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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
K
Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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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 |
|---|---|
| S255.2 | Child sacrificed to deity returned to mother alive and whole after the ablution and ceremonial rites in honor of her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S260 | Sacrifices. (Cf. S255.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S260.1 | Human sacrifice. *Penzer IV 65 n.; *Encyc. Religion Ethics s.v. "Human sacrifice"; *V. Manzini La superstizione omicida e i sacrifici umani, con particolare riguardo alle accuse contro gli Ebrei (2d. ed., Padua, 1930); Krappe Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde XXVI (1927) 18—25. — Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 61, 68f.; Greek: Fox 183; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 189, II 54, 851; Marquesas: Beckwith 269, Handy 73; N. A. Indian (Sia): Alexander N. Am. 203, (Hopi): ibid. 205, (Zuсi): ibid. 201, *Benedict 342; Africa (Bushongo): Torday 250. |
| S260.1.1 | Child sacrifice as religious rite. Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 329, O'Suilleabhain 90; Jewish: *Neuman; N. A. Indian (Aztec): Alexander Lat. Am. 72. |
| S260.1.2 | Sacrifice of sister on advice of yogi. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S260.1.3 | Prisoners sacrificed to goddess. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S260.1.4 | Sacrifice of child to save life of another. (Cf. S268.) Korean: Zong in-Sob 44 No. 26. |
| S261 | Foundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridge. *Krappe Balor 165 n. 1; *Gaidoz Mélusine IV (1888) No. 2; Krappe Revue Celtique XLIII (1926) 124ff. — Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 39 (Arthour and Merlin), 42 (Nennius' Historia Britonum); Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 200; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 81; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 73 No. 620; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3519; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 133 No. 81; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 139, 151, 157; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S261.0.1 | Human blood mixed with rice to make leaky tanks hold water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S261.1 | Child as foundation sacrifice smiles and wins freedom. The king asks him why he smiles. "One first expects mercy from the parents; if they have none, then from the king. Now only God will have mercy." *Krappe Balor 171ff.; Penzer VII 87 n. 1, 88—96, 250ff.; *DeVries "De Sage van het ingemetselde Kind" Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXXII (1917); India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S262 | Periodic sacrifices to a monster. *Schoepperle II 326ff.; *Panzer Beowulf 276ff.; *Frazer Pausanias V 143; Brown Iwain 17 and passim; *Freytag Am Urquell I (1890) 179ff., 197ff.; *Fb "glarbjærg" I 459, "jomfru" II 43; Chauvin VI 110 No. 274.—Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 139, 151, 157; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 207 n. 2, II 119 n. 2, 134 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 189, II 573, 1188; Japanese: Ikeda; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 154 No. 22, (Fang): Trilles 166. |
| S262.0.1 | One man disappears each night. English: Beowulf; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| S262.1 | Woman given to devastating monster as wife to appease it. Irish myth: *Cross; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian (Creek): Alexander N. Am. 71. |
| S262.2 | Tribute of youths regularly sent to foreign king. English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem). |
| S262.2.1 | Youths and maidens as yearly tribute to monsters (Fomorians). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S262.3 | Sacrificial victim chosen by lot. (Cf. N126.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 793; West Africa: Tauxier La Noir du Yatenga (Paris, 1917) 496f. No. 1, (Hausa): Basset Mélusine III 226f. No. 2, (Senegambia): Bérenger-Feraud II 185ff. No. 2. |
| S262.4 | Girl offers to sacrifice herself to dragon in place of her parents. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S263 | Sacrifice to appease spirits (gods). (Cf. K1603, T211.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S263.1 | Highest ranking man in land to be sacrificed for good crops. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| S263.2 | Child sacrificed to gain favor of gods. Penzer II 214ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 111, Fox 52, 126; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S263.2.1 | Gods furnish substitute for child sacrifice. (Cf. S255.) Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 192 n. 1; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| S263.2.2 | Daughters sacrificed to avert famine. *Frazer Pausanias II 78. |
| S263.2.3 | Man shows himself willing to sacrifice his child to prove his desire to follow God. He is prevented by abbot. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| S263.3 | Person sacrificed to water spirit to secure water supply. India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Lamba): Doke MAFLS XX 14 No. 11, (Hausa): Basset Mélusine III 226f. No. 2, (Fulah): Frobenius Atlantis VI 182ff. No. 4. |
| S263.3.1 | Human sacrifice to water serpent to secure tribal prosperity. Africa Tauxier La Noir du Yatenga (Paris, 1917) 496f. No. 1, (Senegambia): Béranger-Feraud II 185ff. No. 2. |
| S263.3.2 | Serpent in stream demands pair of human eyes for drink of water. (Cf. M225.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S263.3.3 | Raja sacrifices his entire family so as to purify lake water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S263.4 | Sacrifice to river-god who has stopped boat in mid-stream. India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 152ff. No. 22. |
| S263.4.1 | Sacrifice to offended gods, who hold ship back. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 586; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 111. |
| S263.5 | Sacrificial suicide. (Cf. S264.1.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| S263.5.1 | Saints (monks) sacrifice themselves (to avert plague). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S263.5.2 | Monks sacrifice themselves (to save king and princes from pestilence). Irish myth: Cross. |
| S263.5.3 | Man leaps from vessel into jaws of sea-beast, so as to save remaining passengers. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S263.6 | Man sacrifices his wife to procure wealth in jars. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S264 | Sacrifice to rivers and seas. *Fb "sø" III 731a, "е" III 1187b. |
| S264.1 | Man thrown overboard to placate storm. (Cf. S263.5.3.) Type 973*; Child V 496 s.v. "Ships"; Chauvin VII 30 No. 212 n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 227; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1024; Korean: Zong in-Sob 107 No. 57. |
| S264.1.1 | Man carried on top of mast ready to be sacrificed to storm spirit. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S264.1.2 | Woman drowns herself as sacrifice to water-gods to save husband's boat from capsizing. (Cf. S263.5.) Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S264.2 | Sacrifice to tank. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S265 | Sacrifice of strangers. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 224 n. 1, II 273 n. 2; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S265.1 | Hostages sacrificed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S266 | Burial of live girl to banish plague. German: Knoop Sagen u. Erzählungen aus Posen 123. |
| S267 | Flood stopped by sacrifice of boy and girl. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict 337. |
| S268 | Child sacrificed to provide blood for cure of friend. (Cf. S260.1.4.) *Type 516; **Rösch FFC LXXVII 138ff., 161ff.; BP I 56; *Chauvin VIII 195 No. 235: *Wells 787 (Amis and Amiloun); Hibbard 70ff.; Scala Celi 10a No. 64; Alphabet No. 55.—Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 9, Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S268.1 | Sacrifice of child demanded as cure for feigned sickness. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S268.1.1 | Prince's life can only be prolonged if servant sacrifices his only son to goddess. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S268.2 | Son sold for transfusion of blood to sick king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S271 | Sacrifice of child to remove barrenness. Penzer I 154; Chauvin V 176 No. 100; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S272 | Sacrifice of brothers promised if girl is born. *Type 451; BP I 71ff. |
| S272.1 | Flight of brothers from home to avoid being sacrificed. *Type 451; BP I 70. |
| S273 | Child bought to serve as sacrifice to demon. Penzer VII 87 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S274 | Sacrifice as an agricultural rite. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S276 | Sacrifice as protection against disease. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S300 | Abandoned or murdered children. |
| S301 | Children abandoned (exposed). *Types 327, 450, 590, 675, 920, 930; *De Vries FFC LXXIII 40ff.; *Penzer VII 81 n. 1, 82 n. 250; *Boje 65; *Cosquin études 199ff.; *Prato RTP IV 178; **Nutt FLR IV 1ff.; **Hartland FLJ IV 308; *Aarne FFC XXIII 60; Cowell Jataka V 230; Dickson 152.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "enfant"; Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 99—103, 119; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8, *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 94f.; Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 471; Tonga: Gifford 122; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 523; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 369, 385; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 255, (California): Gayton and Newman 89, (Zuсi): Benedict II 335; West Indies: Flowers 576. |
| S302 | Children murdered. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| S302.1 | All new-born male children slaughtered. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| S303 | Son killed at instigation of lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S303.1 | Woman asks suitor to kill the child of his first wife. Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 228. |
| S310 | Reasons for abandonment of children. (Cf. K2015, M371, M373, M375.) |
| S311 | Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved. *Frazer Old Testament II 437ff.; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| S311.1 | Parents successively bury alive their sons who mention something about smith's, potter's, washerman's, and tom-tom beater's trade, but keep fifth child who says something about being future king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S312 | Illegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.) *Encyc. Religion Ethics s.v. "Abandonment and exposure"; *Nutt FLR IV 1ff.; Frazer Apollodorus I 252 n. 2; Aarne FFC XXIII 63; *Hertel Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 83ff., 91. — Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S312.1 | Child of incest exposed. (Cf. T410.) *Type 933; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 173 (to Gonzenbach No. 85); *Baum PMLA XXXI 562 n. 59; Krappe Neuphilologische Mitteilungen XXXIV (1933) 11—22; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| S312.2 | Violated woman's child exposed. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| S312.3 | Posthumous child to be exposed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| S312.4 | Woman abandons baby boy (of which she was artificially impregnated) in forest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S313 | Child of supernatural birth exposed. (Cf. T520.) *Nutt FLR IV 1ff., Gaster Thespis 255; Greek: Grote I 103; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S314 | Twins (triplets) exposed. (Cf. T587.) *Krappe Balor 17 n. 55; Dickson 103 n. 10; Gaster Thespis 255; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Grote I 103. |
| S321 | Destitute parents abandon children. *Encyc. Religion Ethics s.v. "Abandonment and exposure"; *Type 327; *BP I 123; Missouri French: Carrière; Greek: Grote I 103; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 256 No. 200a; Korean: Zong in-Sob 43 No. 25. |
| S321.1 | Children abandoned in famine. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 374, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 34a; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict II 335; Africa (Wachaga): Gutmann 142. |
| S322 | Children abandoned (driven forth, exposed) by hostile relative. *Roberts 128; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Espinosa II No. 114, Espinosa Jr. No. 140. |
| S322.0.1 | Orphaned boy deprived of his inheritance by relatives. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.1 | Father casts daughter forth. Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 107f., 154, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 120—123. |
| S322.1.1 | Father who wanted son exposes (murders) daughter. Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 56 (Atalanta); India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 203. |
| S322.1.2 | Father casts daughter forth when she will not marry him. (Cf. T411.1.) *Type 510B; BP II 45; Cox passim; Krappe Zeitschrift für englische Philologie XLIX 361—69; Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 99—103. |
| S322.1.2.1 | Exposure in jungle for refusing to marry according to father's wishes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.1.3 | Father condemns daughter to death because he believes her unchaste. Type 883A; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Somali): Kirk FL XV 319ff. No. 3, Reinisch Die Saho-Sprache (Wien, 1889) I 76ff. No. 3. |
| S322.1.4 | Princess humiliated by father after she has married loathly bridegroom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.1.5 | Boy turned out of doors by father. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.1.5.1 | King, jealous of son, banishes him and his wife. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 210. |
| S322.2 | Jealous mother casts daughter forth. (Cf. S12.) *Type 709; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 30 No. 1. |
| S322.2.1 | Mother exposes child (for fear of jealous co-wife). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S322.3 | Jealous co-wife kills woman's children. (Cf. K2222.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 246 No. 36, (Zulu): Callaway 237. |
| S322.3.1 | Jealous co-wife demands murder of woman's children. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.3.2 | Jealous concubine plots against real wife's daughter. Chinese: Graham. |
| S322.4 | Evil stepmother casts boy forth. *Types 592; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.4.1 | Banishment (death) of stepchildren demanded as cure for feigned illness. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.4.2 | Evil stepmother orders stepdaughter to be killed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S322.4.3 | Stepmother irritates two stepsons so that one kills the other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.5 | Repulsed lover kills woman's child. Dickson 73 n. 26. |
| S322.6 | Jealous mother-in-law and sisters cast woman's children forth. Roberts 132; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.7 | Evil stepmother works stepdaughter to death in absence of merchant husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S324 | Pregnant woman ordered by husband to kill child to be born. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S325 | Diseased child exposed. Africa (Kaffir): Kidd 224 No. 1. |
| S325.0.1 | Monstrous (deformed) child exposed. (Cf. S11.3.2, T550.) Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 55; Chinese: Graham; Marquesas: Handy 114; Tonga: Gifford 31, 60. |
| S325.0.1.1 | Child born with caul exposed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S326 | Disobedient children cast forth. India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 205. |
| S326.1 | Disobedient child burned. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S327 | Child cast out because of his stupidity. Type 563; Grimm No. 36; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S327.1 | Father wants to kill son because of foolish boasting. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S327.2 | Baby ordered killed because it pulls beard of father (raja). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S327.3 | Half-wit abandoned because of his tricks. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 23. |
| S328 | Mother sells her child to heathen sailors. Boje 63, *67. |
| S329 | Reasons for abandonment of children—miscellaneous. |
| S329.1 | Child exposed so as to avoid death decree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S330 | Circumstances of murder or exposure of children. |
| S331 | Exposure of child in boat (floating chest). See references for S141, nearly all of which refer to this motif. Type 930; W. R. Halliday Indo-European Folk Tales and Greek Legend (London, 1933) 55; Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Greek: Grote I 103; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 558, 931; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 152. |
| S332 | Queen hides her child and accuses wolf of eating it. Malone PMLA XLIII 437. |
| S333 | Child's ankles pierced before exposing him. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 344 n. 1 (Oedipus). |
| S334 | Tokens of royalty (nobility) left with exposed child. (Cf. H80.) *Penzer VII 81 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross; English: Wells 134 (Sir Degare), 126 (Lai Le Freine); Greek: Fox 71. |
| S334.1 | Child exposed with twelve years' supply of food and attendants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S335 | Child exposed at palace gate. Penzer VII 81 n. 1, 82 n., 250. |
| S336 | Abandoned child wrapped in straw. DeVries FFC LXXIII 326f. |
| S337 | Children enticed into grain pot and imprisoned. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S338 | Father abandons his daughter in forest and leaves axes tied so that they move in wind. Daughter thinks he is cutting wood. *Roberts 137. |
| S341 | Exposure prevented. |
| S341.1 | Exposure given up on account of newborn son's protesting stanza. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| S342 | Mother induced by rival to kill her children. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S345 | Parents trick children into going on hunt, and then abandon them in forest. (Cf. S143.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S350 | Fate of abandoned child. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 54 No. 33; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S350.1 | Infant condemned to death saved by a smile. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S350.2 | Child driven out (exposed) brought up in secret. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S351 | Abandoned child cared for by mother secretly. (Cf. R153.) Africa (Zulu): Callaway 236, (Basuto): Jacottet 128ff. No. 18. |
| S351.0.1 | Abandoned child made over to its own mother (sister) acting as wet nurse. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| S351.1 | Abandoned child cared for by grandmother (aunt, foster mother). Irish: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 167; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| S351.2 | Abandoned child reared by herdsman. (Cf. R131.3.) Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Grote I 241, 263; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 458. |
| S351.2.1 | Abandoned princess, brought up by herdsmen, becomes wife of king. Irish myth: *Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 378. |
| S352 | Animal aids abandoned child(ren). (Cf. B535.) Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Sherenti): Lowe BBAE CXLIII (1) 515; West Indies: Flowers 576. |
| S352.1 | Animal preserves fire for abandoned children in a clam shell. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 347, 349 nn. 247, 255. |
| S353 | Abandoned child reared by supernatural beings. India: *Thompson-Balys; Maori: Dixon 42. |
| S353.1 | Deity nurtures and rears abandoned child. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1366. |
| S353.2 | Exposed children miraculously fed by angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| S354 | Exposed infant reared at strange king's court (Joseph, Oedipus). *Type 931; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman, bin Gorion Born Judas I 165, 372; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S354.1 | Abandoned child adopted and found by queen. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S354.2 | Travelers find exposed baby girl and take her to emperor's court. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S354.3 | Prince (princess) adopts exposed child. Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Wachaga): Gutmann 142. |
| S355 | Exposed child carried off by wild beast. (Cf. R13.) Dickson 169ff. |
| S356 | Children left at home seek exposed brothers and sisters. Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 207. |
| S357 | Abandoned sister rescued by brothers. When she is refused entrance to house, she makes complaint in a song and brothers bring her clothes. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 883C*. |
| S361 | Bird carries food from deserted child to starving parents. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 348 n. 250. |
| S362 | Starving parents come to abandoned child for food. Jewish: *Neuman (Joseph); Sulka of New Britain: Dixon 132 n. 2; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 255. |
| S365 | Maltreated children transformed. (Cf. D642.) |
| S365.1 | Maltreated children transformed to doves. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S366 | Abandoned children return and kill parents. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 89. |
| S371 | Abandoned daughter's son becomes hero. *Dixon 130, 132 n. 2, 136 nn. 10, 11; Greek: Grote I 854; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S375 | Old woman's maledictions inform abandoned hero of his parentage and future. He has knocked her over (broken pots). *Cosquin Contes indiens 398. |
| S376 | Tree feeds abandoned children with its sap. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S378 | Deserted children become Thunder. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| S400 | Cruel persecutions. |
| S401 | Unsuccessful attempts to kill person in successive reincarnations (transformations). Egyptian: Petrie Egyptian Tales (London, 1895) I 36ff., Von Sydow "Den fornegyptiska Sagan om de tvе Bröderna" Yearbook of the New Society of Letters of Lund, 1930, 53ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S410 | Persecuted wife. *Types 450, 705, 706, 707, 708, 712, 872*; *BP II 236, 284; *Schlauch Constance and Accused Queens (New York, 1927); *Hibbard 29, 35ff.; *Wehrhan 51; *Krappe Anglia XLIX 361ff. —Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa II No. 105; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 365, III 104, Rink 441, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 198. |
| S411 | Wife banished. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 526. |
| S411.1 | Misunderstood wife banished by husband. She has decorated the house for his homecoming, but he thinks that she is expecting a paramour. *Type 890 (Christiansen Norske Eventyr 113); Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S411.2 | Wife banished for some small fault. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S411.2.1 | Queen banished for saying that man's condition depends on what kind of wife he has. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S411.3 | Barren wife sent away. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S411.4 | Wife banished because she eats by stealth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S412 | Heroine taunted with her unknown past. (Cf. F302.) Dickson 74. |
| S412.1 | Husband expels wife because her industry indicates her peasant origin. Chinese: Graham. |
| S413 | Unfaithful husband and his mistress persecute his wife. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| S413.1 | Ogress-wife orders raja to turn out his six wives. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S413.2 | Second wife orders husband to persecute first. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S414 | Woman abandoned when with child. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1038. |
| S416 | Queen banished when she defeats king in argument. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S430 | Disposal of cast-off wife. |
| S431 | Cast-off wife exposed in boat. *Hertel Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 83ff. |
| S431.1 | Cast-off wife and child exposed in boat. Hibbard 26ff.; English: Wells 115 (Sir Eglamour of Artois), 117 (Sir Torrent of Portyngale), 129 (Emare), Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 3; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 3; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| S432 | Cast-off wife thrown into water. (Cf. S142.) *Types 403, 450, 707; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson CColl II 382ff., (Teton): Dorsey JAFL II 137. |
| S433 | Cast-off wife abandoned on island. (Cf. S145.) Type 890 (Christiansen Norske Eventyr 113); Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 105, 119. |
| S435 | Cast-off wife abandoned in pit. (Cf. T581.2.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 202. |
| S436 | Cast-off wife's head shaven. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S437 | Cast-off wife sent to herd cows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S438 | Abandoned queen blinded. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S441 | Cast-off wife and child abandoned in forest. (Cf. S143.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S442 | Outcast wife and her son live in poverty. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S445 | Abandoned wife hidden under a tub. Cox 501; Grimm No. 9. |
| S446 | Rejected wife asks to take away only what she brought. Type 887; Chinese: Graham. |
| S450 | Fate of outcast wife. |
| S451 | Outcast wife at last united with husband and children. *Types 706, 712, 938; *Loomis White Magic 118; *Chauvin VI 167ff. No. 327. Chauvin discusses the following stories having this motif: St. Clement, St. Eustace, Crescentia, Hildegarde, Florence, Octavianus, Sebile, Genevieve of Brabant, Euriant, the Maiden without Hands, Helena of Constantinople, the Count of Toulouse.—Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 105, 119, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 138—41; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list Nos. 201, 202. |
| S452 | Outcast wife commits suicide when confronted with heads of relatives killed in revenge for her wrong-doing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S453 | Exposed woman helped by magician. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S460 | Other cruel persecutions. |
| S461 | Tale-bearer unjustly drowned for lack of proof of accusation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S463 | Jealous wife has merchant turn out queen and son, whom he had befriended and taken into his home. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S464 | Deity appears before persecuted youngest brother and gives him a flock of sheep. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S465 | Abandoned person in woods comforted by prophet and birds. (Cf. S143.) *Grünwald Hessische Blätter für Vksk. XXX—XXXI 315. |
| S466 | Practice of one's religion forbidden. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| S471 | Persecuted sons of co-wife. (Cf. K2222.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S481 | Cruelty to animals. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 181 No. 123. |
| T0 | Love. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T1 | Zeus gives man modesty, but it leaves when love enters. Wienert FFC LVI 36; Halm Aesop No. 148. |
| T2 | The relative pleasures of love. Do men or women have the greater pleasure in sexual intercourse? Man who has been transformed to woman answers that women have the greater pleasure. The goddess blinds him as punishment. Krappe Science of Folklore 6f.; Penzer VII 227; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 367 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T3 | Omens in love affairs. |
| T3.1 | Blue fortunate in love matters. English: Child II 182, 512a. |
| T4 | Person wants to learn art of love. |
| T4.1 | Herdsman to learn art of love so he can become a holy man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T6 | Love as inducement to idolatry. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T8 | Sexual desire as original sin. Jewish; Neuman. |
| T10 | Falling in love. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T10.1 | Sluggish prince reformed by falling in love. *bin Gorion Born Judas IV 38, 276. |
| T10.1.1 | Gambler reformed by falling in love. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T10.1.2 | Love transforms crude individual into a polished courtier. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T10.2 | Angel of love compels man to fall in love. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T10.3 | Girl continually falling in love. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T11 | Falling in love with person never seen. |
| T11.1 | Love from mere mention or description. *Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 100; *Chauvin V 132 No. 112; *Penzer X 214 s.v. "Love by mere mention"; Malone PMLA XLIII 399; *Dickson 188 n. 63; Hibbard 208 n. 18, 226 n. 1; *Cross MPh XII 612 n. 3; Moore PMLA XXIX (1914) 527f.; Fb "hеr" IV 241b. — Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 7, *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.1.1 | Beauty of woman reported to king causes quest for her as his bride. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| T11.2 | Love through sight of picture. *Types 403, 516, 900; *BP I 45ff., 443ff.; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 98; Philippson FFC L 11f.; *Penzer X 214 s.v. "love with a painting", 263 s.v. "picture, falling in love"; Fb "portræt" II 863; *Köhler-Bolte I 127, 520ff., 527; Wesselski Archiv Orientální II 430; Herbert III 204; Oesterley No. 62.—English: Wells 81 (Sir Tristrem); Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "portrait"; Missouri French: Carrière; Arabian: Burton Nights S II 194ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 61f., 252; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 218. |
| T11.2.0.1 | Ugly picture of suitor makes girl refuse him. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T11.2.1 | Love through sight of statue. *Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 99; Köhler-Bolte I 520 ff., 527; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.2.1.1 | Youth makes statue of girl and seeks a girl like the statue. Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 63, 76, II 476, 1090; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 374 No. 107. |
| T11.3 | Love through dream. Falling in love with a person seen in a dream. *Type 516; *BP I 45; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 100; *Chauvin V 132 No. 112; *Penzer III 82 n. 2, IX 36 n. 1; *Moore PMLA XXIX 527f.; Rohde Griechische Roman 45ff.; Dunlop-Wilson II 258; Bédier Fabliaux (1895) 113ff.; *Krappe Revue Hispanique LXXXI 5ff. —Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 78, *Cross; Icelandic: M. Moe in Edda 1914 p. 245, *Boberg; Arabian: Basset 1001 Contes I 136, II 68; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 73 No. 40, 136 No. 63; Indonesia: J. Brandes Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde XLI 295f., 469, Jeynboll Supplement Catalogus Jav. — Madoereesche Handschriften I 53ff.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 231; N. A. Indian (Yana): Curtin Creation Myths 425ff.; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis III 247; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 211f. No. 73, 220 No. 74. |
| T11.3.1 | Lovers meet in their dreams. Irish myth: Cross; Persian: Carnoy 341; India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Penzer III 82. |
| T11.3.2 | Dream about a marriage with another's wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4 | Love through sight of something belonging to unknown princess. Hdwb. d. Märchens II 103b. nn. 169—76; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4.1 | Love through sight of hair of unknown princess. **Golther Die Jungfrau mit den goldenen Haaren (Leipzig, 1893); *Cosquin Contes indiens 50 n. 2, 351ff.; Köhler-Bolte II 328ff.; Chavannes III 258 No. 470; Icelandic: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippines: Dixon 169. |
| T11.4.1.1 | Love through sight of hair of unknown hero. India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Shasta): Thompson Tales 196. |
| T11.4.2 | Love through sight of slipper of unknown princess. *Cosquin études 8; Saintyves Perrault 115; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4.3 | Love through finding lady's wreath. Cowell Jataka IV 144; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 586. |
| T11.4.3.1 | Love through seeing bouquet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4.4 | Love through seeing marks of lady's teeth in fruit which she has bitten. Indonesia: DeVries Volksverhalen II 89ff. No. 110. |
| T11.4.5 | Love through finding lady's handkerchief. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4.6 | Love through finding lady's ornament (ring, comb, etc.). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4.7 | Falling in love at receipt of girl's amulet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T11.5 | Falling in love with reflection in water. Princess thus first sees prince. Malone PMLA XLIII 400; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T11.5.1 | Falling in love with one's own reflection in water. (Narcissus.) Italian Novella: Rotunda; Ovid Metamorphoses Bk. 3. |
| T11.6 | Wish for wife red as blood, white as snow, black as raven. Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 9, V No. 9. |
| T11.7 | Love through sight in magic mirror. (Cf. D1163.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T11.8 | Falling in love with beautiful voice. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1185. |
| T12 | Love through prophecy that prince shall marry the fairest. *Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXII 100. |
| T13 | Woman falls in love as result of husband's praise of her suitor. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T15 | Love at first sight. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 614, II 355, 1369. |
| T15.1 | Princess so lovely that everyone falls in love with her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T16 | Man falls in love with woman he sees bathing. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T16.0.1 | Woman falls in love with man she sees bathing. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T16.0.2 | Bathing woman sees hero and falls in love with him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T16.1 | Man falls in love by the sight of woman's white arms. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 110f. |
| T16.2 | Man falls in love on seeing dead body of beautiful girl. (Cf. T466.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T21 | Mutual love through accidental drinking of love philtre. Schoepperle II 587a s.v. "potion"; English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem). |
| T22 | Predestined lovers. Future wife or husband assigned by destiny. (Cf. T54.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T22.1 | Lovers mated before birth. Fate compels their union as soon as they meet. Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 377 No. 108. |
| T22.2 | Predestined wife. (Cf. M312.1.) Basset 1001 Contes II 208 n. 1; Finnish-Swedish: Hackman FFC VI No. 930*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 934A*; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 202 No. 149, FFC CXXVIII 179 No. 95; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T22.3 | Predestined husband. Icelandic: Hdwb. d. Märchens I 450a n. 534; Italian: Basile Pentamerone, Introduction; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T22.4 | Lovers fated to marry each other born at same time; identical prophecies for both. (Cf. T61.5.) Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T24 | The symptoms of love. *Penzer VII 139 n. 2; *Rohde Der griechische Roman 157ff.; Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T24.1 | Love-sickness. *Penzer II 9 n. 2, 10 n., III 68 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "amoureux"; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T24.1.1 | Night emissions from lusting after certain woman bring man near death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T24.2 | Swooning for love. *Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 98; India: *Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Penzer II 10 n.; Chinese: Graham. |
| T24.2.1 | Fainting away for love (or sexual desire). (Cf. F1041.1.6.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
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