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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
B
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| J1675.2 | Clever ways of breaking bad news to a king, who will kill bearer of bad tidings. |
| J1655 | Clever ways of concealing jewels (treasure). |
| J1112.3 | Clever wife advises husband how to succeed on adventures. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K443.2.1 | Clever wife gets husband appointed to position occupied by man who attempts to seduce her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K443.2 | Clever wife gets money from those who attempt to seduce her. Payment for keeping silence. *Type 890; Cosquin études 457ff.; Norwegian: Christiansen Norske Eventyr 113 No. 890; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1112.5 | Clever wife obtains secrets from husband by questioning him. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J1521.2.1 | Clever wife of king's adopted son keeps king distracted on deathbed so that he cannot disinherit husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1112 | Clever wife. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1386.2.1 | Clever woman and devil as paramour. Devil betrays means by which he can be driven out. Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *368, 3682, Legends No. 390. |
| K432.1 | Clever woman being robbed makes excuse for screaming and summoning help. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1122 | Clever younger generation. |
| L61 | Clever youngest daughter. Type 923; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 123. |
| H583 | Clever youth (maiden) answers king's inquiry in riddles. (Cf. H561.4.) *Type 921; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1150 | Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence. |
| J1140 | Cleverness in detection of truth. |
| J1130 | Cleverness in law court—general. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J1190 | Cleverness in the lawcourt—miscellaneous. |
| J31.1 | Cleverness of men disguised as peasants dissuades rivals from dispute. Wise men of two rival cities engage in dispute. One delegation disguises as peasants and debates with their adversaries. Latter withdraw fearing how clever the educated must be if their peasants are so learned. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1100 | Cleverness. |
| X252.1 | Client flees when cobwebs are brought in to medicate cuts. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| A968.2 | Cliff from lovers' leap. Lovers in despair throw themselves from a high place. This becomes a cliff.—*Crane Vitry 220f. No. 214; Ward Cat. Romances III 17; U.S.: Baughman.—Common among the North American Indians. |
| G519.3 | Cliff ogre thrown as food to his children. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 335. |
| G321 | Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff. Greek: Fox 99, Frazer Apollodorus II 129 n. 1; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 163. |
| A968.1 | Cliffs become hard. Were formerly soft but become hard by God's order. (Cf. A975.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 3 No. 3; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 139 No. 2. |
| J2244 | Climb down as you climb up. A peasant falls out of a tree. A neighbor advises him not to climb trees. Another suggests that he always climb down a tree with the same skill and rapidity that he climbed up. Bolte Frey 222 No. 18; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1582 | Climbing into air on magic rope. (Cf. D1203.) *BP II 539. |
| K15.1 | Climbing match won by deception: squirrel as "child". The ogre agrees to contest against the man's young one, i.e., a squirrel. (Cf. K11.6, K12.2.) *Type 1073; Köhler-Bolte I 477ff. |
| K15 | Climbing match won by deception. *Hackman cf. K12; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 314 n. 135. |
| N776.1 | Climbing tree to look around leads to adventures. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| D1692 | Cloak (and shirt) fit person of any size. (Cf. D1053, D1056.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K346.5 | Cloak as surety that owner will return. Thief runs away with it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1873.2 | Cloak given to a stone to keep it warm. Köhler-Bolte I 71; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 140 No. 1651; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F821.1.3.2 | Cloak made from fur of all animals in realm. German: Grimm No. 65. |
| D1317.19 | Cloak warns. (Cf. D1053) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E766.1 | Clock stops at moment of owner's death. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| J1789.2 | Clock ticking thought to be gnawing of mice. Type 1323*; Christensen DF XLVII 187. |
| K1872.5.1 | Clods thrown up by hoofs of horses appear like flock of birds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1417 | Closing the door tight: with iron nails. Type 1014. |
| D1364.13 | Cloth causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1051.)—BP I 463. |
| C564.4 | Cloth from certain bark tabu to all except chiefs. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 144. |
| A941.5.6 | Cloth from goddess, when spread by holy man over a spot, causes water to spring from earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D631.3.6 | Cloth large or small at will. Indonesian: DeVries Volksverhalen II 103. |
| D2089.8 | Clothes burned by magic. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 393. |
| J2102.6 | Clothes burned to rid them of insects. Wienert FFC LVI 65 (ET 288), 128 (ST 362); Halm Aesop No. 411. |
| D1524.2 | Clothes carry owner over water. |
| K521.4 | Clothes changed so as to escape. India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 8. |
| D2171.6 | Clothes cling supernaturally to body. *Loomis White Magic 56. |
| F1011.1 | Clothes hung on sunbeam. Fb "solstrеle"; De Vries Germanischromanische Monatsschrift 1922, 40 n. 2; *Loomis White Magic 29; Irish: Plummer cxxxix, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 101, 106, Beal XXI 332f.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301 No. 19, 306 No. 19, 309 No. 10, 328 No. 6; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 146 No. 1805A, 1805B. |
| V34.4 | Clothes of knight who kneels in mud before host as it passes miraculously kept clean. Alphabet No. 492; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F821.7 | Clothes of light (worn by Adam and Eve). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E767.2 | Clothes of wicked person burn when owner dies. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1050.1 | Clothes produced by magic. *Type 510; *Cox Cinderella passim; Saintyves Perrault 151; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F821.11 | Clothes remain ever new. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J1561.1 | Clothes thrown into the cooking food. A trickster when told that food cooking is clothes being boiled retaliates by throwing his dirty hose into the pot. *Wesselski Arlotto II 247 No. 153; *Wesselski Gonnella 130 No. 23; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 240. |
| F821.8 | Clothes which do not wear out. *Loomis White Magic 88. |
| Q331.2.1.5 | Clothes-proud woman trips over long skirt. Devil laughs. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| H431 | Clothing (cloth) as chastity index. |
| F482.2 | Clothing of brownie. Scandinavian: Hartmann 28. |
| A158 | Clothing of gods. Eskimo: Holm 73; Jewish: Neuman. |
| E501.8 | Clothing of wild huntsmen. |
| D1385.19 | Clothing protects from evil spirit. (Cf. D1050.) |
| J2491 | Clothing the servant. The master is to clothe the servant (at his expense). The servant insists that his master shall put on his clothes for him. Type 1569**. |
| Z156 | Cloud (mist) as symbol of misfortune. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2147.2 | Cloud magically appears. India: Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/499). |
| D2147.1 | Cloud magically made to cover sun. Alphabet No. 627. |
| A969.2 | Cloud on lofty male mountain induced by a beautiful female mountain to bow to her feet: hence their present shape. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A283.1 | Cloud-angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F33 | Cloud-folk visit earth. Africa (Congo): Weeks 205 No. 3. |
| A283 | Cloud-god. Finno-Ugric: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 234; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F431 | Cloud-spirit. Meyer Altgermanische 100; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 38 No. 8. |
| A1133.4 | Clouds as God's shield. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A702.7 | Clouds as props of the sky. Maori: Clark 18. |
| A1133.3 | Clouds as smoke rising to sky. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 26f. |
| A705.1.2 | Clouds as tapa beaten out by woman in moon. Samoa: Clark 120. |
| D1469.16 | Clouds fetch previous stones. (Cf. D901.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F967.1 | Clouds protect fugitives. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J2277.1 | Clouds supposed to come from smoke. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F795.1 | Clouds take form of letters. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F967.2 | Clouds with fragrance from paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F835.2.2 | Club takes 4,000 men to carry it. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 419. |
| F813.2.1 | Clusters of diamond and emerald grapes. Chauvin VI 110 No. 274. |
| T589.1 | Co-operative birth. Each of two wives bears a half-boy. They are placed together and form a real boy. Hindu: Keith 156. |
| S185.1 | Co-wife forces pregnant woman to perform lowly tasks. (Cf. T257.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E539.5 | Coal in bin jumps around and gurgles. U.S.: Baughman. |
| U146.1 | Coarse food, etc., sends adulterous king back to his wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F420.1.7.2 | Coat pockets of water-spirits are dripping with water. Wiener 118; Handrick 30. |
| F821.2.1 | Coat so light it can be concealed in closed palms of hand. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q42.9 | Cobbler gives new pair of shoes to poor boy and says: "You can pay me when you become archbishop." Generously rewarded many years later. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F481.0.1.4 | Cobold accidently acquired. A rope or chicken is found and taken home. Found to be a cobold. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3464. |
| F481.0.1.3 | Cobold acquired by placing food for him in a certain place. He likes scrambled eggs. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3466. |
| F481.1 | Cobold avenges uncivil answer (or treatment). Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 43 Nos. 53, 54; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3477; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 124f. Nos. 53, 54. |
| F481.2.1 | Cobold furnishes inexhaustible grain to grinder of handmill. Latter kills him in disgust. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3478. |
| F481.0.1.1 | Cobold hatched out from a seven-year-old cock's egg or a boar's testicle. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3461; Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 213 I*. |
| F481.0.1.2 | Cobold purchased. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3462f.; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 62 No. 159. |
| F481 | Cobold. A house-spirit. **Feilberg Der Kobold in nordischer überlieferung (Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 1, 130, 264); *Kittredge Witchcraft 215f., 523f. nn. 23, 25.—Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 41ff., (1928) 29ff.; Estonian: L. v. Schroeder Germanische Elben und Götter beim Estenvolke (Wien 1906), Loorits Grundzüge I 266—281, 295—304. |
| F481.2 | Cobolds furnish supplies to their masters. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 43 No. 54; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 125 No. 55; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3471. |
| B388 | Cobra grateful for cure of ulcer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B391.1.1 | Cobra grateful to prince for milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B165.1.3 | Cobra writes letters on prince's tongue: "Having heard all kinds of creatures talk, you will understand them."—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q415.3.1 | Cobras placed in boxes and given to cruel parents, so that they are bitten. (Cf. Q285.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B599.1 | Cock and hen build pyre for benefactor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2250.1 | Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 54 No. 83*; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 147 No. 49. |
| A165.2.2.1 | Cock as ambassador of god. Fjort: Dennett 105 No. 29. |
| B623.5 | Cock as suitor. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 77. |
| F62.3 | Cock carries god to upper world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X451 | Cock crows at church and the sexton awakes and begins to sing. *Type 1828. |
| B251.1.2.1 | Cock crows, "Christus natus est." English: Child I 240ff., 505f., II 501, IV 451f. |
| H1556.1.1 | Cock feigns death to see what hens will say about him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B733.2.1 | Cock hears inaudible voice of dying man. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B122.7 | Cock helper advises of coming enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A661.1.0.5 | Cock in Valhalla awakens the gods. Icel: Boberg. |
| U33 | Cock killed by his captors in spite of his plea of usefulness to man. Wienert FFC LVI 49, 64 (ET 88, 280, 281), 146, 148 (ST 514, 527, 528); Halm Aesop Nos. 14, 195, 341. |
| A673.2 | Cock of hell. Icel.: Boberg. |
| K721 | Cock persuaded to crow with closed eyes. Seized. *Type 61; *Graf FFC XXXVIII 26ff.; BP II 207; Wienert FFC LVI 52 (ET 122), 98 (ST 124); **Dargan MPh IV 39; *Chaucer's Nun's Priest's Tale; Spanish: Espinosa III 225, 258; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T252.2 | Cock shows browbeaten husband how to rule his wife. (Cf. J21.16, J130.) *Type 670; **Aarne FFC XV 49ff.; Fb "kok" IV 272b; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.19 | Cock with enormous silver ears. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.6.3 | Cock-god. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119. |
| K1633 | Cock's advice proves disastrous to himself. He causes the ox and the ass to rebel but the master learns the cause of the trouble and kills him. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 36 No. 207*. |
| K525.9 | Cock's blood given spirits instead of human blood. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 174. |
| D492.1 | Cock's comb becomes white. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J134.1 | Cock's second mate lets her stepchildren starve: woman warns husband accordingly. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B754.5 | Cocks kept from intercourse with hens have tenderest meat. Nouvelles Récréations No. 86. |
| J551.1 | Cocks who crow about mistress's adultery killed. Discreet cock saves his life. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 9; Oesterley No. 68; Herbert III 206. |
| D1311.9 | Coconut shell answers questions. Sinks for yes, floats for no. (Cf. D985.1.)—Sulka of New Britain: Dixon 132 and 132 n. 2. |
| D1505.18.1 | Coconut shoots restore sight. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 492. |
| A2611.3 | Coconut tree from head of slain monster. Oceanic (Samoa, Union Group, Mangaia, Tahiti): Dixon 55; (Cook Is.): Beckwith Myth 104, (Solomon Is.): ibid. 104, (Papua): Ker 92, (Tuamotu): Beckwith Myth 103. |
| V61.3 | Coffin buried upright. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cercueil". |
| E261.2.1 | Coffin bursts; dead arises and pursues attendant. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| E431.4 | Coffin carried through hole in wall to prevent return of dead. Fb "gjenganger" I 444a; Frazer JAI XV 70; England, Scotland: *Baughman; Indonesia: Kruyt Het Animisme 264ff., Elshout De Kenja-Dejaks uit het Apo-Kajanggebied (Den Haag, 1926) 62. |
| D1314.12 | Coffin lands where the dead is to be buried, and his son to settle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1641.13 | Coffin moves itself. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 122. |
| E431.20 | Coffin with iron band made to keep corpse from returning as tiger. Chinese: Graham. |
| X541 | Cohabitation between lunatics brought about for sport. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q242.1 | Cohabitation of godfather and godmother punished. (Cf. P296.) Andrejev FFC LXIX 240. |
| E474 | Cohabitation of living person and ghost. This usually involves sexual relations. (Cf. E321.2, E322.6, E339, E378.) Liebrecht 49; Aly Volksmärchen bei Herodot (Göttingen, 1921) 153; H. Schreuer Zs. d. vgl. Rechtswissenschaft XXXIII (1916) 350 n.; Corsican: Ortoli 332; India: Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: Boberg; New Hebrides: Codrington 379; N. A. Indian (Tlingit): Swanton BBAE XXXIX 249 No. 86, (Teton): Dorsey JAFL I 68, (Blackfoot): Wissler and Duvall PaAM II 154 No. 10 (head of murdered woman continues to live with husband), Grinnell Blackfoot Lodge Tales (New York, 1923) 70, (Hopi): Voth FM VIII 33, (Zuсi): Cushing 48 No. 2, (Thompson River): Teit JE VIII 281 No. 46, (Quileute): Farrand-Mayer JAFL XXXII 268 No. 12, (Klickitat): Alexander N. Am. 147; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 454, Rasmussen III 84; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 280. |
| D2100.2 | Coin multiplies itself. (Cf. D1288, D2106.) *Loomis White Magic 87; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E431.11 | Coin placed in mouth of dead to prevent return. *Fb "død" I 228a; Wesselski Archiv Orientální I 77; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1452.5 | Coin put in huge bell fills it with rupees. (Cf. D1288.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1875.4 | Coin weeps. Numskull thinks money piece covered with perspiration after he has held it for awhile is weeping. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1655.3 | Coins concealed in jar of oil (pickles). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1772.3 | Coins thought to be red beans. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 4. |
| J1772.3.1 | Coins thought to be uncooked cakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1616.1 | Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 63. |
| Z139.4.1 | Cold depreciated and praised. Depreciated, takes revenge by becoming colder; praised, makes reward, gives clothing. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3904. |
| J2311.7 | Cold hands and feet for the dead man. His wife has told him that one tells a dead person by his cold hands and feet. He freezes his feet and hands and lies down for dead. Wolves eat his ass. "Lucky for you that his master is dead!" *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 225 No. 66; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Z139.4 | Cold personified. |
| D2144.1 | Cold produced by magic. Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 30. |
| H1512 | Cold test. Attempt to freeze hero to death. *Type 513; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2144.3.1 | Cold water in winter made warm by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| A671.3.1 | Coldness in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F169.7 | Coldness of otherworld. |
| U143 | Collier and fuller cannot live together: one makes things clean, the other soils them. Wienert FFC LVI 85 (ET 513), 121 (ST 305); Halm Aesop No. 59. |
| P415 | Collier. (Cf. K2262.) |
| Q149.1 | Color (of animal) as reward for pious act. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z65 | Color formulas. Hdwb. d. Märchens II 51a. |
| A2332.5 | Color of animal's eyes. Dh III 60f. |
| A2411.1.5.2 | Color of baboon. |
| A2751.4 | Color of bark of plant. |
| A2411.1.4.2 | Color of beaver. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 71. |
| A2411.2.1.9 | Color of blackbird. (See A2218)—Dh III 71. |
| A2411.4.3 | Color of burbot. (See A2218.)—Dh III 75. |
| A2411.2.1.14 | Color of canary. Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 88 No. 94b. |
| A2411.1.3 | Color of canidae and other carnivora. |
| A2411.5.6 | Color of chameleon. |
| A2411.2.5.1 | Color of cormorant. (See A2218.)—Dh III 77. |
| A2411.1.6.4 | Color of cow. Dh I 188—191, III 86.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.1.3.2 | Color of coyote. (See A2218.)—Dh III 79. |
| A2411.2.1.6 | Color of crow. (See A2219.1)—Dh III 59, 65f.—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 262; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 87 No. 90a; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "corbeaux".—Japanese: Ikeda; Thompson River: Teit JAFL XXIX 329; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 58. |
| A2411.2.6.10 | Color of cuckoo. Type 235; Dh III 140.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 17 No. 94; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| A2411.1.6.5 | Color of deer. (See A2218.)—Dh III 79, 88. |
| K483 | Color of devil's cows changed while he sleeps so that he does not know them. Only those not changed (all black, all red, etc.) belong to the devil. Dh I 188; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 134. |
| B11.2.2 | Color of dragon. Smith Dragon 108 (blue), 137 (red).—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "dragons" (regiment of green dragons).—Icel.: Bуsa saga 62 (golden). |
| A2411.2.6.4 | Color of duck. Eskimo (Alaska): Jenness 71. |
| A2411.1.6.6 | Color of elk. Dh III 88. |
| A2411.1.2.2 | Color of ermine. Loucheux: Barbeau JAFL XXVIII 257. |
| F241.2.1 | Color of fairies' cows. |
| F241.1.1 | Color of fairies' horses. Wales: Baughman. |
| F233 | Color of fairy. (Cf. F236.) |
| F236.1 | Color of fairy's clothes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z140.1 | Color of flag (sails) on ship as message of good or bad news. *Fb "sort" III 467; *Frazer Apollodorus II 134 n. 2, *Frazer Pausanias II 161; *Schoepperle 437f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1061.2 | Color of flame indicates what is burning. Blue for furniture, white for money, red for person. Indonesian: Dixon 226. |
| A2411.1.3.1 | Color of fox. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 64, 66. |
| A2411.5.2 | Color of frog. Dh III 63, 89. |
| E423.1.1.1 | Color of ghostly dog. Canada, England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F531.1.7 | Color of giant. |
| A2411.2.1.12 | Color of goldfinch. Dh. III 185.—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 88 No. 94c. |
| A2411.2.6.3 | Color of goose. Dh III 89. |
| A2411.2.6.6 | Color of guinea-fowl. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 67.—Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 193 No. 33; Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 226. |
| A2411.2.5.4 | Color of gull. Eskimo (Alaska): Jenness 71. |
| D492.3 | Color of hair suddenly changed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2411.4.1 | Color of halibut. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 67.—Tsimshian: Boas RBAE XXVII 58ff. |
| A2411.1.4.4 | Color of hare. |
| A2411.2.5.2 | Color of heron. (See A2218.)—Dh III 82. |
| A2411.1.6.2 | Color of hippopotamus. (See A2247.3.) |
| A2411.1.6.1 | Color of horse. Dh III 86. |
| A2411.1.1.2 | Color of jaguar. Dh III 62. |
| A2411.2.1.8 | Color of jay. Dh III 86. |
| A2411.1.1.1 | Color of leopard. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 69. |
| A2411.2.6.1 | Color of loon. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 69—71. |
| A2411.2.1.10 | Color of magpie. Dh III 63. |
| A2411.2.1.17 | Color of martin. Eskimo (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 146. |
| A2411.1.2.5 | Color of mink. Singed by sun. (See A2218).—Dh III 84. |
| A2411.1.5.1 | Color of monkey. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.5.4 | Color of mussel. Dh III 90. |
| D492 | Color of object changed. |
| A2411.1.2.3 | Color of otter. Dh III 64. |
| A2411.2.4.2 | Color of owl. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 220. |
| A2411.2.6.11 | Color of parrot. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 70.—India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 234. |
| A2411.2.6.8 | Color of partridge. (See A2218, A2219.1.)—Dh III 62, 75.—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 261; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.6.7 | Color of peacock. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.4.2 | Color of perch. (See A2218.)—Dh III 75. |
| A2411.2.6.9 | Color of pheasant. Dh III 62. |
| A2772 | Color of plants. |
| A2411.1.4.3 | Color of rat. Dh III 91.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.1.5 | Color of raven. (See A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1).—Dh III 59, 63, 65, 143.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 15 n. i; Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 16 No. 90, XXXIII 54 No. 90; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawks GSCan XIV 160, (Alaska): Jenness 71, (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 146, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 220, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 174, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 641; N. A. Indian (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 203, (Upper Thompson): Teit JAFL XXIX 329. |
| A2411.2.1.13 | Color of red-bird. Dh III 63. |
| A2411.5 | Color of reptiles and other animal forms. |
| E422.2 | Color of revenant. (Cf. F527.) |
| A2411.1.6.7 | Color of rhinoceros. (See A2247.3.) |
| A2411.2.1.7 | Color of rook. (See A2218)—Dh III 75. |
| A2411.5.7 | Color of shrimp. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 234. |
| A2411.1.2.4 | Color of skunk. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 71. |
| A2411.5.3 | Color of snail. (See A2218.)—Dh III 85. |
| A2411.2.1.11 | Color of sparrow. (See A2218)—Dh III 75.—Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2411.3.2 | Color of spider. (See A2221.2.3.) |
| A2411.1.4.1 | Color of squirrel. (See A2218.)—Dh III 76f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.1.16 | Color of starling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2411.2.5.3 | Color of stork. Dh III 59. |
| A2411.2.1.4 | Color of swallow. (See A2218, A2219.1, A2221.2.4.1.)—Dh III 64, 75, (Cf. III 58).—Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2411.2.6.2 | Color of swan. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| A2411.2.1.1 | Color of thrush. (See A2222.1, A2218).—Dh III 76. |
| A2411.2.1.15 | Color of trumpet-bird (psophia crepitans). (See A2218)—Dh III 82. |
| A2411.2.6.5 | Color of turkey. (See A2219.1.)—Dh III 70. |
| A2411.5.1 | Color of turtle. Dh III 63. |
| A2411.2.1.3 | Color of wag-tail. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 262. |
| A2411.2.1.2 | Color of water-ousel. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| F420.1.6.6 | Color of water-spirit's clothes. |
| A2411.2.3.1 | Color of woodcock. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 49. |
| A2411.2.4.1 | Color of woodpecker. See A2219.1; Dh III 70, 89. |
| Z140.2.1 | Color symbolism of the cardinal points. Dixon JAFL XII 10—16. |
| Z140 | Color symbolism. Hdwb. d. Märchens II 51a s.v. "Farben im Märchen". |
| P632.4 | Color worn signifies rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z140.2 | Colors corresponding to the four world quarters. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 347; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 317 n. 148. |
| F178 | Colors of the otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1129.1 | Colors of winds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.1.3 | Column of light descends from heaven upon chosen man. Loomis White Magic 28. |
| F52.2 | Columns of smoke as ladder to upper world. (Cf. F61.3.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1364.9 | Comb causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1072.1.)—*BP I 463; cf. Type 709. |
| A162.2 | Combat between god of light and dragon of ocean. Jewish: Neuman; Babylonian and Egyptian: Müller 104; cf. Chinese: Werner 215. |
| A162.3 | Combat between thundergod and devil. (cf. A157.1, A189.1.1, A284, A285). *Balys "Donner und Teufel in den Volkserzählungen der baltischen und skandinavischen Völker" Tautosakos Darbai VI (1939) 1—220. |
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