physician but will practice only when he is well beaten. He is seized and whipped. Wesselski Mönchslatein 117 No. 98; Mensa Philosophica No. 73. |
| F491.3 | Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.4 | Will-o'-the-Wisp hops about. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b. |
| A2817.2 | Will-o'-the-wisp is girl cursed by her mother for gathering plants for dyestuffs on Sunday. Will-o'-the-wisp is seen where girl disappeared. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F491.1 | Will-o'-the-Wisp leads people astray. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.2 | Will-o'-the-Wisp lights people to their homes. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b.—England: Baughman. |
| F491 | Will-o'-the-Wisp. (Jack o' Lantern.) Light seen over marshy places. Kittredge Witchcraft 215, 523 n. 22; *Fb "lygtemand" II 473; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 51 No. 438; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 63f.; India: Thompson-Balys; U.S. (Georgia): Harris Nights No. 28; Africa (Fang): Einstein 96. |
| F491.5 | Will-o'-the-Wisp's revenge. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3538. |
| A2632.1 | Willow shelters Holy Family: becomes weeping willow. (Cf. A2681.1.)—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 91 No. 132c. |
| A1122.2 | Wind a bird dwelling in mountain-hole. Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 107. |
| X941.4 | Wind blows group of persons into woman's eye. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1543.6 | Wind carried in mantle. (Cf. D1053.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F963.4 | Wind carries ogre to his castle. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| A1125.1 | Wind caused by flapping of ears of giant. Peigan: Uhlenbeck Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenshappen XIII (1) 64. |
| A1126 | Wind caused by wind-god's movements. When the son of the wind lies down, the wind blows.—Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 101ff. |
| A1122.4 | Wind comes through holes in sky when gut covering is cut. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 498. |
| F757.2 | Wind continually blows from cave. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2142.0.5 | Wind controlled by girl's spirit. Marquesas: Handy 29. |
| A199.4 | Wind drives buffaloes for god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1129.3 | Wind is blind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z115 | Wind personified. *Fb "vind" III 1059a; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3902; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 521; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2142.1 | Wind produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish: Kalevala rune 10; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 353; Marquesas: Handy 119; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T—G. 3/109, z-G. 3/1323). |
| D2142.1.6.1 | Wind raised by blowing into tobacco pipe. Kittredge Witchcraft 160, 478 n. 76. |
| D2142.1.3 | Wind raised by calling on devil. (Cf. D2141.0.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 161, 479 n. 81. |
| D2142.1.1 | Wind raised by dog's wagging tail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2142.1.2 | Wind raised by loosing certain knots. (Cf. D906, D1282.1.) *Fb "vindknude"; Taylor FFC LXX; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn VI (1901) 414—16; Scotland: Baughman. |
| D2142.1.5 | Wind raised by putting cat under bushel (barrel) (drowning cat). (Cf. G283.2.1.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 161, 479 nn. 84—87; Ireland: Baughman. |
| D2142.1.4.1 | Wind raised by throwing traitor's ashes into lake. *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 109. |
| D2142.1.4 | Wind raised by troubling vessel of water. *Kittredge Witchcraft 160f., 479 nn. 79—80; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2142.1.6 | Wind raised by whistling. Kittredge Witchcraft 160, 478f., nn. 77—8; *Fb "fløjte" I 326 a. |
| F963.1 | Wind serves Solomon as horse and carries him everywhere. Dh I 321. |
| D2142.2 | Wind stilled by magic. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/555), Beckwith Myth 289; Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 118; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2142.2.1 | Wind stopped by revenant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A282.0.2 | Wind-angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A282 | Wind-god. Greek: Grote I 287; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 40ff. (Odin), 102 (Njord), De la Saussaye 225; Hindu: Keith 37, 40; India: *Thompson-Balys.—Penzer IV 110 n. 4, VIII 163 n.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 457; Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 232; Chinese: Ferguson 73.—Maori: Dixon 32; Marshall Is.: Davenport 222; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 86, 121.—Eskimo: Rasmussen Myter I 99—102; S. Am. Indian (Arua): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379; Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 101. |
| A282.0.1 | Wind-goddess. Eskimo: Rasmussen Myter I 100, Holm 95. |
| F432 | Wind-spirit. German: Laistner I 4, Meyer Altgermanische 97; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 37 No. 6, 38 No. 7; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 181; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 147; N. A. Indian (Yukon): Alexander N. Am. 78. |
| J1789.1 | Windmill thought to be holy cross (church, God). Type 1322**; Christensen DF XLVII 212 No. 68; Russian: Andrejev 1322**; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F782.1 | Windows and doors for every day in year. 365 windows and doors in castle or church. Fb "еr" III 1195b; Scotch: Campbell II 426 No. 51. According to Baedeker's Guidebook to Great Britain, said to be true of Salisbury Cathedral. |
| A1171.2 | Windows in firmament shed light. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A661.0.6 | Windows in heaven: sixty-six (seventy-two) windows in the firmament. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F165.3.5 | Windows in otherworld. (Cf. A661.0.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1123 | Winds as children of titans (giants). Greek: Grote I 6. |
| A1125 | Winds caused by flapping wings. A giant bird causes the wind with his wings. The wings are cut by the culture hero so that the bird cannot flap so hard.—Gaster Thespis 158; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 276; Babylonian: Spence 117; India: Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 292 n. 74; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Friends 39ff. No. 5. |
| D2142 | Winds controlled by magic. |
| A1127 | Winds of the four quarters established. Winnebago, Omaha: Alexander N. Am. 99; Quileute: Farrand-Meyer JAFL XXXII 271 No. 13. |
| Q135 | Wine as reward. Twelve jars of honey-sweet wine as reward for protection. (Cf. Q46.1.) Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 280 n. 1. |
| D477.0.1.1 | Wine becomes blood (Cf. D471.4.1).—*Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D477.0.1.2 | Wine becomes honey. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D1500.1.10.2.1 | Wine blessed by saint or received from the saint's hand cures various ills. *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| J1318 | Wine gives ambassador courage to address Pope. "Another drink and I could have slapped his face!" Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D477.0.1 | Wine miraculously changed into other object. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| Z139.3.1 | Wine personified in person of the god Bacchus. (Cf. A481.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Z139.3 | Wine personified. |
| B115.2 | Wing-cornucopia. Turkey supplies treasure from its wings.—Southern Ute: Lowie JAFL XXXVII 85 No. 56. |
| B43 | Winged bull. Spence Myths of Bab. & Assyr. 289f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B47 | Winged camel. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F861.2 | Winged chariot. Type 575; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 157 n. 3. |
| E501.4.1.7 | Winged dogs in wild hunt. RTP XVII 505. |
| A131.7 | Winged god. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F911.3.2 | Winged serpent as boat: passengers within. Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447. |
| B558.7 | Winged serpents pull chariot through sky. Greek: Grote I 112 (Medea). |
| F841.3.1 | Winged ship. Hindu: Keith 31. |
| A1185 | Wings cut from flying mountains. In beginning mountains have wings. They are cut off by thunderbolt.—Hindu: Penzer VI 3 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1022.0.1 | Wings grown by magic. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ailes". |
| B11.2.6 | Wings of dragon. Smith Dragon 137.—Chinese: Werner 368. |
| A726.2 | Wings of sun. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F835.1 | Winking club. Head of a club is like a bird's head; its eyes wink. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 336 n. 214. |
| P11.2 | Winner of contest to be king. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 269; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2145.1 | Winter magically produced. |
| F960.2.6 | Winter's day changes to summer's day at saint's funeral. *Loomis White Magic 96. |
| J130 | Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from animals. |
| J10 | Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from experience. |
| J30 | Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from inference. |
| J50 | Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from observation. |
| J157 | Wisdom (knowledge) from dream. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J152 | Wisdom (knowledge) from sage (teacher). Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J155 | Wisdom (knowledge) from women. Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J100 | Wisdom (knowledge) taught by necessity. |
| J99 | Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. |
| J80 | Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Bødker Exempler 272 No. 1; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J140 | Wisdom (knowledge) through education. |
| J162 | Wisdom acquired by hanging in a tree. *BP III 192. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| J18 | Wisdom acquired from beating. Incognito prince, beaten for his courtesy, realizes his folly and returns home. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| A195.2 | Wisdom as God's companion. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J231 | Wisdom chosen above all else. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J192.1 | Wisdom from "Children of the East." Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J158 | Wisdom from angel. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J166.1 | Wisdom from books bought at great price. (Sibylline). Nine books first offered at certain price. Finally after this is refused and the owner throws six of them into the fire, the king pays the same price for three of them. Finds them filled with wisdom. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 588. |
| J166.2 | Wisdom from books of the antediluvians. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J166 | Wisdom from books. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J177 | Wisdom from brother-in-law. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J167 | Wisdom from continual reminder of foolishness in the past. Unjust judge skinned and his skin stretched over a footstool kept in the presence of judges, so as to remind them to be just. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 118; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J157.1 | Wisdom from dream: the leper with the cup of water. Man in dream willing to receive sacrament from unworthy priest. Wesselski Mönchslatein 98 No. 80; Alphabet No. 687. |
| B163.1.1 | Wisdom from eating fox's heart. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B161.3 | Wisdom from eating serpent. (Cf. B176.)—*Scott Thumb 173; Fb "hugormekonge"; Chauvin V 255ff. No. 152.—Scotch: Campbell II 377.—Cf. Diegueсo: Du Bois AA n.s. VII 628. |
| J192.2 | Wisdom from Egypt. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J176 | Wisdom from evil spirits. Icelandic: Hjálmthèrs saga ok ölvis 491. |
| J179.4 | Wisdom from fasting. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B162 | Wisdom from fish. (Cf. B175.) |
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