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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| D1385.5.1 | Copper as defense against ghosts and magic. (Cf. D1252.2.) *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 589.—N. A. Indian (Ojibwa): Skinner PaAM XII 84. |
| D1313.3 | Copper horseman indicates road. By striking his hand one makes him turn and indicate the proper road for travelers. (Cf. D1268, D1626.)—Chauvin V 33 No. 16. |
| D1318.5.2 | Corpse bleeds when murderer touches it. **Christensen (C. V.) Baareprøven (1900); Fb "blod" IV 47a; Knudsen (H.) En Baareprøve (Danske Studier 1932 69ff.); Von Künssberg Jahrb. f. historische Volksk. I (1925) 94, 120; Jobbé-Duval Essais de folklore juridique (Paris, 1920); English: Child II 143, 146, 148, 153, IV 468a, *Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Coll. I 639; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1654.9.1 | Corpse cannot be moved. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1654.9 | Corpse in coffin refuses to be moved in wagon. (Cf. D1654.5, E272.1, E411.0.3.) *Fb "ligkiste" II 421b, "tung" III 893a, "vogn" III 1078a, "hest" I 599b.; U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2167 | Corpse magically saved from corruption. (Cf. V52.14.) Tawney II 540; Saintyves De l'incorruption des corps saints (Bull. et. Mem. de la Soc. d'Anthrop. des Paris, 7th ser. IV [1923] 84—100).—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cadavre"; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 311. |
| D1500.1.6.1 | Corpse's hand as remedy. (Cf. D996.) Kittredge Witchcraft 142, 459f. nn. 8, 9; England: Baughman. |
| D2071.1.5 | Countermagic against Evil Eye: returning glance of Evil Eye blights the original glancer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2087.3.1 | Cow and cowherd disappear every New Year's night. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2156.2.1 | Cow supplies sufficient milk for the saint and all his disciples. *Loomis White Magic 62. |
| D1665.2 | Cow whose milk "tastes of honey and intoxicating wine and the satisfaction of good food." (Cf. B19.2, B182, F241.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1652.3.1 | Cow with inexhaustible milk. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2083.2 | Cows made to give bad milk. England, Canada: Baughman. |
| D2083.1 | Cows magically made dry. Kittredge Witchcraft 480 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2074.1.2.1 | Coyote calls the largest fish. N. A. Indian (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 83. |
| D1926 | Craftsmanship magically bestowed by saint. (Cf. D1713, D1722.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D631.4.4 | Creature born from egg changes size at will. Marquesas: Handy 124. |
| D1812.5.1.27 | Croaking of raven as bad omen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2087.1 | Crops stolen by magic. *Kittredge Witchcraft 172, 489 nn. 66—70. |
| D1361.41 | Cross renders invisible. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1622.1 | Crucifix bows as sign of favor. Ward II 665 No. 24; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 692; Alphabet No. 495; Loomis White Magic 124; English: Wells 177 (A Legend of the Crucifix); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 100 No. 849A. |
| D2034 | Crying induced by magic as trick to force child's mother. Icelandic: Egils saga Einhenda 66, *Boberg. |
| D1821.3.7.3 | Crystal-gazing. Clairvoyance by looking into crystal. Kittredge Witchcraft 185ff., 503ff. nn. *1—3, 10—24, 35, 47.—England, U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.0.1 | Cure after following instructions received from saint in dream. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.5.2.1 | Cure at shrine of Virgin Mary. Ward II 648 No. 40 and passim; *Crane Miraculis 89 No. 17. |
| D2161.5.5 | Cure by angel. (Cf. V232.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.4.8 | Cure by burning grain where man has died. (Cf. D1787.) Or where he is buried. Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 386 n. 68. |
| D2161.5.3 | Cure by deity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.5.1 | Cure by holy man. *Kittredge Witchcraft 124ff., 449f. nn. 1—33 passim; *Toldo I 331; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.5.2.3 | Cure by milk of Virgin Mary. Ward II 613 No. 32; *Crane Miraculis 95 No. 30; English: Wells 167 (Vernon Miracles). |
| D2161.5.4 | Cure by Moses. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.4.5 | Cure by passing patient through cleft of tree (other loop). (Cf. F950.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 148, 467 n. 92; *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 115; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 477 s.v. "durchkriechen"; A. F. Schmidt Hultræer i Danmark (Danske Studier 1932, 33ff.); Kr. Nyrop Kludetræet (Dania I (1890), 1ff. and 309); Irish myth: Cross; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2161.4.3 | Cure by passing through earth at crossroads. Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 386 n. 66. |
| D2161.4.11 | Cure by putting children on roof (in oven). *Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 385 n. 65. |
| D2161.4.18 | Cure by putting lock of patient's hair in hole of post or tree, then plugging hole with wood. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2161.5.2.2 | Cure by relic of Virgin Mary. Type 754*; Ward II 644 No. 3, 645 Nos. 6, 8. |
| D2161.5.7 | Cure by seventh son of seventh daughter. England: Baughman. |
| D2161.5.6 | Cure by surviving twin. England: Baughman. |
| D2161.4.1 | Cure by transferring disease to animal. (Cf. D1500.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 94, 424f. nn. 137—145; England, U.S.: *Baughman; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.5.2 | Cure by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V256.) *Ward Catalogue of Romances II 609 No. 23, 617 No. 38, 619 No. 22, 630 No. 23, 649 No. 47. |
| D2161.4.14.3 | Cure by washing in dew. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1517 | Cure for insect's sting. |
| D1783.2 | Cure for leprosy by drinking from opposite lip of horn from that which caused it. (Cf. D1500.4.1, D1502.4.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2161.5.2.5 | Cure of spider bite by the Virgin Mary. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1500.1.33.1.1 | Cures by the milk of the mothers of saints. (Cf. D1500.1.10.) *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| D1782.2 | Curing wound by treating object which caused wound. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2085.1 | Curse (by saint) makes river (lake) barren of fish. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2175.5 | Curse magically changed to blessing. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2089.2 | Curse makes stones useless. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2061.2.4.2 | Curse of clergy causes man to die of wound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2004.1 | Curse of forgetfulness. *Cox Cinderella 512; Köhler-Bolte I 170.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D2175 | Cursing by magic. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 299, 268, 111; Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2175.1 | Cursing by means of a well. (Cf. D926, D1766.2.1, D1792.2, V134.) Kittredge Witchcraft 34, 394 n. 113. |
| D1792.3 | Cursing stones. (Cf. D931.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1792.2 | Cursing wells. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1311.8.2 | Cut-off head prophesies fight. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1364.10 | Dagger causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1083.1.)—*Basset 1001 Contes I 143. |
| D1381.9 | Dagger protects owner from attack. (Cf. D1083.1.) Malone PMLA XLIII 402. |
| D1654.4.5 | Dagger sticks to killer's hand. (Cf. D1083.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D691 | Daily beating of men transformed to dogs. Necessary unless hero himself is to be transformed.—Chauvin V 3 No. 2, *5 No. 443. |
| D621 | Daily transformation. German: Grimm No. 49, 123; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Argentina): Jijena Sanchez 55, 59. |
| D581.1 | Damsel whose voice turns her suitors to stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1646.1 | Dancing apple. (Cf. D981.) *Köhler-Bolte I 118; cf. Type 707. |
| D1627 | Dancing automata. (Cf. D1646.) *Liebrecht 90. |
| D1646.3 | Dancing kettle. (Cf. D1171.3.) Japanese: Mitford 175ff. |
| D1646.4 | Dancing stones. (Cf. D931.) England, Wales: Baughman (D1641.2.5). |
| D1646.2 | Dancing water. (Cf. D1242.1.) *Köhler-Bolte I 143; cf. Type 707; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1711.9 | Dark-haired people (with bowed nose) as magicians. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2151.3.2 | Dashing waves do not touch saint. (Cf. D1388.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 875. |
| D2146.1 | Day controlled by magic. |
| D2146.1.1 | Day magically lengthened. *Loomis White Magic 29; Saintyves Saints Successeurs 237; Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, *Cross; Hebrew: Joshua 10: 13, *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 237; N. A. Indian (Lillooet): Teit JAFL XXV 351. |
| D2146.1.2 | Day magically shortened. Greek: Fox 164. |
| D2146.1.3 | Day produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2011.1.1 | Day seems moment while saint listens to music made by bird's wing. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1651.5 | Dead beggar's stick will not stay still until back in beggar's service. (Cf. D1254.) Fb "kjæp". |
| D1318.2 | Dead fish reveals guilt. |
| D1502.2.1 | Dead man's tooth as cure for toothache. (Cf. D1009.2.1.) Kittredge Witchcraft 142, 460 nn. *11, 13. |
| D1821.7 | Deaf and dumb man can see soul taken to happiness or punishment. Fb "sjæl" III 214b; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D2161.3.5 | Deafness magically cured. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2061.2.4 | Death by cursing. Irish myth: *Cross; Hebrew: 2 Kings 2:24, Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg; Eskimo: Kroeber JAFL XII 173, Turner RBAE XI 262. |
| D1855.4 | Death can be postponed if man does not break tabu for forty days. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1856 | Death evaded. Person enters on the next life without dying. Greek: Fox 53 (Amphiaraos); Hebrew: Genesis 5:24, 2 Kings 2:11; U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2061.2.4.1 | Death in sin (damnation) by cursing. (Cf. E752.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.11 | Death of another revealed in dream. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2069 | Death or bodily injury by magic—miscellaneous. |
| D2060 | Death or bodily injury by magic. (Cf. C920f., D1207.1, D1400, D2089.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1855.6 | Death postponed for three generations. Greek: *Grote I 202. |
| D1855.2 | Death postponed if substitute can be found. Greek: Euripides Alcestis, *Grote I 108; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D860.0.1 | Death to follow loss of magic object. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2061.2.1 | Death-giving glance. (Cf. F555.7.) Hartland Perseus III 59f.; *Krappe Balor 1ff.; Penzer II 298, IV 232, VIII 75 n. 1; Chauvin V 16 n. 2, 293; Gaster Rabbis 225 No. 203.—Greek: Fox 35 (Gorgon); Irish myth: *Cross; England, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Persian: Carnoy 336; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 344 n. 242, (Calif): Gayton and Newman 92; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 65. |
| D1960.4 | Deathlike sleep. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1273.1.1.3 | Deaths in a community come in threes. One death is shortly followed by two more. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1819.2 | Deception revealed in dream. (Cf. D1810.8.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1620.2.3 | Deer of gold and jewels possessing life. Penzer IX 9 n. 1, 28ff. |
| D2074.1.1.2 | Deer summoned by singing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D630.4 | Deity has power of self-transformation. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93, 117ff, 172ff., 186, 276—83, 512. |
| D486.1 | Demon becomes larger. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G. 13/420). |
| D2177.1 | Demon enclosed in bottle. *Type 331; *Goebel Jüdische Motive im märchenhaften Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 52ff.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 311 No. 39, 314 No. 105, 320 No. 34; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Graham; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 439. |
| D2177.2 | Demon imprisoned in pomegranate. Africa (Swahili): Stigand 122ff. No. 19. |
| D651.1.2 | Demons assume human form to revenge brother's death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1361.1.0.4 | Demons cause impenetrable fog. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D631.4.3 | Demons change size at will. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2177.1.1 | Demons imprisoned by magic. Nouvelles Recreations 13. |
| D2176.3.3.1 | Demons in stone images driven out by holy man (saint). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D525.1 | Despondent mother curses herself and children into trees. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *425D. |
| D1207.1 | Destructive "rolling wheel" of druid. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2050 | Destructive magic power. |
| D1817.3 | Detection of crime through "knowledge tooth". (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D55.2.2 | Devil (troll) makes self small. *Fb "lille" II 428. |
| D142.1 | Devil as cat. *Kittredge Witchcraft 178 nn. 37—44 passim. |
| D2176.3.4 | Devil cast out of man possessed. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3368; Legends Nos. 702—710. |
| D1720.1.1 | Devil gives man power of wishing. England: *Baughman. |
| D477.1.1 | Devil takes man waiting for water to turn to wine at midnight on Old Christmas Eve. U. S.: Baughman. |
| D1505.5.2.1 | Dew falling on St. John's Night restores sight. (Cf. D902.2.) *Fb "Sankt Hansdag" III 161a. |
| D1500.1.18.1 | Dew from saint's grave as cure. (Cf. D1500.1.10.) Irish: Plummer clxxx, Cross. |
| D1505.5.2 | Dew restores sight. (Cf. D902.2.) Christiansen FFC XXIV 78. |
| D1381.25.1 | Dextrorsum circuit (around sacred stone) insures victory. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1791.1 | Dextrosum (sunwise) circuit (for good luck). Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1442.11 | Diamond charms serpents into harmlessness. (Cf. D1071.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1551.7.1 | Diamond in snake king's forehead in hero's pocket opens lake waters to reveal a pathway to underground palace. (Cf. D1071.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1610.27.3 | Diamond speaks from inside statue. (Cf. D1071.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1662.3 | Diamond works by being pressed. (Cf. D1070.) French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D2151.2.1 | Direction of river's flow magically reversed. *Loomis White Magic 40; Irish myth: Cross; Korean: Zong in-Sob 70. |
| D1721.4 | Disciples drink magician's urine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.10 | Disease cured by same thing (person) that caused it. **Wesselski Erlesenes 13ff. |
| D2161.4.2 | Disease transferred to object. |
| D1500.3.2 | Disease transferred to saint's bell. (Cf. D1213.) Irish: Plummer clxxvi, *Cross. |
| D2161.4.2.4 | Disease transferred to tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.6.3 | Diseases cured at holy man's birth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.6 | Diseases cured at particular time. |
| D2161.6.2 | Diseases cured in Messeanic era. (Cf. A1095.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D771.8 | Disenchantment and transformation by means of a magic sword. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D797 | Disenchantment as proof of truth. The prodigy convinces judge that witness is speaking truth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D791.1.7 | Disenchantment at cock crow. Jijena Sanchez 38, 55. |
| D791.1.5 | Disenchantment at end of nine hundred years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D791.1.1 | Disenchantment at end of seven years. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC No. 453. |
| D791.1 | Disenchantment at end of specified time. Irish myth: *Cross; *Jijena Sanchez 35, 36, 68, 70. |
| D791.1.4 | Disenchantment at end of two hundred years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D791.1.8 | Disenchantment at midnight after owl hoots three times. German: Grimm No. 179. |
| D753 | Disenchantment by accomplishment of tasks. Type 518; Irish myth: Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *422; Prussian: Plenzat 21; Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 308*; Hungarian: Honti FFC LXXXI No. 4011. |
| D766.2 | Disenchantment by application of blood. (Cf. D712.4, D712.4.1). —*Type 516; *Rösch FFC LXXVII 138; *Fb "blod" IV 46b, 47a; Child I 337 n.; Penzer I 97; Wesselski Mönchslatein 148 No. 119.—Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 53 No. 400A*; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D717 | Disenchantment by assembling bones. |
| D766.1 | Disenchantment by bathing (immersing) in water. Type 433B; Taylor Washington Univ. Studies IV (2) (1917) 176 n. 8; Wimberly 388; Child I 308, 338 n., II 505, III 505, V 39f.—India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D766.4 | Disenchantment by bathing in milk. Wimberly 372; Type 433B and 507 (Danish forms); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D712.5 | Disenchantment by beating. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 348 n. 249a; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 187, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 265, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 630, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 158, (Greenland): Rink 93, Rasmussen II 38, III 104. |
| D783 | Disenchantment by being found when lost. Type 451. |
| D762.2 | Disenchantment by being wakened from magic sleep by proper agent. German: Grimm Nos. 50, 163. |
| D764.2 | Disenchantment by biting certain twig. *Hdwb. d. Märchens sv. "Baum". |
| D781.1 | Disenchantment by blessing. German: Grimm No. 141. |
| D778.2 | Disenchantment by blowing medicine on victim. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D778 | Disenchantment by blowing on victim. Chauvin V 236 No. 134; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 105. |
| D789.2 | Disenchantment by breaking lamp. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 54 No. 400B*. |
| D789.4 | Disenchantment by breaking tabu. (Cf. C.)—Hindu: Keith 147. |
| D771.1 | Disenchantment by burning magic hair. Köhler-Bolte I 573. |
| D719.1 | Disenchantment by burying victim and sowing grain over him. Fb "levende" II 404ab. |
| D762.1 | Disenchantment by causing enchanted person to speak. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D753.4 | Disenchantment by climbing glass mountain. German: Grimm No. 93. |
| D777.1 | Disenchantment by covering with cloth. German: Grimm No. 76; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D789.1 | Disenchantment by covering with deliverer's clothing. Wimberly 390. |
| D712.1.2 | Disenchantment by cutting in two. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D712.1 | Disenchantment by cutting off and reversing bodily members. (Cf. D711.1.)—Kittredge JAFL XVIII 13; Fb "flе"; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D712.1.1 | Disenchantment by cutting off animal's limb. German: Grimm No. 57. |
| D711.2 | Disenchantment by cutting person in two. Type 506, 507, BP III 537; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D711.1 | Disenchantment by decapitation and replacement of head. Type 531; Fb "hund" I 678a. |
| D711 | Disenchantment by decapitation. *Types 314, 402, 425, 440, 441, 471, 506, 507, 531, 545A, 545B, 550, 708; *Fb "hoved" I 655a, "løse" II 517a; **Kittredge JAFL XVIII 1; BP I 9, III 60; Hartland Science 241.—Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17; French: Sébillot France III 52, 140; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 39 No. 5. |
| D763.2 | Disenchantment by defeating enchanter in single combat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D763 | Disenchantment by destroying enchanter. Chauvin VI 88 No. 252.—Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 28, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 325. |
| D721.3 | Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering). *Type 425, 430, 440, 441; Köhler-Bolte I *319, 511; *Chauvin VII 37 No. 212B.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Turkish: Giese Türkische Märchen (Jena 1925) 120; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 177.—Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 89, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 55, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 224; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 347 n. 249; S. A. Indian: Jijena Sanchez 23; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis IV 69, 287. |
| D712.4 | Disenchantment by drawing blood. *Fb "blod" IV 48a; Child I 178, 337 n.; Wimberly 342; *Jijena Sanchez 19f., 36. |
| D712.4.1 | Disenchantment by drinking blood. Child I 178, 337 n.; Wimberly 341. |
| D771.5 | Disenchantment by drinking from golden vessel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D764.1 | Disenchantment by drinking milk of queen who has borne two boys. (Cf. D759.2.)—*Fb "løse" II 517a. |
| D712.10 | Disenchantment by driving stake through body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D764.4 | Disenchantment by eating apple. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D764.6 | Disenchantment by eating certain plant. German: Grimm No. 122; Apulejus Golden Ass. |
| D764.3 | Disenchantment by eating certain salmon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D763.1 | Disenchantment by eating enchanter's heart. Fb "løse" II 517a.—Penobscot (European borrowing): Speck JAFL XXVIII 58 No. 4; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D764.8 | Disenchantment by eating head of serpent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D764 | Disenchantment by eating or drinking. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D764.5 | Disenchantment by eating whale meat. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 327. |
| D787 | Disenchantment by encircling. Wimberly 363. |
| D735.4 | Disenchantment by enduring animal's embrace. |
| D759 | Disenchantment by faithfulness of others—miscellaneous. |
| D750 | Disenchantment by faithfulness of others. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D745 | Disenchantment by feeding enchanted animals. Fb "løse" II 517a. |
| D775 | Disenchantment by feeding transformed creature. This is done contrary to commands.—Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 130 No. 72. |
| D791.4 | Disenchantment by finding key to enchanted castle. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D721.1 | Disenchantment by flaying. Fb "flе"; Kittredge JAFL XVIII 12. |
| D771.11 | Disenchantment by flower. German: Grimm No. 69. |
| D759.5 | Disenchantment by following enchanted woman through lake to underwater castle. Hartland Science 241. |
| D721.2 | Disenchantment by hiding skin (covering). When the enchanted person has temporarily removed the covering, it is stolen and the victim remains disenchanted until it is found. *Type 400; *Fb "sælhund".—Scandinavian: Krappe Scandinavian Studies XVIII (1944) 156—162; Slavic: Máchal 258; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Surinam: Alexander Lat. Am. 274; Indonesian: DeVries's list No. 151; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 146 No. 30, (Kaffir): Theal 38. |
| D757 | Disenchantment by holding enchanted person during successive transformations. *Types 403, 450; *MacCulloch Childhood 45; Hartland Science 242.—Greek: Fox 122 (Thetis); English: Child V 499 s.v. "transformation, successive"; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 326.—See also, in general, references to D610. |
| D721.4 | Disenchantment by holding temporarily disenchanted person. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D712.9 | Disenchantment by killing. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III |
| D735 | Disenchantment by kiss. *Type 410; BP I 9, II 236 n., 271, 561; Wimberly 335ff.; Hartland Science 238 f., 241; Taylor Washington Univ. Studies IV (2) (1917) 177 n. 9; Klapper 112.—Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 306ff., Icelandic: Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII xxxv, *Boberg; France: Sébillot France I 244, III 291; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 247 No. 29; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis I 108. |
| D717.1 | Disenchantment by laying collected bones in a seven-fold cloth and spreading another above it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D784 | Disenchantment by lighting fire. Type 727*. |
| D766 | Disenchantment by liquid. |
| D785 | Disenchantment by magic contest. Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 330. |
| D759.7 | Disenchantment by maiden sitting at head of enchanted king's bed on morning of St. John's day.—Spanish: Boggs FFC XC No. 445B. |
| D759.6 | Disenchantment by maidens walking with lighted candles in procession. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 59 No. 425*D. |
| D758.2 | Disenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or more. German: Grimm Nos. 9, 49, 137. |
| D758 | Disenchantment by maintaining silence. *Type 451; Hartland Science 242. |
| D771.6 | Disenchantment by medicine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D760 | Disenchantment by miscellaneous means. |
| D786 | Disenchantment by music. Wimberly 332. |
| D759.3 | Disenchantment by naked virgin undergoing frightful journey at midnight. She must come naked and alone on St. John's night between twelve and one, climb the castle walls, and enter the treasure chamber.—Hartland Science 236. |
| D772 | Disenchantment by naming. Wimberly 345; *Fb "varulv" III 1015a. |
| D731 | Disenchantment by obedience and kindness. *Type 431. |
| D753.3 | Disenchantment by obeying directions received in a dream. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D791.2 | Disenchantment by only one person. |
| D799 | Disenchantment by other means. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D716 | Disenchantment by overcoming enchanted person in fight (contest). Type 406*; Hartland Science 243. |
| D798 | Disenchantment by passing between human being's legs. Argentina, Paraguay: Jijena Sanchez 45. |
| D782 | Disenchantment by physical contact. Kittredge Gawain 205f., 216f.—Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 70 No. 535; Irish myth: Cross; German: Grimm No. 49, 56, 60, 76, 96. |
| D777 | Disenchantment by placing handkerchief between horns. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mouchoir". |
| D766.1.3 | Disenchantment by pouring water into ear. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 40. |
| D781 | Disenchantment by prayer (mass) of Pope. Meyer Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 4. |
| D742 | Disenchantment by promise to marry. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D762 | Disenchantment by proper person waking from magic sleep. The enchanted person appears three times and if the sleeper does not wake by the third time the enchantment must last.—*Type 403, 450; Cosquin 166f., 170.—Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 61 No. 445A; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *422A; Russian: Andrejev No. *400B. |
| D723.1 | Disenchantment by putting chain around neck. See all references to D536.1. |
| D723 | Disenchantment by putting on (removing) chain from neck. |
| D772.1 | Disenchantment by recognition. German: Grimm Nos. 62, 160. |
| D764.7 | Disenchantment by refusing to eat for three days. German: Grimm No. 93. |
| D765.1.1 | Disenchantment by removal of enchanting pill from mouth. (Cf. D551.4.1.)—Penzer VII 42 n. 1, 222. |
| D765.1.2 | Disenchantment by removal of enchanting pin (thorn). (Cf. D582.)—Fb "løse" II 517a.—Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 59, 62 Nos. 435, 449; Missouri-French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D720 | Disenchantment by removing (destroying) covering of enchanted person. |
| D765.1 | Disenchantment by removing cause of enchantment. |
| D723.2 | Disenchantment by removing chain from neck. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D765.1.1.1 | Disenchantment by removing ring from under dead girl's tongue. Lover is thus freed from loving her. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D721 | Disenchantment by removing skin (or covering). See all references to D361.1, Swan Maiden.—Irish myth: *Cross: India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XX 299, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 51; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 131, 156, 335; Africa (Pangwe): Tessman 368f. |
| D723.2.1 | Disenchantment by removing string from neck. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D789.6 | Disenchantment by repeating magic formula. South Africa: Bourhill and Drake 237ff. No. 20. |
| D765 | Disenchantment by reversing (undoing) enchantment. |
| D771.10 | Disenchantment by ring. German: Grimm No. 123. |
| D789.10 | Disenchantment by ringing bell. Korean: Zong in-Sob 97. |
| D712.8 | Disenchantment by ripping armor. Penzer Sigfrid 113. |
| D771.7 | Disenchantment by rosary or scapular. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D719 | Disenchantment by rough treatment—miscellaneous. |
| D710 | Disenchantment by rough treatment. Types 507A, 507C; India: Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D771.2 | Disenchantment by rubbing with magic grease. Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 219 No. 73; Greek Odyssey 10 line 394. |
| D766.2.1 | Disenchantment by rubbing with pig's blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D714 | Disenchantment by rubbing. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL |
| D754 | Disenchantment by serving transformed person. German: Grimm No. 106. |
| D753.1 | Disenchantment by sewing shirts for enchanted brothers. *Type 451; Fb "skjorte" III 268b. |
| D743 | Disenchantment by sexual intercourse. Man disenchants woman in form of a bear. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D789.7 | Disenchantment by shaking certain tree. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D718 | Disenchantment by shaving. Fb "løse" II 517a. |
| D712.7 | Disenchantment by shooting. Kittredge JAFL XVIII 11; Fb "and" IV 12b.—Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 76 No. 15. |
| D789.3 | Disenchantment by sight of old home. |
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