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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
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| B241.2.2 | King of monkeys. Cowell Jataka III 225 No. 407; Penzer V 127ff.; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 287; Chinese: Eberhard 40 No. 27, 411 s.v. "Affenkönig". |
| B242.2.8 | King of parrots. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 572. |
| B242.2.5 | King of peacocks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B242.2.4 | King of pigeons. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B242.2.6 | King of quails. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B241.2.4 | King of rats. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rats"; India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 28 No. 12. |
| B244 | King of reptiles. |
| B243.2.1 | King of salmon. Japanese: Hartland Science 174. |
| B244.1 | King of serpents (snakes). *Type 672; BP II 463f.; *Fb "snogekonge" III 437b, "lindorm" II 433 b, "hugormekonge" I 667.—Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 213ff., (1928) 139ff.—Hindu: Keith 154; Penzer VI 29; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 27, 64, 230, 1149, II 529, 556; Chinese: Eberhard 17 No. 8; Zanzibar: Bateman 202 No. 10. |
| B242.2.7 | King of sparrows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B242.2.10 | King of swans. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 98, 210, 242, 447. |
| B241.2.12 | King of the boars. Irish myth: Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 986, II 819f. |
| B241.2 | King of the various kinds of beasts. |
| B242.2 | King of the various kinds of birds. |
| B241.2.8 | King of tigers. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair West African Folk-Tales 105ff. No. 19.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B243.2 | King of various kinds of fishes. |
| B242.2.11 | King of vultures. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 269. |
| B765.22 | King snake: kills and eats any snake that does not accept his authority. U.S.: Baughman. |
| B222 | Kingdom (land) of birds. Arabian: Burton Nights VIII 91; Japanese: Anesaki 324, Ikeda. |
| B226 | Kingdom of amphibia. |
| B224.1 | Kingdom of ants. Chauvin VII 40 No. 153 n. 3; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B223 | Kingdom of fishes. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Hartland Science 174, Ikeda.—N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 342 n. 236. |
| B224 | Kingdom of insects. |
| B221.1 | Kingdom of monkeys. Chauvin VII 40 No. 153; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B221.2 | Kingdom of rats. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B225 | Kingdom of reptiles. |
| B225.1 | Kingdom of serpents. Icel.: Boberg; Chauvin V 256f. No. 152; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 388. |
| B223.1 | Kingdom of sharks. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 140. |
| B522.2 | Kite steals jewels and thus saves condemned man. Innocent man in possession of stolen jewels, is about to be apprehended. Kite carries off the jewels and saves him.—*Penzer IV 192 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B501.2 | Kite teaches rhyme by which he may be summoned for help. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B216 | Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them.—*Types 517, 670, 671; *Toldo Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 18; *BP I 321; Köhler-Bolte I 145, II 340; *Grunwald Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. LXI 316; Icel.: Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "language"; Hindu: Penzer I 107 n. 1, VII 3 n. 2; India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Korean: Zong in-Sob 101 No. 55; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 68, 153, 412; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 16 No. 8; Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 427.—Africa (Benga): Nassau 227 No. 34. |
| B611.3.2 | Lake-horse paramour. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B91.5.2.1 | Lake-serpent (monster) in form of woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B91.5.2 | Lake-serpent (monster). Irish myth: Cross. |
| B29.1 | Lamia. Face of woman, body of serpent (or body of sow, and legs of horse).—*Bolte FFC XXXIX 5 n. 1—Icel.: Herrmann Saxo II 603; Czech: Máchal Slavic 265; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B221.4 | Land of elephants. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B221.3 | Land of lions. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B221.5 | Land of mice. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B222.3 | Land of parakeets. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B222.4 | Land of parrots. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B222.2 | Land of peacocks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B222.1 | Land of pigeons. India: Thompson-Balys |
| B221.6 | Land of tigers. |
| B217.8 | Language of animals learned by Adam from Eve. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B343 | Large reward given for return of helpful animal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B214.3 | Laughing animal. |
| B214.3.1 | Laughing toad. Chinese: Graham. |
| B272.1 | Lawsuit against animals. *Saintyves RTP XXVII 155. |
| B270.2 | Lawsuit between owl and mouse. Africa. (Wakweli): Bender 38. |
| B270.1 | Lawsuit between the owl and kite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B621.5 | Leopard as suitor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B375.7 | Leopard released: grateful. Africa (Fang): Tessman 195f. |
| B15.7.7 | Leopard with nine tails. Africa (Chaga): Gutman Globus XCI 239ff. |
| B16.4.1 | Leviathan casts up gorge which spreads disease. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16.4.1.1 | Leviathan causes cataclysm by striking earth with tail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B61 | Leviathan. Giant fish.—Hebrew: Job 41:1, Psalms 104:26, Isaiah 27:1; Jewish: *Neuman.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B335.2 | Life of helpful animal demanded as cure for feigned sickness. Penzer V 127 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B773.3 | Lion (wolf) protects the saint's body. *Loomis White Magic 58, 60. |
| B292.2.3 | Lion as domestic servant. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B240.4 | Lion as king of animals. (Cf. K961, K962, K1632.)—Wienert FFC LVI 47; Benfey Panchatantra I 91, 230; Bødker Exempler 277 No. 17, 303 No. 74; Jewish: Neuman; Graf FFC XXXVII passim; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B621.2 | Lion as suitor. Fable: Halm Aesop No. 249, Babrius No. 98, Wienert FFC LVI 45 (ET 32), 70 (ET 344), 107 (ST 198). |
| B742.1 | Lion breathes fire. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "lion". |
| B363.1 | Lion is freed from net by mouse. Mouse asks that his son marry lion's daughter. Request granted. The mouse is trampled to death by his bride.—Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B591.1 | Lion kills wolf who has killed mistress' sheep. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 131 No. 24. |
| B563.1 | Lion leads lost king from forest. (Cf. B431.2.)—Dickson Valentine and Orson 123 n. 75. |
| B251.2.11 | Lion lies down at feet of saint. Saintyves Saints Successeurs 133. |
| B374.1 | Lion rescued from snake: thankful. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| B371.1 | Lion spared mouse: mouse grateful. Later releases lion from net. (Cf. B363.)—Jacobs Aesop 203 No. 11, Halm Aesop 256, cf. Type 75.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B371.2 | Lion spares fly: fly grateful. Later warns lion.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B121.6 | Lion with magic wisdom. German: Grimm No. 67. |
| B741 | Lion's roar causes havoc at 300 miles. At 300 miles all women miscarry, at 200 teeth of all men drop out.—Gaster Exempla 187 No. 7; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B631.4 | Lioness bears man child. Africa (Lamba): Doke MAFLS XX 14 No. 11. |
| B754.3 | Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.)—*Krappe Balor 82; Frazer Apollodorus I 401. |
| B771.2.3 | Lions made tame by Moses' rod. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B847 | Lions placed in city to prevent entrance. Penzer I 108 n. 3. |
| B613.3 | Lizard paramour. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B215.5.1 | Lizard's language. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B331.2 | Llewellyn and his dog. Dog has saved child from serpent. Father sees bloody mouth, thinks the dog has eaten the child, and kills the dog.—*Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 257; Köhler-Bolte I 534; *BP I 425 n. I; Ward Catalogue of Romances II 170; *Penzer V 138 n. 1; *Campbell Sages lxxviii ff.; Benfey Panchatantra I 479ff.; Bødker Exempler 299 No. 64; *Chauvin II 100 No. 59, VIII 67 No. 31; Clouston Tales II 167; *Kittredge Arthur and Gorlagon 223 n. 1; *Frazer Pausanias V 421 .—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; U.S.: Baughman. |
| B155 | Location determined by halting of an animal.—Irish myth: Cross. (Cf. B153.) |
| B155.2.2 | Location of settlement at place a cow stops and where milk flows by itself. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B747.2 | Locusts with jaw teeth strong as lion's. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B841 | Long-lived animals.—Frazer Pausanias IV 217; **Wesselski Archiv Orientální IV 1ff. |
| B722.3 | Luminous jewel in animal's head. *Cosquin Contes indiens 254ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B177 | Magic amphibia. |
| B192 | Magic animal killed. Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 161 No. 27. |
| B100.2 | Magic animal supplies treasure. *Cox 510; BP III 60, I 346 (Gr. Nos. 130, 36).—Maliseet: Thompson CColl II 413. |
| B195 | Magic animal used by hero in contest grows bigger with every round. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B190 | Magic animals: miscellaneous motifs. |
| B182.2 | Magic bear. Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *163, *482; Russian: Andrejev No. *160 I, 480*C. |
| B172.3 | Magic bird collects seeds. Sees that they are properly placed. Also carries off people's enemies.—Persian: Carnoy 289. |
| B172.1 | Magic bird petrifies those who approach. Chauvin VI 8 No. 273 n. 1. |
| B103.0.2 | Magic bird produces unlimited food. Irish myth: Cross; Indonesian: Dixon 238 n. 51. |
| B172 | Magic bird. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 203. (Cf. B101—B103 passim, B113, B115.2, B122, B131, B141, B143, B147.2, B151.2, B155.2.3, B157.1, B159.1, B159.4, B171.) |
| B172.2.1 | Magic bird's song brings sleep. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B172.2 | Magic bird's song. Brings joy and oblivion for many years. Wakes the dead.—*Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 562; Hartland Science 188f., *Krappe Bull. Hispanique XXXIX 29.—Irish myth: Cross, Plummer clxxxvi; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 104. |
| B172.9 | Magic birds cause hosts to sleep by shaking wings. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B172.7 | Magic birds chained in couples. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B192.0.1 | Magic birds die when owner is killed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B172.6 | Magic birds lure hunters to certain places. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B170 | Magic birds, fish, reptiles, etc. |
| B182.1.7 | Magic bitches (in human form) enchanted by fairy music. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3.1.1 | Magic boar drowns houndpack. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3.1 | Magic boar. Meyer Germanische Mythologie (1891) 102; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B182.1.8 | Magic brazen dog. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B184.2.3.2 | Magic bull can be milked. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2.3.1 | Magic bull to be flayed. The bull orders the hero (heroine) to flay him and to use his skin for magic purposes. (Cf. B192, B335, B411.1.)—Cox Cinderella 365 (Swedish).—Wyandot: Thompson CColl II 412. |
| B184.2.3 | Magic bull. Arabian: Burton VIII 120 n., 121, XVII 366f.; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B184.2.5 | Magic calf. Jewish Neuman. |
| B181.1 | Magic cat. (Cf. B211.8, B422.)—BP 146f.; Norlind Skattsägner 47 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross. See also references to B422. |
| B171 | Magic chicken (hen, cock). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B171.1.0.1 | Magic cock carries great loads in his ear (load of grain, fox, tiger, bees, wasps, etc., also fire and water).—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B739.1 | Magic cock has elixir in his body which makes people light. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 222. |
| B184.2.2.2 | Magic cow (ox, bull) from water world. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2 | Magic cow (ox, bull). Krappe Balor 1; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.2.1.1 | Magic cow gives extraordinary milk. |
| B184.2.1.1.2 | Magic cow gives impossible quantity of milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.2.1.1.1 | Magic cow gives red milk. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 2. |
| B184.2.1 | Magic cow. |
| B178.1 | Magic crab. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 222. |
| B178 | Magic crustacean. |
| B184.4 | Magic deer. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B557.6 | Magic dog carries owner in his ear. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 64. |
| B182.1.6 | Magic dog fragrant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B182.1.0.2 | Magic dog transformed person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B182.1.0.3 | Magic dog transformed supernatural being. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B182.1.1 | Magic dog vomits any liquor required of him. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B182.1 | Magic dog. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B172.5 | Magic falcon gets water of life for hero. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B171.2 | Magic fighting cock. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.5.1 | Magic fighting goat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B175 | Magic fish. (Cf. B107.1, B124, B144.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 82; Irish myth: Cross. |
| B177.2 | Magic frog. Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 124 s.v. "Frosch"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B184.5 | Magic goat. |
| B184.1.7 | Magic horse avenges hero's death. Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B184.1.3 | Magic horse from water world. *Chauvin VII 7; Icel.: Boberg Irish myth: Cross.—Armenian: Chalatiank Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 152; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B184.1.12 | Magic horse goes through fire. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B184.1.2 | Magic horse goes underground. Fb "øg" III 1161b. |
| B184.1.10 | Magic horse makes prodigious jump. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.1.9 | Magic horse mysteriously recognized by everyone. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 1 (and n. 3). |
| B184.1.4 | Magic horse travels on sea or land. Fb "hest" I 598b; Malten (J.) Jahrbuch des kl. deutschen arch. Inst. XXIX 189; Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 108; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Iliad Book 20 line 273. |
| B587.1 | Magic horse wins jumping contest for man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.1 | Magic horse.—Types 314, 502, 550; BP II 274, *III 111, 113 n. 4; *Fb "føl", "hest" IV 211b; Penzer VI 72 n. 1; Meyer Germanische Mythologie (1891) 105; *Jones PMLA XXIII 569; Norlind Skattsägner 46 n. 4.—Irish myth: Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *530A, *530B, *531, *533A, *651; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheval"; Missouri French: Carrière; Arabian: Burton V 1ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Cape Verde Is.: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 277 No. 91, 281 No. 92. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 624. |
| B182.1.2 | Magic hostile bitches issue from elf-mound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3.2.1 | Magic invisible pig. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.1.11 | Magic invulnerable horse. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B103.0.7 | Magic jewel obtained from elephant. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B182.1.0.1.1 | Magic lap-dog. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B722.1 | Magic love-working stone in swallow's head.—Fb. "svale" III 661b. |
| B183.1.2 | Magic mouse causes disease. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B183.1.1 | Magic mouse to be flayed. Mouse orders hero to flay him and to use skin for magic purposes. Later the skin is returned to the mouse.—Africa (Zulu): Calaway 97. |
| B183.1 | Magic mouse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B505.1 | Magic object received from animal brother-in-law. *Type 552.—N. A. Indian (Micmac): Thompson CColl II 409ff. |
| B505 | Magic object received from animal. *Types 560, 561; *Aarne MSFO XXV 3—82; BP II 451ff., 537; Type 554*; *Köhler-Bolte I 440; Hartland Perseus III 199; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "talisman"; Missouri-French: Carrière.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 37 No. 24.—Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 221 No. 10, (Basuto): Jacottet 214 No. 31. See also references in B375.1. |
| B172.8 | Magic osprey (transformed man) produces lightning. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2.2.1 | Magic ox from unusual sexual union of animals. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2.2 | Magic ox. (Cf. B154.)—Types 510, 511; cf. Wesselski Märchen before Grimm, introd.—French Canadian: Barbeau JAF XXXIX 16.—Icel.: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman.—Africa (Kaffir): Theal 169, (Basuto): Jacottet 240 No. 35.—Cf. also the giant blue ox of Paul Bunyan (B871.1.1.). |
| B184.2.4 | Magic ox. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B192.1 | Magic pig burned to prevent resuscitation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B511.2.1 | Magic pig heals wound its skin touches. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B511.2.2 | Magic pig heals wounds by licking. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3.2.2 | Magic pig turns water into wine for nine days. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3.2 | Magic pig. |
| B500 | Magic power from animals.—Type 675; Fb "ønske" III 1179a.—Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Missouri French: Carrière; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 317 n. 146c; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 71 No. 3. (Cf. B100—B199 Magic animals.) |
| B182 | Magic quadrupeds—canidae. |
| B181 | Magic quadrupeds—felidae. |
| B183 | Magic quadrupeds—rodentia. |
| B184 | Magic quadrupeds—ungulata. |
| B180 | Magic quadrupeds. |
| B184.3.0.3 | Magic red swine. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B176 | Magic reptile. |
| B175.1 | Magic salmon carries hero over water. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 189; Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B177.3 | Magic sea-turtle sucks men to the bottom. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B176.1 | Magic serpent. (Cf. B108, B112, B123, B161—165.)—Type 516; BP I 42f. (Gr. No. 6); *Liljeblad Tobiasgeschichte 184f.; Norlind Skattsägner 41ff.; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.6 | Magic sheep. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B176.1.2 | Magic snake can compress himself to minute size and expand to giant size. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.2.1.2 | Magic soldier-producing cow. Hindu: Keith 145f. |
| B505.3 | Magic song received from fish. (cf. B470.)—Chinese: Graham. |
| B109.1 | Magic spider catches pearls. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 222. |
| B722 | Magic stone in animal's head. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B722.2 | Magic stone in dog's forehead. Fb "hund" I 678. |
| B184.3.0.2 | Magic swine disappear underground. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3.0.1 | Magic swine issue from elf-mound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3.0.4 | Magic swine transformed person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.3 | Magic swine. |
| B181.3 | Magic tiger. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 160. |
| B177.1.1 | Magic toad under king's bed causes sickness. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX. Cf. Christiansen FFC XXIV 83. |
| B177.1 | Magic toad. |
| B103.1.6 | Magic tortoise fed with salt gives pearls. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 222. |
| B175.2 | Magic tunny (grateful); carries out hero's wish. Later he saves him from drowning and restores his sanity.—Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B182.1.3.1 | Magic whelp kills hound by springing down its throat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2.0.1 | Magic white cow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2.0.1.1 | Magic white cows with red ears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B143.0.2 | Magpie as prophetic bird. Fb. "Skade" III 219; Handwb. d. Abergl. III 796 "Elster". |
| B623.3 | Magpie as suitor. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| B754.4 | Male rabbit bears young. Female rabbit escaped Noah on ark and drowned.—Nouvelles Récréations No. 66. |
| B855 | Man and bear in the rick of hay. The bear, persecuted by wolves, runs onto the hay-rick where the man was hidden, and defends himself from the wolves with bunches of hay.—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *167. |
| B335.1 | Man attempts to kill faithful serpent at wife's instigation. Loses everything.—*Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 20 No. 73.—*Ward III 208; *Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 141; *Warnke Die Quellen des Esope der Marie de France 221. |
| B648 | Man becomes deer and marries deer. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 348 n. 252. |
| B383 | Man called by animal for help to his cubs in danger. *Loomis White Magic 59. |
| B552 | Man carried by bird. See all references in B542.1. and B542.1.1. —Chauvin V 230 No. 130, VII 12; *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 433 nn. 24, 26.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 37 n. 4 (Ganymede); Jewish: Neuman*, Bin Gorion Born Judas I 228; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nid"; Irish myth: Cross, Saints' legend (Irish): Plummer cxlvi.—Missouri-French: Carrière.—German New Guinea: Dixon 141f. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 38f.; Africa: Stanley 83, (Boloki): Weeks 202f., (Upoto): Einstein 138, (Pangwe): Tessman 370, (Fang): ibid. 160. |
| B557.3 | Man carried by deer. Irish myth: Cross; *Loomis White Magic 61; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B552.2 | Man carried by peacock. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B559.1 | Man carried by toad. Chinese: Graham. |
| B557.1 | Man carried on goat's horns. (Goat is transformed man.)—German: Grimm No. 163. |
| B547.2.1 | Man falls in hole with horse; buzzards gather; he lassoes a number of buzzards, ties them together, frightens them; all fly at once, carry him from hole. (Tall tale.) Cf. Type 1882.—U.S.: Baughman. |
| B275.1.3.1 | Man hangs wolf who has eaten sheep left in his charge. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| B652.2 | Man marries crane in human form. Japanese: Ikeda, Anesaki 324. |
| B53.2 | Man suckled by siren. Dickson Valentine and Orson 110 n. 26, 112. |
| B241.3 | Man transformed to beast becomes leader of herd. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B848 | Man unharmed in den of animals. (cf. B771.2.1.)—Type 403; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| B23.3 | Man with (two) horns on his head. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B55 | Man with bird's head. Chauvin VII 77 No. 121. |
| B29.4.1 | Man with cat's head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B25.1 | Man with dog's head. *Chauvin VII 77 No. 121; H. Cordier RTP V 72ff.; Fb "hundetyrk".—Loomis White Magic 114; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 72. |
| B24.2 | Man with goat's head. (Cf. A1614.1.2.) Irish myth: Cross (B29.5). |
| B29.4.1.1 | Man with head and tail of cat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B21.3 | Man with horse's mouth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B29.2.2 | Man with serpent's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B29.9 | Man-ape. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B22 | Man-ass. Body of man, hoofs of ass.—*Chauvin VII 82 No. 373bis, n. I; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B29.7 | Man-bear. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B23 | Man-bull. |
| B29.4 | Man-cat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16.5.4 | Man-devouring turtle. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 145. |
| B25 | Man-dog. Icel.: *Boberg; American Indian and Siberian: *Jochelson JE VI, 1912, 336; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 205, III 226, 246, Holm 50, Rink 47, 111, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 633; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 205. |
| B33 | Man-eating birds. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 84; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 72. |
| B16.1.5 | Man-eating cattle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.1.3.1 | Man-eating mares. *Frazer Apollodorus I 200 n. 1. |
| B16.0.3 | Man-eating monster (in cave). Irish myth: Cross. |
| B28 | Man-elephant. Man with elephant's head.—Hindu: Keith 181. |
| B29.6 | Man-elk. Hrolfs saga kr. ch. 20. |
| B29.8 | Man-hedgehog. Upper half of body like hedgehog.—German: Grimm 108. |
| B29.3 | Man-hog. Irish myth: Cross; Chinese: Werner 335. |
| B27 | Man-lion. Man with lion's head.—Greek: *Grote I 7; Jewish: Neuman; Chauvin VII 87 No. 373bis n. 3. |
| B26 | Man-tiger. Hindu: Keith 96, Thompson-Balys. |
| B29.5 | Man-wolf. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B15.4.1 | Many-eyed animal. |
| B15.4.1.1 | Many-eyed antelope. Southern Ute: Lowie JAFL XXXVII 49 No. 24. |
| B15.1.2 | Many-headed animal. (Cf. B15.7.2.)—Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 357 n. 287f.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 93 No. 5. |
| B11.2.3 | Many-headed dragon. (Cf. B15.1.2.)—Danish: Fb "hoved" 65b; Jones PMLA XXIII 569.—Greek: Fox 87 (hundred); Persian: Carnoy 265 (three); Japanese: Anesaki 228 (eight), 333 (nine). |
| B15.3.1 | Many-horned animal. |
| B15.2 | Many-mouthed animal. (cf. B15.7.2.). |
| B151.1.1.1 | Mare with foal left behind finds road home. The foal is left so that the force of nature in the mare will discover the unknown road home.—Hdwb. d. deutschen Märchens s.v. "Ariadnefaden" n. 15. |
| B95.2 | Marine lamb. Wool taken from sea lamb. (Really textiles from shell-fish pinna).—Laufer JAFL XXVIII 103ff. |
| B690 | Marriage of person to animal—miscellaneous. |
| B600 | Marriage of person to animal. Extremely common. Only a few references are given.—*Wesselski Märchen 247 No. 57; *Chauvin V 177f. No. 101; Fb "kvinde" II 339b; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 303.—N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 273 n. 3. |
| B601 | Marriage of person to beast. (Cf. B641, B651). |
| B645.1 | Marriage of person to transformed toad. Korean: Zong in-Sob 176 No. 76. |
| B655 | Marriage to amphibia in human form. |
| B650 | Marriage to animal in human form. Burmese: Scott Indo-Chinese 272. |
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