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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| V20.1 | Protection of sinners by confession. *Crane Vitry 245 No. 261, 246f. No. 263; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V20.1.1 | A man without a confessor is a body without a head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V20.1.2 | Confessor as "soul-friend". Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V21 | Confession brings forgiveness of sin. Nouvelles de Sens No. 15; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa Jr. No. 182. |
| V21.1 | Sincere confession miraculously obliterated as sign of forgiveness. *Crane Vitry 266f. Nos. 301, 302; Alphabet Nos. 205, 209; Scala Celi 44b, 46a, 55a, 56b, 85b, 104a Nos. 251, 258, 308, 316, 493, 561; Ward II 663 No. 12; Herbert III 259, 380, 432, 469. |
| V21.2 | Woman confesses murder: unharmed by execution fire. Alphabet No. 466; Scala Celi 47a No. 265; Wright Latin Stories 66. |
| V21.3 | Confession of monk who intended to rob monastery brings forgiveness. Eventually elected prior. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V21.4 | Prior pardons sinning friar who has confessed. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V21.5 | Sinner confesses before sinning and thus is pardoned. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V21.6 | Sinner's tearmarks on written confession cause bishop to pardon his sins. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V22 | Condemnation because of death without confession. (Cf. Q223.4.) Alphabet Nos. 231, 455; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 89 No. 760A*, Keller. |
| V23 | Miracle to permit confession. |
| V23.1 | Unshriven man restored to life in order to confess. (Cf. V251.) Herbert III 14; *Crane Vitry 267 No. 303; *Crane Miraculis 93 No. 27; English: Wells 167 (Vernon Miracles). |
| V23.2 | Dumb man recovers speech in order to confess. *Fb "stum". |
| V24 | Miraculous manifestation at confession. |
| V24.1 | Confession of sins of a pilgrim calms a great storm at sea. Alphabet No. 174. |
| V25 | Easy confession not effective. |
| V25.1 | Man returns from dead to protest against priest who has been too easy with him at confession. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 303. |
| V25.2 | Confession without giving up sin punished. Scala Celi 55a No. 309. |
| V27 | Penance magically concluded by confession. Type 756B; *Andrejev FFC LXIX 136ff. |
| V29 | Confession—miscellaneous motifs. |
| V29.1 | Search for confessor. Great sinner sent from one confessor to another. All say that his sins are too great for forgiveness. Finally he succeeds. *Type 756C; **Andrejev FFC LIV 28ff.; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 46, 48, Beal XXI 317. |
| V29.2 | Monks shrive selves clean under threat of complete exposure of their sins by brother possessed of fiend. Alphabet No. 171. |
| V29.3 | Miracle attests fact that man does not need to confess. He hangs his sack on a sunbeam. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 146 No. 1805A. |
| V29.4 | Sodomist makes sport of confession. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V29.5 | Unnecessary for husband to confess as his wife has already done it for him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V29.6 | Penitent brings manuscript of sins to confession. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V29.6.1 | List of sins: schedule is returned miraculously cleansed of all his sins. *Loomis White Magic 131. |
| V29.7 | Confessor and penitent exchange confidences. Balance sins and cancel wrongs. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V29.8 | The devil goes to confession. Performs very severe penance, but cannot bear to humble himself and to stoop before the altar. (Cf. G303.16.9.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 818*. |
| V29.9 | Extortionate confessor demands golden statue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V30 | Sacrament. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 510; DeVooys Middelnederlandse Legenden en Exempelen (Den Haag, 1926) 230ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V30.1 | The eaten god. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics V 136—39. |
| V30.1.1 | Flesh of Artemis eaten as quail or bear. Greek: Fox 183. |
| V31 | Unconsecrated host. |
| V31.1 | Host taken away from sinful priest. Alphabet Nos 689, 691; Scala Celi 40b, 41a Nos. 229—36; Herbert III 398, 399, 465, 480, 483, 609, 709; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 409; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V31.2 | Unconsecrated host ineffective. Alphabet No. 162. |
| V31.3 | Unconsecrated host refused. Alphabet Nos. 161, 310. |
| V31.4 | Altar casts away host with louse baked in it. Alphabet No. 690. |
| V31.5 | Devil eats unblessed bread. Scala Celi 64b No. 353. |
| V32 | Host miraculously given when it is refused a man by the priest. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 129; Alphabet Nos. 160, 420; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V33 | Incredulity as to sacredness of host punished. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 687; Alphabet No. 309. |
| V33.1 | Incredulity as to sacredness of host confounded by miraculous appearance. Scala Celi 42a, 65b, 66a Nos. 239, 357—60, 364; Herbert III 539. |
| V33.1.1 | Incredulity of true transformation of host banished by actual appearance of Jesus's body and blood. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V34 | Miraculous working of the host. |
| V34.1 | Host cures disease. Alphabet No. 164. |
| V34.2 | Princess sick because toad has swallowed her consecrated wafer. *Type 613; **Christiansen FFC XXIV 83f.; *BP I 322ff. |
| V34.3 | Man who has received sacrament overcomes enemy, a blasphemer. Alphabet No. 163; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 535. |
| V34.4 | Clothes of knight who kneels in mud before host as it passes miraculously kept clean. Alphabet No. 492; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V35 | The stolen sacrament. |
| V35.1 | Jews bribe woman to steal host for them: miraculous manifestations. Scala Celi 64a No. 350. |
| V35.1.1 | Horse kneels before stolen sacrament. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 556; Mensa Philosophica No. 59; Scala Celi 64a Nos. 349f. |
| V35.1.2 | Sacred image miraculously appears on stolen sacrament. (Cf. V39.5.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 557. |
| V35.2 | Stolen sacred hosts put into coffin. Before death, a woman asks to put a bag into coffin. It is filled with hosts. (Cf. C55, D1031.1.1.) Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 628ff. |
| V39 | Sacrament—miscellaneous motifs. |
| V39.1 | Man considering self unworthy to receive host given it by God himself. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 687. |
| V39.2 | Wicked woman unable to endure presence of host at mass. English: Wells 151 (Richard Coer de Lyon). |
| V39.3 | Sacrament effective even from unworthy priest. Man who has refused such a sacrament shown a vision of a leper giving men good water without harm. Alphabet No. 687; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 126, Beal XXI 334, 337. |
| V39.4 | Vision of sacrament in form of young child. Alphabet No. 694; Scala Celi 66a Nos. 360—64; Toldo IV 49ff.; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 109. |
| V39.5 | Sacred image appears on host. Woman who has vowed not to use make-up or ornaments thus rewarded. (Cf. V35.1.2.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V39.6 | Host given as pledge to keep one's word. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V39.7 | Voice from grave asks that it be opened. Corpse spits out host because he has missed confession. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V39.8 | Sick men die and go to hell because they hesitate to take sacrament. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V39.9 | Woman who eats before communion cannot swallow the wafer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V40 | Mass. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 368a; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V41 | Masses work miracles. *Herbert III 273ff. passim; Scala Celi 130b, 131a Nos. 712—16. |
| V41.1 | Imprisoned miner kept alive by masses performed by his wife. Ward II 675; Herbert III *85, 284, 324, 365; Alphabet No. 499. |
| V41.2 | Hearing masses causes triumph in tournament. Angel takes absent knight's place. He is delayed by going to mass. *Liebrecht 29; Alphabet No. 462; Scala Celi 130b No. 714; *Ward II 662; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V42 | Masses release souls from hell (purgatory). Herbert III 284 Nos. 54ff. passim, 473; Alphabet Nos. 613, 652; Scala Celi 111b No. 620; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 228; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 99, Beal XXI 332; English: Wells 172 (Trentalle Sancti Gregorii); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 298 No. 11; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 192—97. |
| V43 | Holy man has his own mass. (Cf. F1011.1, V29.3.) When upbraided for not coming to mass, he hangs his coat on a sunbeam. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 10; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 147 No. 1805B. |
| V44 | Faithful attendance at mass outweighs evil deeds. *Crane Vitry Nos. 223ff. passim; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 98, Beal XXI 331. |
| V45 | Mass said for dead; they arise and say "Amen". Scala Celi 133a No. 732. |
| V46 | Pebble put in box each time mass is heard. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 127. |
| V48 | The canonical hours. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V49 | Mass—miscellaneous motifs. |
| V49.1 | Werwolves hold mass. (Cf. D113.1.1, E492, G243.) Köhler-Bolte I 134; Gascon: Bladé Contes pop. de Gascogne II 360 No. 4. |
| V49.2 | Angel holds mass in church on the day that the king absents himself for sake of hunting trip. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V50 | Prayer. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 470a; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V51 | Learning to pray. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V51.1 | Man who does not know how to pray so holy that he walks on water. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 332; **Andrejev "Tri Starca" Novoje Delo (Kazan, 1922) (see Anderson Zs. f. Vksk. XXX-XXXII 171); Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 827*; Russian: Andrejev No. 827*. |
| V51.2 | Worldly-minded learn to pray by thinking of their usual business. Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 334, 338; Scala Celi 37b No. 209. |
| V51.3 | Woman shows that the Lord's Prayer is the best. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 333. |
| V51.4 | Woman taught that it is better to pray before Christ's image than before a saint's. Wesselski Arlotto I 201 No. 26. |
| V51.5 | "Beatus" best prayer for saving condemned souls. (Cf. E754.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V52 | Miraculous power of prayer. Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 334, O'Suilleabhain 112; Spanish Exempla: Keller; West Indies: Flowers 579. Cf. Nouvelles de Sens No. 26. |
| V52.1 | Man saved from lechery through prayer. Alphabet No. 65; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V52.2 | Continuous prayer sustains man through frightful vigil. *Type 307; *BP III 534; *Köhler-Bolte II 213ff.; Irish: Beal XXI 313, 319, O'Suilleabhain 37, 53; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| V52.3 | Prayer before battle brings victory. Scala Celi 151b No. 833; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V52.4 | Objects supplied through prayer. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V52.5 | Prayer restores shattered vessel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V52.6 | Mariners saved from maelstrom through prayer. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V52.7 | Prayer at saint's flagstone averts trouble. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V52.8 | Prayer brings death to enemy. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 105, 345. |
| V52.9 | Prayer for protection on journey to land of dead. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V52.10 | Prayers of devout woman free husband from death and imprisonment. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V52.11 | Prayer of sinner changes his color from black into white. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V52.12 | The clever brothers work, the foolish brother only prays; finally he acquires all the property. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1666*. |
| V52.13 | Saint's Paternoster outweighs ox. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V52.14 | Reciting martyrology will prevent decomposition of body of one who recites it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V52.15 | Prayer said by saint into his right hand restores displaced eye of opponent. Irish myth: *Cross |
| V53 | Prayers of family comfort prisoner. Alphabet No. 298. |
| V53.1 | Prayer unfastens boy's fetters. (Cf. R211.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 345. |
| V55 | Man worships devil's image in order to secure advancement. Scala Celi 8b No. 56; Alphabet No. 50. |
| V57 | Purpose of prayer. |
| V57.1 | Prayer for good harvest. India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Clark 32. |
| V57.2 | Prayer for shower of gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V57.3 | Prayer on special occasions. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V58 | Prayer as ceremony. |
| V58.1 | Prayers at sunrise and sunset. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 143. |
| V58.2 | Prayer with face toward east. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V58.3 | Repeated circumambulations with prayer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V58.4 | Handwashing before prayer. Greek: Homer passim; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V58.5 | Prayer shawl. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V59 | Prayers answered—miscellaneous. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V59.1 | Skill in theft granted as answer to prayer. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 64. |
| V60 | Funeral rites. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 212a; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V60.1 | Stones sold at funeral wakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V60.2 | Funeral rites by druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61 | Various ways of disposing of dead. |
| V61.1 | Dead placed on boat. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 79c, 545b; Fb "skib" III 243b; Icelandic: *Boberg. Cf. Beowulf. |
| V61.2 | Dead burned on pyre. (Cremation.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 143c; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V61.3 | Coffin buried upright. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cercueil". |
| V61.3.0.1 | Hero buried in armor, standing with face toward land of enemies. (Cf. V67.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V61.3.0.2 | Person buried in standing position with friends about him. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61.3.0.3 | Man buried upright beneath kitchen stairway in order that he may watch his family. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.4 | Head buried one place, body another. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V61.4.1 | Corpse buried face down. (Cf. S139.2.2.3.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V61.4.2 | Dismemberment before burial. Gaster Thespis 242. |
| V61.5 | King buried in his war car. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.6 | Christian buried in stone coffin. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.7 | Christian buried in wooden coffin. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.8 | Burial in grave-mound. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V61.8.1 | Chiefs buried in hidden caves. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 224. |
| V61.9 | Lion buried in stone cave with gold letters. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V61.10 | Corpses exposed in tree. Greek: Argonautica III 205. |
| V61.11 | Aversion to burial in "strange city". Irish myth: Cross. |
| V62 | Restrictions on burial. |
| V62.1 | Funeral rites forbidden. Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 53, Sophocles' "Antigone". |
| V62.2 | Only usurers to carry body of usurer to grave. Alphabet No. 793. |
| V63 | Bones of dismembered person assembled and buried. (Cf. E30.) Type 720; BP I 412ff., *422. |
| V64 | Money tied on corpse thrown overboard from ship in order to secure burial. Child III 342, IV 506. |
| V64.1 | Shipwrecked each get a piece of the chief's gold ring in order to have gold with them in death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V65 | Commemoration of death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V65.1 | Calves kept separate from cows in commemoration of hero's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V65.2 | Drinking festival in memory of the dead. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V65.3 | Wedding and funeral festival on same time. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V65.4 | Professional mourning. Virgil Aeneid XI 37; Greek: Aeschylus Libation-Pourers 423; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V65.4.1 | Funeral song sung over dead. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. VIII 1071ff.; *E. Reiner Die rituelle Totenklage der Griechen (Stuttgart, 1938); Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V65.5 | Funeral games. Virgil Aeneid V 66; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V66 | Funeral sermon. |
| V66.1 | Witty funeral sermon. Priest having nothing good to say about man damns him with faint praise or gives anecdotes with unfavorable implications. (Cf. K1961.1.2.1.) *Wesselski Arlotto I 216ff. No. 64. |
| V67 | Accompaniments of burial. (Cf. V61.3.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V67.1 | Ornaments (arms, chariots) buried with hero. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.2 | Shoes buried with the dead. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 305. |
| V67.3 | Treasure buried with the dead. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.3.1 | King buried with immense treasure in the ground of an artificially dried river; later the normal course of the river is restored. *Krappe "Les funérailles d'Alaric" Annuaire de l'institut de philologie et d'histoire orientales et slaves VII 229—40. |
| V67.4 | Men buried with dead chief. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.4.1 | Captain buried with his crew. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V67.5 | Animals buried with the dead. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V68 | Preparations for burial. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Lagerholm 33, *Boberg. |
| V68.1 | Dead washed (in river). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V68.2 | Dead washed and hair combed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V68.3 | Dying hero wants to be buried in the clothes of his brother who killed him. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V68.4 | Dead is undressed. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 245. |
| V68.4.1 | Dead not to be buried naked. Jewish: Neuman. |
| V68.5 | Dead rubbed with red paint. Africa (Fang): Trilles 140. |
| V69 | Funeral rites-miscellaneous. |
| V69.1 | All dead are buried after battle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V69.2 | Hero buried as unknown merchant in foreign country. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V70 | Religious feasts and fasts. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 198; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V70.1 | The first day of summer. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V70.1.1 | Festival of Beltane (== May Day). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.2 | Whitsuntide. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V70.3 | Midsummer. (Cf. A1535.3.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V70.3.1 | Feast of Saint John the Baptist. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.4 | Harvest-festival. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V70.5 | Festival of Samhain (Hallowe'en, Tara [Temair]). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.6 | Festival of Imbolg (Brigit, Candlemas). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V70.7 | Feast of the new moon. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V74). |
| V70.8 | Festival of Cenn (Crom) Cruaich. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V71 | Sabbath. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 509c; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V71.2.), *Neuman. |
| V71.1 | Jewish automaton will not work on Saturday. *Dickson 212 n. 140. |
| V71.1.1 | Manna does not descend on Sabbath. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V71.2 | Misfortune ascribed to breaking Sabbath. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V71.3 | Various events, from creation to Resurrection, that occurred on Sabbath. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V72 | Christmas. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 121b; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX 979ff., IX Nachträge 864—968; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| V72.1 | Little Christmas. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73 | Fasts. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V73.0.1 | Christ in the desert overcomes devil by fasting. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.1 | Fast to prevent pestilence. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.2 | Fast improves health. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.3 | Saint causes two youths to be fed with the best food, says one is doomed to go to hell, the other will practice austerity in his old age. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.4 | Fasting to secure a prosperous journey. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (V74.1). |
| V73.5 | Fasting on "Golden Fridays" as charm against certain misfortunes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.6 | Lent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.6.1 | Christ's forty-days' fast called "His Lent". Irish myth: Cross. |
| V73.6.2 | Saint remains silent during Lent by holding stone in mouth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V73.6.3 | Holy man eats pork and beef in Lent because pig is raised on milk, ox on grass; but refuses to eat cake because it contains weevils (live meat). Irish myth: Cross. |
| V75 | Easter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V75.1 | Passover. Jewish: Moreno Esdras, *Neuman. |
| V80 | Religious services—miscellaneous. |
| V81 | Baptism. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 61c; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 337, O'Suilleabhain 128; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V81.1 | Girl having been stolen by mountain-folk must be baptized anew. *Fb "døbe" I 227. |
| V81.2 | Tails fall off mountain spirits when they are baptized. Fb "hale" IV 197b. |
| V81.3 | Metamorphosis brought about by baptism. Monster born of union of heathen ruler and Christian maiden becomes a handsome boy on being baptized. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V81.4 | Baptism of infants. Maori: Clark 185. |
| V81.5 | Sea bath as purificatory rite. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 144; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 152, 176. |
| V82 | Circumcision. (Cf. F81.3.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 126c; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V83 | Hymns. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V84 | Excommunication. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 193b; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V84.1 | Lightning strikes excommunicated person who enters church. Scala Celi 85b No. 492. |
| V84.2 | Priest shows power of excommunication over host. It turns black. Scala Celi 85b No. 495; Herbert III 446 No. 17. |
| V84.3 | Pirate excommunicated, goes on pilgrimage as penance. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V85 | Religious pilgrimages. (Cf. V84.3.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 186f. |
| V86 | Sign of the Cross. Encyc. Rel. Ethics VI 539b; Fb "kors" II 274; Scala Celi 67b—71b Nos. 373—404 passim. |
| V86.1 | Sign of cross protects from injury. |
| V86.1.1 | Sign of cross prevents child from being stolen from cradle. Fb "kors" II 285f. |
| V86.1.2 | Sign of cross prevents garment from burning. Alphabet No. 232. |
| V86.1.3 | Man dies because he has killed a man with the sign of the cross on his forehead. Köhler-Bolte I 382. |
| V86.2 | Martyr with sign of cross on his heart. (Cf. V254.3.) Herbert III 77, 416, 467, 487, 530; Scala Celi 69b No. 388; Alphabet No. 563. |
| V86.3 | Punishment for profane use of the cross. Drunkard kisses cross, thinking it is a bottle of wine. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 271. |
| V86.4 | Miraculous manifestations to scoffers of the cross. Alphabet. No. 230; English: Wells 97 (Chevalere Assigne), 89 (The Sege of Melayne). |
| V86.5 | Praying with arms extended so as to form a cross. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V86.6 | Loaf bursts in oven because sign of cross has not been made over it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V86.7 | The seven significances of the sign of the cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V87 | Christening. |
| V88 | Ceremony of the proclamation of a Buddha. Chinese: Werner 271. |
| V91 | Accidental calling on god's name held to outweigh a life of wickedness. Hindu: Keith 180. |
| V92 | "Our Lady's Tumbler." A tumbler, turned monk, dances while others chant psalms. He is praising God in the only way he knows. *Herbert III 417; *Wicksteed Romania II 315; Romanische Forschungen XI 223. |
| V93 | Religious dancing. (Cf. A1542.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V96 | Ritual bathing. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V96.1 | Taking bath in a sacred river (Ganges). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V97 | Study of Tora as religious service. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V100 | Religious edifices and objects. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V110 | Religious buildings. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V111 | Churches. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 123c; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 335, O'Suilleabhain 112. |
| V111.1 | Visit to certain church protects from drowning on pilgrimage. (Cf. D1384, D1388.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V111.2 | Stones for building church (chapel) miraculously supplied. (Cf. D931.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V111.3 | Place where a church must be built miraculously indicated. *Loomis White Magic 127f. |
| V111.3.1 | Birds indicate the site where a church is to be built by making a model of the structure on the spot. *Loomis White Magic 68. |
| V111.3.2 | Divine person points out site for church. United States: Baughman. |
| V112 | Temples. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 591b; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V112.0.1 | Ark of the temple. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V112.1 | Spirit huts. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 69; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 112. |
| V112.2 | Mosques. |
| V112.3 | Synagogues. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V113 | Shrines. (Cf. C51.1.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 546a; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V113.0.1 | Miracles at shrine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V113.0.2 | Vow to visit shrine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
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