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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
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| P314 | Combat of disguised friends. Brown Iwain 17 and passim. |
| H151.10 | Combat of unknown brothers brings about recognition. Dickson 108 n. 18; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F998 | Combat with horse's sex organ. (Cf. D1469.5.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K97.2 | Combat won by means of substituted weapons. Zs. f. d. Phil. XXVI 12—13; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P311.1 | Combatants become sworn brethren. Dickson 123 n. 73; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| H1561.2.3 | Combats at fords. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J864 | Comfort in the contemplation of impossible pleasure. |
| M364.7 | Coming (birth) of saint prophesied. (Cf. M363.1.2.) Loomis White Magic 17; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M363.1.1 | Coming of Antichrist prophesied. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M363.1 | Coming of Christ (Christianity) prophesied. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A513 | Coming of culture hero (demigod). |
| M363 | Coming of religious leader prophesied. (Cf. M300.1.) |
| M364.7.2 | Coming of saint (Christianity) prophesied by heathen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M364.7.1 | Coming of saint prophesied by druids. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J2516.3.3 | Command to use only one phrase. King let drown in bath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1521.3 | Command would become permanent. A ruler receives gifts from his subjects and later demands them as he due. The fool sets the nobleman's bed on fire. When the nobleman commands him to put the fire out he refuses, since he would ever afterward have to be putting out fires. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 44. |
| V65 | Commemoration of death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P711.3 | Common citizen saves the honor of his country. Gives his own funds. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F451.8.1 | Common names for dwarfs. German: Haas Grimmen 3, 46 No. 54, Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 Nos. 40, 41, Nos. 43, 44, Karstens-Goslar 135, 155, Schöppner I 165 No. 158, I 169 No. 163, I 264 No. 271, I 354 No. 351, Ey 9, 29, Bindewald 83, 87, 142, 188, Findeisen 3 No. 5, 39 No. 43, Kappf 44, 45, Hohaus 123, Eckart 27, 67, 78ff., Bechstein 6. |
| J461.2 | Common wives of man debate as to which has helped him most. Help of each was indispensable. Africa (Vai): Ellis 235 No. 56, 255 No. 52. |
| T41.2 | Communication of lovers through hole in floor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T41.1 | Communication of lovers through hole in wall. Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Greek: Fox 201 (Pyramus and Thisbe); Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian (Malecite): Mechling GSCan VI No. 21, (Fox): Jones PAES I 145 (the last two tell of sexual relations through hole in a tent). |
| T41 | Communication of lovers. |
| A1541.1.2 | Communion feast to placate dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B226.2 | Community of frogs. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B226.1 | Community of toads. German: Grimm Nos. 63, 127. |
| K343.3 | Companion sent away so that rascal may steal common food supply. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Cameroon): Gantenbein 70; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 128 No. 24, 230 No. 39, 280 No. 47, Work JAFL XXXII 403, (Virginia): Smiley JAFL XXXII 368, (South Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXXIV 8, MAFLS XVI 31f.; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 109 No. 38. |
| K407.2 | Companion's arm allowed to be cut off so as to prevent detection. Thief has had his arm cut off as he enters a hole in a wall. He lets his companion also enter and have his severed. *DeVries Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche Taal- en Letterkunde XLV 213ff. |
| N699.3 | Companions arrive as hero is about to be killed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1886.5 | Companions separated by illusory city. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2417.1 | Company to sing like leader. When his foot is caught in a wheel, they keep repeating his call for help as a song. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1694*; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 285 No. 64, FFC CXXVIII 244f. No. 148. |
| K512.1 | Compassionate executioner: bloody coat. A servant charged with killing the hero smears the latter's coat with the blood of an animal as proof of the execution and lets the hero escape. *Cox 475; *Boje 62, 66; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K512.1.1 | Compassionate executioner: bloody knife (sword) from slain animal substitute. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K512.3 | Compassionate executioner: feigns to torture victim. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K512.2.4 | Compassionate executioner: mutilation substituted for death. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K512.4 | Compassionate executioner: sleeping potion supplied instead of poison. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K512.2.0.1 | Compassionate executioner: substituted brains (other animal for helpful animal). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K512.2.2 | Compassionate executioner: substituted child. The servant charged with sending the hero to executioners sends his own child instead. *Boje 63 n. 1; Jewish: *Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K512.2.3.1 | Compassionate executioner: substituted head (made of clay) as proof of execution. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K512.2 | Compassionate executioner: substituted heart. A servant charged with killing the hero (heroine) substitutes an animal, whose heart he takes to his master as proof of the execution. *Types 671, 709; *Böklen Sneewittchenstudien 79ff.; *BP I 450ff., 463; *Aarne FFC XXIII 57, MSFO XXV 181; *Prato RTP IV 178; Chauvin V 208 No. 120; *Cox 474; *Saintyves Perrault 68; Fb "hjaerte" I 631a, "lever" II 404b, "tunge" III 894a.—Icelandic: Boberg; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC No. 706C*; Missouri French: Carrière; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman (S350); Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian (Shuswap): Teit JE II 730 No. 50; S. A. Indian (Quiche): Alexander Lat. Am. 172. |
| K512.2.3 | Compassionate executioner: substituted puppet drowned. *Boje 66. |
| K512 | Compassionate executioner. A servant charged with killing the hero (heroine) arranges the escape of the latter. Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Wells 96 (Chevalere Assigne); Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 74; Italian: Boccaccio Decameron II No. 9 (Lee 56), Basile Pentamerone II No. 6, III No. 2; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 95 No. 53. |
| K512.0.1 | Compassionate executioners. Slaves charged with killing (drowning) the infant heroine are touched by her "laughing smile" and put her in a calfshed (hollow tree), where she is found by cowherds, who rear her. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| L54 | Compassionate youngest daughter. *Types 361, 431. See also most references to Q2. |
| L13 | Compassionate youngest son. Kind to people or animals: rewarded. *Types 513, 550, 551, 570, 571, 577, 610; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 10. |
| T145.3 | Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P315.1 | Competition in friendship: prisoner and jailor. Officer in charge of prison offers to let his friend escape, though his own life will be forfeited. The friend refuses; tells officer to let king think he has escaped and if the king demands his life the officer can produce the prisoner. King hears of the generosity and forgives the prisoner. Chauvin V I No. 1. |
| F610.3.5 | Competition with berserks in their particular sports: walk through fire, etc. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P521 | Complacent judge disregards the confession. He has put the criminal to torture without success. When he releases him, the criminal says, "In a moment I should have confessed all." The judge lets him go nevertheless. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 266 No. 247. |
| H474 | Complacent wife agrees with all of husband's absurd statements. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K455.6 | Complaint about the empty bottle. While the servant in the inn is bringing a glass, the trickster drinks the wine and then complains that he has been given an empty bottle. The servant must bring another. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 371. |
| J1174.2 | Complaint about the stolen kiss. Woman is allowed to take one in return. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 254 No. 173. |
| J1213.1 | Complaint about the stolen ox. A thief steals a calf and keeps the hide. The owner makes a hue and cry about a stolen ox. The thief produces the calfhide: "You thief, to demand an ox for a calf!" Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 209 No. 16, cf. 254 No. 177. |
| J1875.2 | Complaint of the porridge pot. The woman thinks the boiling pot is complaining. Type 1264*; Russian: Andrejev No. 1264. |
| J1398 | Compliments from the hangman. A man complimented a hangman on the good job he had done in hanging a thief. The hangman takes off his hat: "One thief I hang, to the other I take off my hat." Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 591. |
| E702 | Composition of the soul. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D631.3.1 | Compressible canoe. Can be made pocket size. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14c. |
| D631.3.5 | Compressible hammer. (Cf. D1209.4.)—Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 79, Boberg. |
| D631.3.4 | Compressible load. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D491.1 | Compressible magic animals. |
| D491.2.1.1 | Compressible magic box containing many people and objects. East Africa: Frobenius Atlantis IV 134ff. No. 13. |
| D491.2.1 | Compressible magic box. |
| D491.2 | Compressible magic objects. |
| D491 | Compressible objects. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 336 n. 210a. |
| D631.3.1.1 | Compressible ship. Can be put into vest pocket. (Cf. D1123.)—Fb "skib" III 243a.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 109, Boberg. |
| D491.2.2 | Compressible table. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D631.3.2 | Compressible tent. Large or small at will. Chauvin VI 135 No. 286 n. 1. |
| C681 | Compulsion to answer cry. Hero is magically compelled to do so. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C663 | Compulsion to bathe in certain waters daily. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C684.1 | Compulsion to catch blackbird alive yearly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C675 | Compulsion to give food to everyone met on journey. African (Jaunde): Nekes 251. |
| C666 | Compulsion to go to certain place at certain time (or once each year). Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| C684.4 | Compulsion to hold festival at certain intervals. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C682 | Compulsion to invite singer to feast. Until that is done, the beer will not stop foaming. (Cf. C671.)—Finnish: Kalevala rune 20. |
| C684.2 | Compulsion to kill one of certain hogs yearly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C684.3 | Compulsion to leap yearly over stone one's size held in palm of hand. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C684 | Compulsion to perform certain task yearly. |
| C681.1 | Compulsion to regard hunting cry and follow hounds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C672 | Compulsion to tell stories. |
| C652 | Compulsion: taking back talisman which opened treasure mountain. Hero takes treasure and forgets the talisman.—*Krappe Balor 109ff. |
| K1883.5 | Comrade slain under the illusion that he is an enemy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K451.3 | Concealed confederate as unjust witness. A rascal who has hidden with a simple man a treasure found by them carries it away secretly, trying to have his associate condemned on the witness of a tree in which his father is concealed. Chauvin II 91 No. 34; Bødker Exempler 287 No. 36; Penzer V 59 n. 2; Edgerton JAPS XL 271; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K929.11 | Concealed weapons in food basket sent king: kills servant who opens it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N741.1 | Concealed wife. Unknown wife supernaturally conceals herself until the favorable moment to come forward. Italian: Crane 340; Greek: Garnett II 18; Hindu: Rouse FL V 85. |
| T514.1 | Conception after anchorite blesses woman in love with him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.7.1 | Conception after eating honey given by lover. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 157. |
| T514 | Conception after reciprocal desire for each other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T532.8.1 | Conception after shadow of man has fallen on bathing girl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T532.1.4.1 | Conception after smelling ground bonedust. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T590 | Conception and birth—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T500 | Conception and birth. *Rank Mythus von der Geburt des Helden; **Fellinger Schwangerschaft und Geburt in der altfranzösischen Literatur (Göttingen, 1907); **Hartland Primitive Paternity; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 806; McDaniel Conception, Birth and Infancy (Miami, Florida, 1948).—Irish myth: Cross. |
| T526 | Conception because of prayer. Korean: Zong in-Sob 4 No. 1. |
| T539.2 | Conception by a cry. Max Müller Sacred Books of the East V 69, 71 (Persian); cf. Carnoy 289. |
| T532.1.4 | Conception by smell of cooked dragon heart. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 9; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T523 | Conception from bathing. (Cf. D1788.) *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 23; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 335. |
| T534 | Conception from blood. (Cf. T541.1, T563.2.) *Fb "blod" IV 47a. |
| T531 | Conception from casual contact with man. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 18, 26; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 229; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 144; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166f. |
| T532.1 | Conception from contact with magic object. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 17f. |
| T518 | Conception from divine impregnation. Penzer VIII 114 n. 1; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 180; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 159. |
| T512.7 | Conception from drinking dew. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 93. |
| T512.1 | Conception from drinking elixir from goat's horns. Penzer III 218. |
| T512.3.1 | Conception from drinking holy water. (Cf. D1242.1.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T512.4 | Conception from drinking saint's tears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T512.6 | Conception from drinking sperm. (Cf. T531.1.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 37; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux MAFLS XL 159, (Huarochiri): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169. |
| T512.2 | Conception from drinking urine. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 85; Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 226ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 80 No. 23, II 283 No. 342, III 233 No. 453; Indonesia: De Vries Volksverhalen II 362 No. 110; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis II 57. |
| T512.3 | Conception from drinking water. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 585, Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 93 No. 51. |
| T512 | Conception from drinking. *BP I 544; *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.; *Penzer I 95 n. 2; *Schoepperle II 276; Irish myth: Cross; Hindu: Keith 166; Indonesia: Dixon 238 n. 52; Central Caroline Islands: ibid. 251; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 461. |
| T511.1 | Conception from eating a fruit. (Cf. F611.1.8.) *Type 301; *BP I 544; Chauvin V 43ff.; Gypsy: Aichele Zigeunermärchen 316; Turkish: Manzel Türkische Märchen II No. 7; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91; Indonesia: Verbeck Malaiische Erzählungen 139; S. A. Indian (Yunca): Alexander Lat. Am. 228, (Huarochiri): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169. |
| T511.1.6 | Conception from eating a peach. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 103. |
| T511.5 | Conception from eating animal. |
| T511.1.1 | Conception from eating apple. *Type 708; BP II 236; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 91a n. 14; Chauvin VI 84 No. 252; *Fb "æble" III 1135b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.1.2 | Conception from eating berry. Finnish: Kalevala rune 50. |
| T511.5.4 | Conception from eating bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.6.2 | Conception from eating finger-bones. S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 312, Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 347. |
| T511.5.1 | Conception from eating fish. *Types 301, 705; *BP I 544; Irish myth: *Cross; Indonesia: Jeynboll Supplement Catalogus Sundaneesche Handschriften 26; S. A. Indian (Tupinamba): Métraux MAFLS XL 158. |
| T511.4 | Conception from eating flower. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92, 108; Indonesia: v. Ronkel Catalogus Malaiische Handschriften te Batavia 153. |
| T511.7 | Conception from eating food. |
| T511.8.4 | Conception from eating grain (seed). India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 93. |
| T511.2.0.2 | Conception from eating leaves. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.1.5 | Conception from eating lemon. Africa (Kordofan): Frobenius IV 216ff. No. 19. |
| T511.5.3 | Conception from eating louse. N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 224. |
| T511.2.1 | Conception from eating mandrake. (Cf. D965.1.) **Frazer Old Testament II 372ff.; Loomis White Magic 20. |
| T511.1.3 | Conception from eating mango. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.7.3 | Conception from eating meat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.8.2 | Conception from eating medicines. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.8.3 | Conception from eating mess of fairy pottage. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T511.1.4 | Conception from eating orange. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.6 | Conception from eating parts of human being. |
| T511.3.1 | Conception from eating peppercorn. Rumanian: *Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 315A, 327D*. |
| T511.2 | Conception from eating plant. French: Sébillot France III 528: Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.2.0.1 | Conception from eating root. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.4.1 | Conception from eating rose. Red rose brings boy, white rose a girl. Fb "rose" III 80a; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 8. |
| T511.3.2 | Conception from eating spinach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.3 | Conception from eating vegetable. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.2.2 | Conception from eating watercress. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T511.6.1 | Conception from eating woman's heart. *DeVries FFC CX 217ff.; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 263. |
| T511.8 | Conception from eating—miscellaneous. |
| T511 | Conception from eating. *BP I 544; *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1032; Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 236ff., 250ff.; *Toldo I 337. —Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Oldest Stories 84; Egyptian: Müller 115; Indonesia: Dixon 236; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 324, 380; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 437, 444, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 461, (Aleut): Golder JAFL XVIII 85, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 243; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166h; S. A. Indian (Central Brazil): Ehrenreich Int. Cong. Americanists XIV 661. |
| T532.1.2.1 | Conception from embracing holy image. French: Sébillot France IV 159. |
| T532.1.2 | Conception from embracing magic tree. Hindu: Keith 159. |
| T517 | Conception from extraordinary intercourse. |
| T522 | Conception from falling rain. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 24; Baumann Mensch en Maatschappij VI 266; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166g. |
| T525 | Conception from falling star. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T536 | Conception from feathers falling on woman. N. A. Indian (Aztec): Alexander Lat. Am. 60. |
| T535 | Conception from fire. (Cf. F611.1.10.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| T532.3.1 | Conception from flowers hidden in breast. S. A. Indian (Amuesa): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 129, 149. |
| T532.3 | Conception from fruit thrown against breast. Indonesia: Bezemer Volksdichtung aus Indonesien 409ff. |
| T517.1 | Conception from hand or foot. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 19; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 275. |
| T531.1 | Conception from having licked semen-stained loincloth. (Cf. T512.6.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T535.1 | Conception from heat of fire. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 98ff. |
| T532.10 | Conception from hiss of cobra. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T539.3 | Conception from intercourse with demon. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T521.1 | Conception from moonlight. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 98; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 277 n. 21a. |
| T532 | Conception from other contacts. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92, 103; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 437, Rasmussen III 305; Marquesas: Handy 85; S. A. Indian (Tapirapé): Wagley-Baldao BBAE CXLIII (3) 253. |
| T532.1.1 | Conception from plucking flower. (Cf. C515.) Greek: Fox 190. |
| T532.6 | Conception from putting ball into bosom. Mexican: Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 234ff. |
| T532.5 | Conception from putting on another's girdle. Hawaii: Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 225. |
| T521.2 | Conception from rainbow. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92. |
| T521.3 | Conception from rays of a dragon. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91. |
| T537 | Conception from scarification. Pigeons scarify woman on loins. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 55. |
| T532.1.1.1 | Conception from smelling flower. Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 315; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T533 | Conception from spittle. (Cf. T541.8.2.) Fb "spytte" III 515b; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 16, 105; S. A. Indian (Quiche): Alexander Lat. Am. 171, (Maya): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169, (Mocoví): Métraux MAFLS XL 98. |
| T532.2 | Conception from stepping on an animal. French: Sébillot France III 15. |
| T521 | Conception from sunlight. *BP III 89 n. 2; Frazer Golden Bough X 74ff.; Baumann Mensch en Maatschappij VI 263; *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 25ff., 90ff.; Gaster Oldest Stories 169. — India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 130, Eberhard FFC CXX 91; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 5 No. 2; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 398; Samoa, Fiji: Dixon 165 nn. 49f.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 277 n. 21a; Aztec: Krickeberg Märchen der Azteken 230, 247; S. A. Indian (Tunja): Alexander Lat. Am. 201, (Karib): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 146, (Warrau): ibid. 145. |
| T511.8.6 | Conception from swallowing a pearl. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92. |
| T511.8.1 | Conception from swallowing a stone. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92. |
| T511.5.2 | Conception from swallowing worm (in drink of water). *Schoepperle II 275, 277; MacCulloch Celtic 140; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T532.5.1 | Conception from touching another's garment. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 376. |
| T524 | Conception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.) *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 22; BP II 300; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 810; Baumann Mensch en Maatschappij VI 264; Finnish: Kalevala rune 1; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92; Japanese: Ikeda; Minahassa (Celebes): Dixon 158; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 277 n. 21. |
| T513 | Conception from wish. (Cf. T548.1.) *Types 675, 708; *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 27f.; *Fb "frugtsommelig" I 376b, "ønske" III 1178b, 1179a; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 3. |
| T513.1 | Conception through another's wish. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T516 | Conception through dream. *Type 650; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92; Egyptian: Legrain Louqsor sans les Pharaons 119; Chinese: Ferguson 37, 60, Werner 132, Eberhard FFC CXX 93; Korean: Zong in-Sob 127, 201 Nos. 61, 97. |
| T517.3 | Conception through ear. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 19. |
| T517.2 | Conception through mother's side. (Cf. T584.1.) *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 21. |
| E419.10 | Concern of ghost about belongings of its lifetime. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| J2214.2 | Conclusion: youth and age are alike. Reason: he tried in vain as a youth to lift a certain stone; he has also tried in vain as an old man. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 265 No. 240. |
| V22 | Condemnation because of death without confession. (Cf. Q223.4.) Alphabet Nos. 231, 455; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 89 No. 760A*, Keller. |
| J1181.3 | Condemned man wins pardon by clever remark. Fool is allowed to jump off cliff (balcony) as punishment. Master expresses surprise that in three trials he has failed to hurl himself from the height. The jester offers the prince four trials. Amused prince pardons the jester. Spanish: Childers. |
| Q483.1 | Condemned queen exposed in leather on market place. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E722.2.4 | Condemned soul forked from body by Satan. (Cf. E752.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E754.1 | Condemned soul recovered. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E754.1.8 | Condemned soul released because of tears of living. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 21, 74. |
| E754.1.5 | Condemned soul released by God. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E754.1.6 | Condemned soul released from hell by Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E754.1.4 | Condemned soul saved by holy person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E754.1.3 | Condemned soul saved by penance. (Cf. Q520.) Alphabet No. 697; Irish myth: Cross. |
| E754.1.1 | Condemned soul saved by prayer. Alphabet No. 592; Wells 171 (The Gast of Gy); Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 331, O'Suilleabhain 98; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 89 No. 760C*, Keller; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 294 No. 7. |
| E754.1.2 | Condemned soul saved by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V250.) Crane Miraculis 84 No. 5, 86 No. 10, 87 No. 12, 93 No. 27; Ward II 605 No. 11, *607 No. 16, 635 No. 36, 670 No. 3, 672 No. 7; Wells 167 (Vernon Miracles). |
| P512 | Condemned woman may be freed by marrying a rogue. *Fb "gifte" I 432; Zs. f. Vksk. XXIII 108, XXV 286, XXVII 236; Sehreuer Zs. f. vgl. Rechtswiss. XXXIV 201; Blätter f. pommersche Volkskunde VII 63. |
| A759 | Condition and nature of the moon—miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled. |
| A1281 | Condition of first man (woman). |
| R50 | Conditions of captivity. |
| T134 | Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony. |
| A311 | Conductor of the dead. Greek: Farnell Cults of the Greek States V 15ff.; Egyptian: Müller 111. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72, 110. |
| K365.1 | Confederate allows self to be sold as slave. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K451.5 | Confederate answers for corpse. Man poses as returned heir to dead man; pretends to address corpse for identification. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K649.9 | Confederate causes confusion so that prisoner can escape. Icelandic: Bуsa saga 47—48, Boberg. |
| K647 | Confederate cuts rope almost in two so that prisoner breaks it and flees. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K649.1 | Confederate hides fugitive. |
| K649.7.3 | Confederate in disguise as "troll" frightens king's men, while his daughter helps prisoner to escape. (Cf. F455.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K649.7.1 | Confederate in disguise as beggar helps to escape. Icelandic: FSS 21—24, 27—32, Boberg. |
| K649.7 | Confederate in disguise helps man escape. |
| K649.12 | Confederate persuades captor to throw away disguised trickster. West Indies: Flowers 520—2. |
| K649.8 | Confederate saves fugitive by shammed pursuit. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K643 | Confederate sings and delays pursuers so that fugitive escapes. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 160 No. 23. |
| K649.1.3 | Confederate sits on hero and saves him. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 231. |
| V21 | Confession brings forgiveness of sin. Nouvelles de Sens No. 15; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa Jr. No. 182. |
| J1155.1 | Confession discredited by claim to be notorious liar. (Cf. X905.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| J1141.4 | Confession induced by bringing an unjust action against accused. False message to thief's wife to send the stolen jewel case as bribe to the judge. She does. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 723, *Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XXXIII—XXXIV 78; Köhler-Bolte I 535; *Wesselski Arlotto I 222f. No. 67; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1263.7 | Confession made easy. Peasant sees priest at work in the fields. Tells him he wishes to confess. He is told to put money in the box and take the same penance as the year before. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1141 | Confession obtained by a ruse. *Chauvin VIII 89 No. 58; Nouvelles Récréations No. 28. |
| J1141.10 | Confession obtained by making thief fear for his life. (Told that crossbow would shoot guilty person as he passed before it.) Pierre Faifeu No. 22. |
| J1141.1.11 | Confession of debt secured by having defendant dispute as to whether cat was present when debt was made. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V21.3 | Confession of monk who intended to rob monastery brings forgiveness. Eventually elected prior. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V24.1 | Confession of sins of a pilgrim calms a great storm at sea. Alphabet No. 174. |
| V20 | Confession of sins. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 133b; *De Vooys Middelnederlandse Legenden en Exempelen (Den Haag, 1926) 241ff.; *R. Pettazzoni La confessione dei peccati (Bologna, 1929); Jewish: *Neuman; Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 143. |
| V25.2 | Confession without giving up sin punished. Scala Celi 55a No. 309. |
| V29 | Confession—miscellaneous motifs. |
| V29.7 | Confessor and penitent exchange confidences. Balance sins and cancel wrongs. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V20.1.2 | Confessor as "soul-friend". Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M372.1 | Confinement in iron house below surface of earth to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M372 | Confinement in tower to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. Type 932*; Köhler in Gonzenbach II 222; *Wesselski Mönchslatein 91 No. 77; Chauvin V 253 No. 150, VIII 105 No. 80; Irish myth: *Cross; Russian: Andrejev No. 932*; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda, Basile Pentamerone III No. 3, IV No. 6; Jewish: Neuman. |
| Z41.3 | Conflict between fowl and thistle. Wind obeys and breaks the chain. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A102.19 | Conflict between God's justice and mercy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| H561.1.1 | Conflict between peasant and nobleman decided so that each must answer riddles: peasant's daughter solves them. De Vries FFC LXXIII 65ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A50 | Conflict of good and evil creators. *Dh I 1—89 passim, 172ff.—Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Persian: Carnoy 261f., 275.—Banks Island: Dixon 106. |
| V350 | Conflicts between religions. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A162 | Conflicts of the gods. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 1, 3, 8; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 26ff., 172; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 356, 411; Hindu: Penzer I 197ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 225; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 318, 1104.—Gaster Thespis 115ff., 125. |
| P551.7 | Conflicts with the recruiting officers. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3743. |
| A1333.1 | Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1333 | Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages.—*Frazer Old Testament I 384ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross.—India: Thompson-Balys; Chin (Indo-China): Scott 266f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 365.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 285 n. 53; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 132. |
| B311 | Congenital helpful animal. Born at same time as master and (usually) by same magic means.—*Hartland Perseus III 191ff.; *Types 300, 303; *BP I 534ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 179.—Irish myth: Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 83, Welsh ibid. 95; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 221. |
| F217 | Congregating places of fairies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 49 No. 397. |
| C752.2.2 | Conjurer must leave before sunrise. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 173. |
| D1741.9 | Conjurer's power lost by eating magic food. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 423. |
| H1237 | Conjuring away obstacles on quest for lost wife. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| F404.2 | Conjuring spirits. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301 No. 22, 304 No. 24, 313 No. 98, 319 No. 31; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78. |
| K235.4 | Conquered warrior kills victor instead of paying. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| N1.2 | Conquering gambler. Bankrupt gambler gets supernatural power and wins back his fortune. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 354 n. 276, (Zuсi): Benedict II 342, (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 5. |
| K437.4 | Conqueror of robber discovers his money-stick. Thinking that he has killed the robber, the man takes his stick or knife with big handle. The robber recovers and, disguised as a beggar, inquisitively looks at the stick. The man is suspicious and by examining finds much money inside it. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 962*; Russian: Andrejev No. 961 I*. |
| V434 | Conqueror restores kingship to king for charity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| W11.5.4 | Conqueror returns defeated man's wife and family to him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| W11.5.5 | Conqueror spares city. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| W37 | Conscientiousness. |
| D1500.1.10.5 | Consecrated ale as magic cure. (Cf. D1045.1.) Irish myth: Cross (D1500.1.34). |
| D1500.1.10.1 | Consecrated bread as cure. (Cf. D1031.1.1.) Kittredge Witchcraft 149, 469 nn. 110, 112; *Loomis White Magic 105; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1031.1.1 | Consecrated bread as magic object. *Kittredge Witchcraft 149f., 469 nn. 103—116; Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 25, 48f., Beal XXI 307, 317f. |
| D1465.1.1 | Consecrated bread brings wealth. (Cf. D1031.1.1.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 150, 469 n. 111.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1355.10.1 | Consecrated bread kept in mouth and fed to toad produces love. Kittredge Witchcraft 149, 469 n. 104; England: Baughman. |
| D1487.2 | Consecrated bread makes vegetables grow. (Cf. D1031.1.) Kittredge Witchcraft 149, 469 n. 109. |
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