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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
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| B143.0.3 | Owl as prophetic bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B623.2 | Owl as suitor. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 154. |
| B527.3 | Owl saves man from drowning: flaps wings to call attention to direction of land. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 125. |
| B521.5 | Owl saves man from plunging over cliff. Flaps wings and arrests man's attention.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 124. |
| B521.3.5 | Owl warns other birds from limed net. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B299.2.1 | Owls and crows dispute over merits of night or day vision. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B154.1 | Ox as soothsayer. All judgments referred to it. (Cf. B182.2.)—Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| B15.3.1.3.1 | Ox with four horns. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B15.3.2.3 | Ox with golden horns. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| B121.5 | Ox with magic wisdom. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B15.3.1.3 | Ox with three horns. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B191.2 | Ox-demon as magician. Chinese: Werner 361. |
| B292.4.1.1 | Oxen draw saint's plow around whole district in one day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B765.26 | Palm tree grows on serpent's body. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 71. |
| B732 | Panther's sweet smell protects him from other beasts. Herbert Catalogue of Romances III 37ff. (Odo of Cheriton), Hervieux Fabulistes latins IV No. 60. |
| B60.1 | Parent of all fishes. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 24. |
| B239 | Parliament of animals—miscellaneous. |
| B230 | Parliament of animals. E. Voigt "Odo de Ciringtonis und seine Quellen" Zs. f. d. Alterthum XXIII (N.F. XI) 283; Africa: Stanley 222, (Fang): Trilles 176, Tessman 54, (Wute): Sieber 205, (Duala): Ebding 142, (Wakweli): Bender 62; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B232 | Parliament of birds. (Cf. B236.1, B238.)—Type 220; *BP III 278ff. —*Robinson Complete Works of Chaucer 900ff.; T. Wright The Owl and the Nightingale (Percy Society, 1834); Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oiseaux"; Hindu: *Penzer V 100 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys;—Seneca (Indians): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 695 No. 133. |
| B233 | Parliament of fishes. (Cf. B236.2.)—*BP III 284 (Gr. No. 172); *Dh IV 192 ff. |
| B271.1 | Parrot and sparrow argue right to inherit property left by man. Sparrow says his interests are the same as man's; parrot says that he caused all man's wealth, since man sold his feathers. People's decision for parrot.—Africa (Fang): Nassau 237 No. 5. |
| B291.1.6 | Parrot as messenger. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B565 | Parrot gives advice to queen playing chess, and she always wins. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B122.8 | Parrot scout sent to enemy camp to ascertain strength. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 980. |
| B294.5 | Parrot transacts business of trader. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B551.2.1 | Parrots carry couple across the sea. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B768.1 | Partridge subsists on moonbeams. Penzer II 235 n. 3. |
| B784.2.1 | Patient fed salt: animal comes out for water. The patient is fed salt or heavily salted food and allowed no water for several days. He then stands with mouth open before a supply of fresh water, often a running brook. The thirsty animal emerges to get fresh water.—Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman; Italian Novella: Rotunda (J1115.2.3). |
| B784.2.2 | Patient sits before tempting meal without eating; animal emerges. Ireland, England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B147.2.2.7 | Peacock as bird of ill-omen. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B242.1.7 | Peacock king of birds. Wienert FFC LVI 47. |
| B754.6 | Peacock pregnant without intercourse. Male spits up semen and female eats it. This as a curse. (Cf. A2236.5.)—India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman (raven). |
| B131.5 | Peacock's feathers ruffled in presence of poison. (Cf. B143.1.2.) —Penzer I 110 n. 1. |
| B103.1.2.1 | Pearl-dropping cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B41.1 | Pegasus. Winged horse.—Greek: Fox 34, 39, 213. |
| B242.1.4 | Pelican as king of birds. Africa (Duala): Gehr Zs. f. Kolonialspr. VII 25ff. |
| B751.2 | Pelican kills young and revives them with own blood. Herbert Catalogue of Romances III 37ff. (Odo of Cheriton), Hervieux Fabulistes latins IV No. 57. |
| B557.11 | Person (animal) carried by elephant. |
| B557.7 | Person carried by cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B557.8 | Person carried by cobra. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B557.14 | Person carried by frog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B557.5 | Person carried by lion. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B557.9 | Person carried by locust. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B557.12 | Person carried by peacock.—India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B557.10 | Person carried by tiger. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B784.1.1 | Person drinking from brook swallows animal eggs (frog or newt). England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B210.1 | Person frightened by animals successively replying to his remarks. Example: Man riding horse and followed by dog tells horse to jump over a hole. Horse says, "I will not." Man turns to dog and says, "Isn't that strange—a horse talking!" The dog says, "Yes, isn't it." Often the man runs, meeting other animals which answer him, until he falls exhausted.—U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B601.7.1 | Person plans to marry monkey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B784.1.2 | Person swallows pebble on beach; snake grows in stomach. U.S.: Baughman. |
| B784.1.3 | Person swallows snake semen or egg while eating watercress. England: *Baughman. |
| B32.1.1 | Phoenix renews youth when 1,000 years old. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B32.1 | Phoenix renews youth. Fb "ørn" III 1183b; Egyptian: Müller 165f. |
| B32 | Phoenix. *Hdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens I 180; *Gunkel Das Märchen im alten Testament 36f.; Roscher Lexikon III 3450 s.v. "Phoinix".—Fb "phoenix". —Medieval Romance: Wells Manual of Writings 105 (Prose Alexander).—Chinese: Ferguson 98, Eberhard FFC CXX 117 No. 73; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B784.2.4 | Physician removes animal from stomach of patient. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B511.2 | Pig as healer. |
| B621.6 | Pig as suitor. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 77. |
| B776.4.1 | Pig with venomous bristles. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B291.1.12 | Pigeon as messenger. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B286 | Plant wedding. |
| B91.2 | Plumed serpent. Hopi, Zuсi: Alexander N. Am. 188. |
| B765.9 | Poisonous snakes in certain region have no venom. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B731.6.0.1 | Polychromatic dogs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B161.4 | Power of seeing whether the dead go to heaven or hell is gained from serpent. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B161.1 | Power of soothsaying from serpents' licking ears. (Cf. B165.1.1., B176.) Frazer Apollodorus II 48 n. 2. |
| B11.5 | Powers of dragon. |
| B252.3 | Priest of snakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B521.3.3.1 | Prince awakened by fly on his nose in time to save himself from enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B221.2.1 | Procurator of rats. Serpent has the office.—Fb "lindorm" II 433a. |
| B122.0.4 | Prophesying parrot. India: *Thompson-Balys, Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1038. |
| B140 | Prophetic animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B143 | Prophetic bird. (Cf. B172.)—*Types 516, 517; BP I 322f., 323 n. 1; Rösch FFC LXXVII 116; Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Angang" I 428; India: *Thompson-Balys.—Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 266 No. 73. |
| B141.5 | Prophetic cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B141 | Prophetic domestic beasts. |
| B144 | Prophetic fish. (Cf. B175.) |
| B142.1 | Prophetic fox. Chinese: Werner 370. |
| B141.1 | Prophetic goat. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 53 No. 2. |
| B142.3 | Prophetic hart. Alphabet of Tales No. 416. |
| B141.2 | Prophetic horse. *Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 156ff.; *Malten Jahrb. d. Kaiserl. deutschen archäologischen Inst. XXIX (1914) 179ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Iliad Book XIX line 407. |
| B142.2 | Prophetic jackal. |
| B142.4 | Prophetic lion. German: Grimm No. 67. |
| B145 | Prophetic reptile. |
| B145.2 | Prophetic snake. Greek: Iliad Book II, lines 308—319. |
| B145.1 | Prophetic tortoise. Chinese: Ferguson 100. |
| B142 | Prophetic wild beasts. |
| B145.3 | Prophetic worm. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 68. |
| B731.9 | Purple wether. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B155.2.4 | Pursued animal indicates where city is to be built. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B244.1.1 | Queen of watersnakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B294.6 | Rabbit and elephant partners on trading expedition. Africa: Stanley 245. |
| B240.2 | Rabbit as king of animals. Chuh (Indians of Guatemala): Kunst JAFL XXVIII 353 No. 1; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B192.2 | Rain-withholding deer killed: rain released. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B211.1.1.1.1 | Ram stung by hornet on Sabbath says, "Damn!" Pious owner resolves to sell it next day.—U.S.: Baughman. |
| B101.3 | Ram with golden fleece. Cox 510 n. 54.—Icel.: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 108. |
| B731.9.1 | Ram with green feet and horns. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B545.2 | Rat (mouse) gnaws net. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B621.4 | Rat as suitor. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| B511.4 | Rat cures man of wound. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE 143 III 685. |
| B582.2.2 | Rat digs underground passage to girl's chamber for hero. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B191.4 | Rat gives magic medicine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B611.7 | Rat paramour. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B375.6 | Rat released: grateful. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B292.9.3 | Rat servants cut jungle down, till soil for master. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B757 | Rats leave sinking ship. Fb "rotte" III 83a. |
| B147.2.1.1 | Raven as bird of good omen. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B147.2.2.3 | Raven as bird of ill-omen. *Krappe Etudes 31ff.; Fb "ravn" III 22a; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B291.1.1.2 | Raven as devil's messenger. *Fb "ravn" III 21b. |
| B291.1.1 | Raven as messenger. |
| B143.0.4 | Raven as prophetic bird. Jewish: Neuman; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B17.2.3.1 | Raven plucks out men's eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B547.2 | Raven rescues man from pit. French-Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule (B542.3). |
| B291.1.1.1 | Ravens carry message to enemies. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B731.8 | Red (green) swine. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B691 | Relatives kill animal-husband but wife throws herself into pyre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B375 | Release of animal by hunter (fisher). Africa (Angola): Chatelain 159 No. 19 (deer).—German: Grimm No. 60, 191.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B250 | Religious animals. Günter Christliche Legende des Abendlandes 80ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 334; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B513 | Remedy learned from overhearing animal meeting. The hero learns how to cure his own blindness and the sickness of the king (princess).—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Missouri-French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys.—See references for B235. |
| B622 | Reptile as wooer. |
| B613 | Reptile paramour. (Cf. B604.) |
| B515 | Resuscitation by animals. *Types 300, 665. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B320 | Reward of helpful animal. |
| B576.1.2 | Robbers frightened by grateful dog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B31.1.2 | Roc drops rock on ship. Rock is so large that it destroys ship.—*Chauvin VII 21 No. 373E n. 1; *Basset 1001 Contes I 158. |
| B31.1 | Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws.—Irish myth: Cross; German: Grimm Nos. 51, 161; Penzer I 103ff., II 219; Chauvin VI 3 No. 181 n. 3; Burton I 154 n., V 122f., VI 16n, 48ff., S III 186, S VII 249.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 45.—N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 318 n. 151. |
| B31.1.1 | Roc's egg. *Chauvin VI 93 No. 256, VII 10 No. 373B. |
| B259.2 | Sabbath-keeping cow. Refuses to work on Sabbath.—Jewish: Bin Gorion Born Judas II 92, *342; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B811.3 | Sacred animal: cow. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B811 | Sacred animals. Egyptian: Müller 159ff.; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B811.2 | Sacred armadillo. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3). 484. |
| B811.3.1 | Sacred buffalo. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B811.3.2 | Sacred bull. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B811.4 | Sacred cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B811.3.3 | Sacred cattle of sun god. Greek myth: Grote I 313. |
| B811.6 | Sacred fox. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484. |
| B811.1 | Sacred horse. (Cf. B802.)—Penzer II 57 n. 1. |
| B811.5 | Sacred swan. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B11.10.0.1 | Sacrifice of animals to dragon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B11.10 | Sacrifice of human being to dragon. *Type 300; Penzer VII 236, 240; Dickson Valentine and Orson 226f.; Gaster Thespis 176; Hartland Legend of Perseus passim; Fb "drage", "pige".—Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 34; Persian: Carnoy 320; India: *Thompson-Balys; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "exposition"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXXIX 17; Missouri French: Carrière; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 41; Japanese: Anesaki 249. |
| B557.2 | Saint carried by wild oxen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B384 | Saint cures the blind young ones of a hyena or wolf by the sign of the cross and the application of his saliva. (Cf. D1500.1.8.1.) The animal mother is grateful.—*Loomis White Magic 59 f. |
| B279.1 | Saint makes covenant with wolves. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B524.2.1.1 | Saint sends swarm of bees or wasps against enemies. *Loomis White Magic 65f. |
| B256.8 | Saint's prayer causes wolf to bring back child. Saintyves: Saints Successeurs 129. |
| B784.1.8 | Salamander gets into veins through cracks in feet when person goes barefoot. U.S.: Baughman. |
| B768.2 | Salamander subsists on fire. Hertz Gesammelte Abhandlungen 257 n.; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| B124.1 | Salmon as oldest and wisest of animals. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 189; Irish myth: Cross. |
| B124.1.1 | Salmon of knowledge. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B11.6.10 | Sandalwood tree is guarded by dragon with venomous breath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B24.1 | Satyr reveals woman's infidelity. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B24 | Satyr. Combination of man and goat.—Greek: Fox 268; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B11.2.10 | Scales of dragon. Chinese: Werner 368. |
| B784.1.7 | Scaly lizard jumps into person's mouth. U.S.: Baughman. |
| B234 | School of animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B17.2.4.1 | Scorpion scoops out men's eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B72 | Sea cow. Cow living in sea.—Irish myth: Cross.—Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 42 No. 32; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn (1893) 153ff., (1928) 105ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B71 | Sea horse. Horse living in sea.—*Chauvin VII 7 No. 373a n. 1; *Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 133ff.; Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 97.—Irish myth: Cross; Scotch: MacDougall and Calder 309ff.; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 42 No. 31.—Chinese: Ferguson 30. |
| B556 | Sea-beast allows voyager to land upon his back. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16.4.1.1.2 | Sea-beast: when it belches landward, it causes disease; upward it kills birds; downward, fishes and sea animals. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B73 | Sea-cat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B611.3.1 | Sea-horse paramour. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B251.2.8 | Sea-monster honors saint above all others. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B91.5.1 | Sea-serpent dilates and contracts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B91.5 | Sea-serpent. *Oudemans (A. C.) The Great Sea-Serpent (London 1892). —Norwegian: Storaker (J.T.) Naturrigerne i den norske Folketro (Oslo 1928) 249; Solheim Register 17; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B80.1 | Seal-man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B235 | Secrets discussed in animal meeting. *Type 613; *BP II 481 (Gr. Nos. 6, 55, 88, 125, 119a); **Christiansen FFC XXIV; Fb "bjørn" IV 43a; Bloomfield Am. Journ. of Philology XLI 309ff.; Bloomfield in Penzer VII viii;—Missouri-French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B11.5.5 | Self-returning dragon's head. (cf. B11.2.3, B11.11.2.)—*Type 300; BP I 547; Eng.: Baughman; Greek: Fox 81 (hydra).—Onondaga: Beauchamp JAFL II 261. |
| B579.5 | Serpent acts as a rope to collect wood for man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B176.1.1 | Serpent as deceiver in paradise. Hebrew: Genesis 3:1; Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller.—Indo-Chinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 269. |
| B191.7 | Serpent as magician. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B535.0.14 | Serpent as nurse for child. Greek: Grote I 44; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 529. |
| B108.1 | Serpent as patron of wealth. Japanese: Anesaki 331. |
| B292.12 | Serpent as saint's whip. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B622.1 | Serpent as wooer. Fb "slange" III 363a.; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B91.6 | Serpent causes flood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B91.7 | Serpent is immortal. Gaster Oldest Stories 81. |
| B244.1.2 | Serpent king resides in lake. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 981. |
| B215.5 | Serpent language. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B103.5.1 | Serpent lays treasure in lake. Swiss: Jegerlehner 305, n. 3. |
| B765.14.1 | Serpent reduces man to a heap of ashes by its fiery gaze. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B375.9 | Serpent released: grateful. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 55. |
| B385 | Serpent relieved from sand blown in eyes: grateful. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B522.1 | Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation.—*Type 160; Chauvin II 106 No. 71.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Clouston Tales I 230; Bødker Exempler 304 No. 75; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.—Africa (Vai): Ellis 230 No. 39. |
| B768.4 | Serpent subsists on dust. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B16.5.1.2.1 | Serpent sucks man's breath (blood). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B29.2.1 | Serpent with human head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B101.7 | Serpent with jewel in head. (Cf B112, B176).—*BP II 464; Cosquin Les contes indiens 256ff.; Fb "ædelsten".—- Penzer IV 245; Indonesian: Dixon 159 n. 20, 328 n. 20; India: *Thompson-Balys; U.S.: Baughman; Cherokee: Alexander N. Am. 68f; Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 60. |
| B103.4.2 | Serpent with jewel in his mouth. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B103.6.1 | Serpent's bite produces ornaments and clothes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B123.1.1 | Serpent's wisdom from eating from tree of knowledge. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B11.6.2.2 | Serpents play with precious green stone. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B15.1.2.6 | Seven-headed animal. |
| B11.2.3.1 | Seven-headed dragon. *Type 300; Smith Dragon 211f.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bête". Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 42 No. 302*A: Gaster Thespis 80f, 186.—India: Thompson-Balys; Araucanian: Alexander Lat. Am. 327. |
| B15.1.2.6.1 | Seven-headed serpent. Gaster Thespis 80f.; Hindu: Keith 154; Zanzibar: Bateman 134. |
| B15.6.3.3 | Seven-legged beast. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B754 | Sexual habits of animals. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| B243.1.3 | Shark as king of fishes. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth. |
| B11.2.0.1 | She-dragon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B535.0.9 | She-wolf as nurse for child. *Loomis White Magic 60; Roman myth: Fox 307. |
| B535.0.11 | She-wolf cares for baby exposed in the forest. *Loomis White Magic 60. |
| B535.0.10 | Sheep and oxen protect exposed child. Chinese: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 188. |
| B782 | Sheep sleeps if anyone ties shoe to its ear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B19.4.3 | Sheep with fiery collar. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B772 | Shipwrecked man repulsed by animals. As he floats to shore animals push him back into water.—Chauvin V 149 No. 73 n. 2. |
| B242.1.5 | Shrike as king of birds. Madagascar (Merina): Renel Contes de Madagascar II 160ff. No. 100. |
| B524.1.8 | Shut in with elephants, blackbird orders ants to burrow themselves into the elephants' brains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B81.13.3 | Sight of mermaid bathing makes man immortal. England: Baughman. |
| B516 | Sight restored by animal. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 31, Rasmussen I 312, III 203, Rink 100, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 169, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 169, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 626. |
| B103.4.1.1 | Silver and gold run from cod's mouth. Type 1654*. |
| B102.5.1 | Silver calf. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 85. |
| B731.12 | Silver fish with gold fins. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B731.5 | Silver, gold, and diamond birds. Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 162. |
| B31.5 | Simorg: giant bird.—Chauvin VII 12; Malone PMLA XLIII 404. |
| B214.1 | Singing animal. |
| B214.1.2 | Singing boar. Irish myth: Cross (B211.5.1). |
| B214.1.3 | Singing cat. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.1 | Singing cow. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.8 | Singing crab. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B214.1.4 | Singing dog. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 363. |
| B214.1.12 | Singing elephant. Africa (Nyang): Ittman 49. |
| B214.1.6 | Singing fox. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.7 | Singing frog. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.11 | Singing hippopotamus. Africa (Nyang): Ittman 49. |
| B214.1.5 | Singing lion. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.9 | Singing mouse. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B251.8.1 | Singing of birds ceases at time of revelation. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.10 | Singing snake. |
| B264 | Single combat between animals. Wienert FFC LVI 48.—Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 116.—Icel.: *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B53.0.1 | Siren in mermaid form. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B53 | Siren. Bird with woman's head.—*Encyclopaedia Britannica s.v. "sirens"; Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 310 n. 1 (here considered as half fish, half woman); Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Seirenen"; Penzer VI 282 n. 6; *Frazer Apollodorus I 21, II 291 n. 2; *Weicker Der Seelenvogel in d. alten Literatur und Kunst.—Slavic: Máchal 260; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 41 No. 26.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "sirène"; Gascon: Bladé II 342 No. 10; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B53.4 | Siren's song causes sleep. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B15.1.2.5 | Six-headed animal. |
| B11.2.3.3 | Six-headed dragon. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| B15.6.3.1.1 | Six-legged horse. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| B15.6.3.1 | Six-legged quadruped. |
| B15.2.1 | Six-mouthed serpent. Persian: Keith Ind. Myth. 36. |
| B184.3.2.3 | Skin of magic pig heals wounds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B81.9.5 | Skin of mermaid. |
| B91.4 | Sky-traveling snake. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Alexander N. Am. 188. |
| B11.4.3 | Sleepless dragon. Greek Myth (Jason): *Frazer Apollodorus I 95 n. 2. |
| B371 | Small animal released from jaws of large one: grateful. |
| B470.1 | Small fish as helper. Marquesas: Handy 99. |
| B784.2.1.1 | Snake (frog) in human body enticed out by milk (water). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B511.1 | Snake as healer. *Chauvin VII 25 No. 373 F note 5; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 648; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B593.1 | Snake as house-spirit. *Fb "snog" III 436b. |
| B291.4.2 | Snake as messenger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B765.4.1 | Snake attaches itself to a woman's breast and draws away her milk while she sleeps. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B765.18 | Snake avoids object. |
| B765.18.1 | Snake avoids white ash. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B29.2.3 | Snake body-woman's head. Aurora (New Hebrides): Codrington No. III 12. |
| B765.10 | Snake cracks self like coach whip and chases man. North Carolina: Brown Coll. I 637. U.S.: Baughman. |
| B765.5 | Snake crawls from sleeper's mouth. Fb "hugorm".—Fr. v.d. Leyen Das Märchen 39ff. |
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