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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
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 |
|---|---|
| E474.1 | Offspring of living and dead person. (Cf. E322.1, T540.) *Fb "barn" IV 27a; Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 98; Irish myth: Cross. |
| E477 | Body in coffin moves so as to make room for his recently deceased friend. *Loomis White Magic 92. |
| E480 | Abode of the dead. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E480.1 | Abode of animal souls. (Cf. E730.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E480.2 | Three worlds of dead. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 155, 160. |
| E480.3 | Men must enter spirit world armed. S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 110. |
| E481 | Land of the dead. *Types 470, 471; *Köhler-Bolte II 224ff.; *Encyc. Rel. and Ethics II 680ff.; **Wiedeman Die Toten und ihre Reiche im Glauben der alten ägypten (Leipzig, 1910); A. Jeremias Hölle und Paradies bei den Babyloniern (Leipzig, 1903); Dickson 94f. n. 78; Feilberg DF X 1; Herbert Catalogue of Romances III 585; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Alexander N. Am. 274 n. 10; Africa: Werner African 180ff., (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 59, 226, 240, (Benga): Nassau 208 No. 33. |
| E481.0.1 | Spain as land of the dead. (Cf. F130.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E481.0.2 | Quarrel of dead and living causes removal of dead to own land. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E481.1 | Land of dead in lower world. *Krappe Etude 45ff.; **M. Landau Hölle und Fegefeuer in Volksglauben, Dichtung, und Kirchenlehre (Heidelberg, 1909); Krappe Revue Celtique XLIX (1932) 96—102; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 146, Grote I 62; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 72; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Thespis 183, 187f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 485; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 199f.; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 200f.; Tonga: Gifford 183; Melanesia: Wheeler 33, 47; Papua: Ker 81; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 146, 155; N. A. Indian: *Alexander N. Am. 274 n. 10; S. A. Indian (Metaco): Métraux MAFLS XL 24. |
| E481.1.1 | Old woman ruler of dead in lower world. (Cf. A481.9.) Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 75. |
| E481.1.2 | Houses in lower world of dead. (Cf. F163, F220.) Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 74. |
| E481.2 | Land of dead across water. Icelandic: Boberg; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 486; N. A. Indian (Haida): Swanton JE V 34. |
| E481.2.0.1 | Island of the dead. *Meyer Der irische Totengott und die Toteninsel (Stzb. d. preussischen Akad. d. Wissenschaften XXXII [1919] 537); *Krappe Balor 102; Irish myth: *Cross; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72. |
| E481.2.1 | Bridge to land of dead. Type 471; *Fb "bro" IV 62b; Wimberly 110ff.; Ward Catalogue of Romances II 399, 420, 607, Herbert ibid. III 279; Moe Samlede Skrifter III 212, 226ff.; Frazer Immortality III 150; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 74; India: *Thompson-Balys; Persian: Carnoy 344; Kachin: Scott Indo-Chinese 265; N. A. Indian: Brinton Myths of the New World (New York, 1868) 248, Skinner PaAM XIII 86. |
| E481.2.1.1 | Frightening thing at bridge to land of dead. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E481.2.1.2 | Unstable bridge to land of dead. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E481.2.2 | Boat to land of dead. Icelandic: De la Saussaye 292, *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 75. |
| E481.3 | Abode of dead in mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 614 n. 48; Icelandic: *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 335b s.v. "Geister"; Gaster Oldest Stories 156. |
| E481.3.1 | Abode of the dead in hills, barrows. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E481.3.2 | Abode of the dead in stones. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 312. |
| E481.4 | Beautiful land of dead. (Rosengarten). Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 79f. |
| E481.4.1 | Avalon. (Cf. F323.) Happy otherworld where dead are healed. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 31 (Geoffrey of Monmouth), 33 (Layamon's Brut), 50 (Le Morte Arthure); Hartland Science 204 (Olger the Dane). |
| E481.5 | Ghost lives midway between heaven and earth. Fb "spøgelse" III 519b. |
| E481.6 | Land of dead in one of the cardinal directions. |
| E481.6.1 | Land of dead in north. Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 77f.; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 101. |
| E481.6.2 | Land of dead in west. (Cf. A692.1.) Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 77f.; Irish myth: *Cross; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E481.6.3 | Land of dead in east. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E481.7 | Icy inferno. (Cf. E481.6.1.) Krappe études 46 n. 2. |
| E481.8 | Land of dead in sky. India: *Thompson-Balys; Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 76. |
| E481.8.1 | Account book of men summoned to death kept in heaven. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E481.8.2 | Moon as land of dead. Samoa: Clark 181. |
| E481.8.3 | Venus as land of dead. Africa (Fang): Trilles 136. |
| E481.8.4 | Dead in house of cloud. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 79. |
| E481.9 | King of world of dead. (Cf. E481.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross (E481.1.1.1); Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Baholoholo): Einstein 216. |
| E482 | Land of shades. Everything is done by unseen people. Type 425; Tegethoff 14; *Siuts 218ff.; Ward Catalogue of Romances II 425 (Voyage of St. Brandon); N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 339 n. 221. |
| E485 | Land of skulls. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 275. |
| E485.1 | Land of skeletons. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 230. |
| E487 | Glowing beds of dead. Youth in land of dead puts staff into one of the beds. The iron glows and the wood burns. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 63, 102, Beal XXI 324, 333; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 7. |
| E489 | Abode of the dead—miscellaneous. |
| E489.1 | Dead awaken after three days to new life and great wisdom. Fb "død" I 228a. |
| E489.2 | Life in land of dead contrary to ours. People grow younger and smaller till they become nothing and are reborn. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 73. |
| E489.3 | Forgetting Charon's fee. Philosopher forgets to put coin in mouth before death (Charon's fee). Charon: "Don't you know the custom?" Answer: "Yes, but I couldn't put off dying for a quarter!"—Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| E489.4 | Man's spirit in land of dead prophesies his own future death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E489.5 | Dancing in afterworld. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E489.6 | Culture hero gambles with ruler of the afterworld: result, death or increase in game. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 85. |
| E489.7 | Judas Iscariot appears in midst of sea on rock washed alternately by fiery and icy waves. (Cf. Q560.2.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E489.8 | Why living cannot go to land of the dead. Chinese: Graham. |
| E489.9 | In land of dead the dead walk on grass without bending it and on mud without sinking. (Cf. F973.2.) Chinese: Graham. |
| E489.10 | Land of dead "in Abraham's bosom". Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E489.11 | Inhabitants of land of dead have great thirst. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E490 | Meetings of the dead. |
| E491 | Procession of the dead. *BP III 472 n. 1; Fb "gjenganger" I 443b, "Nytеrsaften" II 707b; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 23 No. 204; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 Nos. 100, 105, 326 Nos. 15, 17; *Geiger Archives suisses des Traditions Populaires XLVII 71—76; West Indies: Flowers 431; Pochulata: Boas JAFL XXV 226; Spanish: Boas ibid. 251; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E492 | Mass (church service) of the dead. Held at midnight. *BP III 472, 545; Krappe Balor 116ff., 121 n. 11, JAFL LX 159ff.; *Fb "død" I 228a, "kirke" II 125b; *Grunwald Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXX—XXXI 316; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1895) 280ff., (1928) 176ff.; Norwegian: Solheim Register 17; Icelandic: Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3558; Jewish: *Neuman; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 242. |
| E493 | Dead men dance. *Fb "spøgelse" III 520a, "danse" IV 93a, "sjæl" III 214b, "kirkegaard" II 128b; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 335 s.v. "Geister"; England, U.S.: *Baughman; N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Grinnell 192, (Hupa): Goddard UCal I 239 No. 25, (Luiseсo): DuBois UCal VIII 154, (Zuсi): Cushing 48 No. 2, (Cherokee): Mooney RBAE XIX 252 No. 5, 331 No. 78, (Kwakiutl): Boas and Hunt JE III 106; Africa: Werner African 188f. |
| E494 | Ball game in lower world. (Cf. E577.1.) N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Alexander N. A. Myth 137; *Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E495 | Wedding of the dead. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 23 No. 208. |
| E495.1 | Ghostly marriage party. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E495.2 | Marriage (ceremony) to a ghost. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E496 | Ghosts gathered on a bridge. *Fb "bro" IV 62b. |
| E497 | Fighting warriors show the way of their past life and of their death. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E499 | Meetings of the dead—miscellaneous. |
| E499.1 | Gay banquet of the dead. (Cf. E541.) England, U.S.: *Baughman; N. Y.: Jones JAFL LVII 241. |
| E499.2 | Orchestra of ghosts. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E499.3 | Pot so heavy with ghosts that girl cannot lift it. (Cf. D1317.10.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E499.4 | Dead in lower world complain about odor of human visitor. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E500 | Phantom hosts. |
| E501 | The Wild Hunt. (Cf. F282.) (Die Wilde Jagd, Das Wütende Heer, Odinsjæger, Chasse Fantastique.) A ghostly hunter and his rout continue the chase. **Plischke (bibliography); **Schweda; *Wahner Der Wilde Jäger in Schlesien; Lorentzen; Brunk Der wilde Jäger im Glauben des pommerschen Volkes (Zs. f. Vksk. XIII 179); *Zingerle 589f. (bibliography): Jacobsen Harlekin og den vilde Jæger (Dania IX 1); Heilberg Theodorich som den vilde Jæger (Dania IX 239); Olrik Odinsjægeren i Jylland (Dania VIII 139); *Fb "Odinsjæger" III 730ff.; RTP II 156, VI 291, VII 175, 328, VIII 566, IX 91, 411, XIII 186, 695f.; XIV 83, XVI 453, 531, XVII 504f.; Hartland Science 234ff.; Wehrhan 84; Walhouse FL VIII (1897) 196; *O. Höfler Kultische Geheimbünde der Germanen Bd. I: Das germanische Totenheer (Frankfurt a. M., 1934); Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 234. Musical treatments: Raff Symphony No. 3 (1869); J. Triebensee "Die wilde Jagd" (opera, Budapest, 1824); H. Payer "Der wilde Jäger" (opera, Vienna, 1806); V. E. Nessler "Der wilde Jäger" (opera, Leipzig, 1881); M. J. Beer "Der wilde Jäger" (cantata, Olmütz, 1888); A. Schultz "Der wilde Jäger" (opera, Brunswick, 1887); Müller-Reuter "Hackelberends Begräbnis" (choral ballad, 1902); C. Franck "Le Chasseur Maudit" (symphonic poem, 1883). For classical parallels see H. Hepding Attis 124; Gruppe Griechische Religionsgeschichte (1907) 1290 n. 2; Samter Geburt, Hochzeit, Tod 206 n. 5.—Irish: *Cross; Beal XXI 322; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3518; Norwegian: *Solheim Register 17. |
| E501.1 | Leader of the Wild Hunt. *Rühlemann passim. |
| E501.1.1 | King as wild huntsman. (Cf. E501.1.7.) Schweda 38; *Fb "Odins jæger" II 731b; Hartland Science 234, 236; RTP XVII 504f. |
| E501.1.2 | Nobleman as wild huntsman. Schweda 38; Fb "Odins jæger" II 731b. |
| E501.1.3 | Rich man as wild huntsman. Schweda 38. |
| E501.1.4 | Forester as wild huntsman. Schweda 38. |
| E501.1.5 | Freemason as wild huntsman. Schweda 38. |
| E501.1.6 | Saint as leader of wild hunt. RTP XVII 504f. |
| E501.1.7 | Historic or romantic hero as leader of wild hunt. Plischke 41; RTP XVII 504f. |
| E501.1.7.1 | King Herla as wild huntsman. *Liebrecht 28; Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 18. |
| E501.1.7.2 | Theodoric as wild huntsman. *Heilberg Dania IX 239, Nyrop ibid. X 177; BP IV 140; Oesterley No. 190. |
| E501.1.7.3 | Wild Edric as leader of Wild Hunt. England: *Baughman. |
| E501.1.8 | Woman as leader of wild hunt. Favorites are Herodias, Diana, Frau Holle.—Plischke 47; Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 231. |
| E501.1.8.1 | Herodias as leader of wild hunt. Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XXII (1912) 238 n. 7; Germania XVI (1871) 217; Dunlop-Liebrecht 474 n. 170; Grimm Deutsche Mythologie 599; La Tradition IV 69; *Kloss MLN XXIII 82; *Grunwald Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXX—XXXI 317. |
| E501.1.8.2 | Artemis as leader of wild hunt. Gruppe Griechische Religionsgeschichte 840 n. 5, 1292. |
| E501.1.8.3 | Hecate as leader of wild hunt. Pauly-Wissowa s.v. "Hekate"; Rohde Psyche II 84. |
| E501.2 | Participants in wild hunt. |
| E501.2.1 | Knights in wild hunt. Plischke 29. |
| E501.2.2 | Ladies in wild hunt. Plischke 29. |
| E501.2.3 | Witches in wild hunt. (Cf. G200.) Plischke 29. |
| E501.2.4 | Courtisans in wild hunt. (Cf. E501.5.1.2.) Plischke 29. |
| E501.2.5 | Churchmen in wild hunt. Plischke 29. |
| E501.2.6 | Soldiers in wild hunt. Plischke 29. |
| E501.2.7 | Unbaptized children in wild hunt. Plischke 30; *Fb "udøbt" III 960a. |
| E501.3 | Wild huntsmen wander because of sin. Schweda 38. |
| E501.3.1 | Wild huntsman wanders because of cruelty. Schweda 38. |
| E501.3.2 | Wild huntsman wanders because of suicide. Schweda 38. |
| E501.3.3 | Wild huntsman wanders because of parricide. Harow RTP XX 369. |
| E501.3.4 | Wild huntsman wanders because of unshriven death. Schweda 38. |
| E501.3.5 | Wild huntsman wanders for failure to keep fast day. Plischke 29. |
| E501.3.6 | Wild huntsman wanders for hunting on Sunday. *Fb "Søndag" III 741a, "Odins jæger" II 731b. |
| E501.3.7 | Wild huntsman wanders because he wished to continue hunt after death. Fb "jagt" II 36, "jagen" II 35; RTP XIII 695f. |
| E501.3.8 | Wild huntsman wanders for disturbing church service. Plischke 34. |
| E501.3.9 | Wild huntsmen cannot die until evil in world has been made right and things return as they had been. England: Baughman. |
| E501.3.10 | Wild huntswoman wanders because of murder of daughter. England: Baughman. |
| E501.4 | Animals follow wild huntsman. |
| E501.4.0.1 | Animals in wild hunt reincarnation of murdered person. Plischke 31. |
| E501.4.1 | Dogs in wild hunt. Schweda 25; England: Baughman; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 50f., 56, Beal XXI 318f. |
| E501.4.1.1 | Enormous pack of dogs in wild hunt. Overcome people by their mass. Plischke 32. |
| E501.4.1.2 | Dogs with fiery tongues in wild hunt. Schweda 25; *Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 232; Fb "Odins jæger" II 732a; England: Baughman. |
| E501.4.1.3 | Dogs with fiery eyes in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.1.4 | Dogs with eyes hanging out over mouth in wild hunt. Fb "øje" III 1165b. |
| E501.4.1.5 | Black dogs in wild hunt. Schweda 25; England: Baughman. |
| E501.4.1.6 | Three-legged dogs in wild hunt. *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 590; H. Usener Dreiheit (Rheinisches Museum f. Philologie N. F. LVIII (1903) 1ff., 161ff.). |
| E501.4.1.7 | Winged dogs in wild hunt. RTP XVII 505. |
| E501.4.1.8 | Dogs in single file in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.1.9 | Dogs on leash in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.1.10 | Baying dogs in wild hunt. Schweda 25; Fb "hund" I 676a. |
| E501.4.2 | Wild huntsman's horse. *Howie 51. |
| E501.4.2.1 | White horse in wild hunt. *Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 235; Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.2.2 | Black horse in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.2.3 | Brown horse in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.2.4 | Horse in wild hunt breathes fire. Schweda 25; Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 235. |
| E501.4.2.5 | Horse with fiery eyes in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.2.6 | Two-legged horse in wild hunt. Plischke 30. |
| E501.4.2.7 | Headless horse in wild hunt. Plischke 30. |
| E501.4.3 | Boar (sow) in wild hunt. Plischke 31. |
| E501.4.3.1 | One-eyed sow in wild hunt. Plischke 31. |
| E501.4.3.2 | Blind wild boar in wild hunt. Plischke 32. |
| E501.4.4 | Two ravens follow wild huntsman. *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 588. |
| E501.4.5 | Owl (ghost of nun) in wild hunt. Plischke 34. |
| E501.5 | Object of wild hunt's pursuit. |
| E501.5.1 | Wild hunter pursues a woman. Plischke 65; Fb "Odins jæger" II 732b; Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 233. |
| E501.5.1.1 | Naked woman pursued and cut in two by rider. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 228; *Herbert III 134. |
| E501.5.1.2 | Prostitutes pursued in wild hunt. (Cf. E501.2.4.) Plischke 65. |
| E501.5.1.3 | Witches pursued in wild hunt. Plischke 65. |
| E501.5.2 | Fairies pursued in wild hunt. Fb "Odins jæger" II 732ab. |
| E501.5.3 | Wood-spirits pursued in wild hunt. Plischke 66. |
| E501.5.4 | Unbaptized children pursued in wild hunt. Plischke 65. |
| E501.5.5 | Animals pursued in wild hunt. |
| E501.5.5.1 | Hare pursued in wild hunt. Plischke 66. |
| E501.5.5.2 | Deer pursued in wild hunt. Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 232; RTP XXII 466. |
| E501.6 | Ghostly warner of wild hunt's approach. Plischke 38. |
| E501.7 | Personal appearance of wild huntsmen. |
| E501.7.1 | Wild huntsmen headless. *Zingerle 589; Schweda 28. |
| E501.7.2 | Wild huntsmen with deer-heads. Plischke 29. |
| E501.7.3 | Wild huntsmen with heads on backward. Plischke 29. |
| E501.7.4 | Wild huntsmen carrying skull under arms. Plischke 29. |
| E501.7.5 | Wild huntsmen with entrails stringing from open bodies. Plischke 29. |
| E501.7.6 | Wild huntsmen luminous. Zingerle 4 No. 6. |
| E501.7.6.1 | Wild huntsmen exhale fire. Schweda 28. |
| E501.7.6.2 | Wild huntsmen have fiery eyes. Schweda 29. |
| E501.7.6.3 | Wild huntsmen leave fiery tracks. Schweda 28. |
| E501.7.6.4 | Wild huntsmen surrounded by fire. Schweda 29. |
| E501.7.7 | Wild huntsmen with long hair. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8 | Clothing of wild huntsmen. |
| E501.8.1 | Wild huntsmen dressed in black. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8.2 | Wild huntsmen dressed in red. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8.3 | Wild huntsmen dressed in white. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8.4 | Wild huntsmen dressed in ancient costume. Schweda 29. |
| E501.8.5 | Wild huntsmen belted and tied up. Plischke 35. |
| E501.8.6 | Wild huntsman with black fur cap and white staff. Hartland Science 236. |
| E501.9 | Wild huntsmen invisible. Tobler 92. |
| E501.10 | Objects as part of wild hunt. |
| E501.10.1 | Empty shoe follows wild hunt. Plischke 35. |
| E501.10.2 | Worn-out broom at head of wild hunt. Plischke 35. |
| E501.10.3 | Wagon accompanies wild hunt. Plischke 36. |
| E501.11 | Time of appearance of wild hunt. |
| E501.11.1 | Wild hunt appears at night. *Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 235. |
| E501.11.1.1 | Wild hunt appears at midnight. Schweda 16; Plischke 52. |
| E501.11.1.2 | Wild hunt abroad until cockcrow. Schweda 16. |
| E501.11.1.3 | Wild hunt appears on St. John's Night. Schweda 16. |
| E501.11.1.4 | Wild hunt appears on stormy nights. Plischke 55. |
| E501.11.2 | Wild hunt appears at certain seasons. |
| E501.11.2.1 | Wild hunt appears in winter. Schweda 16; Plischke 54. |
| E501.11.2.2 | Wild hunt appears between Christmas and Twelfth Night. Plischke 54. |
| E501.11.2.3 | Wild hunt appears on feast-days. Schweda 16; Plischke 55; Fb "Odins jæger" II 732ab. |
| E501.11.3 | Wild hunt appears periodically. |
| E501.11.3.1 | Wild hunt appears every seven years. Plischke 64. |
| E501.11.3.2 | Wild hunt appears yearly at same moment. Plischke 74. |
| E501.12 | Place of appearance of wild hunt. |
| E501.12.1 | Wild hunt appears in woods. Schweda 13; Plischke 57. |
| E501.12.2 | Wild hunt appears in churchyard. Schweda 13. |
| E501.12.3 | Wild hunt appears at crossroads. Schweda 13; Plischke 61. |
| E501.12.4 | Wild hunt appears by body of water. Schweda 13; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 678. |
| E501.12.5 | Wild hunt appears by hill or mountain. Schweda 14; Plischke 57. |
| E501.12.6 | Wild hunt appears in a field. Schweda 14. |
| E501.12.6.1 | Wild hunt appears in old battlefield. Plischke 29, 59. |
| E501.12.7 | Wild hunt appears at desert spot. Schweda 14. |
| E501.12.8 | Wild hunt appears at castle. Schweda 14. |
| E501.12.9 | Wild hunt appears over city. Schweda 14. |
| E501.12.10 | Wild hunt appears at old mill. Schweda 14. |
| E501.13 | Phenomena at appearance of wild hunt. |
| E501.13.1 | Wild hunt heralded by noise. Schweda 20, Plischke 36. |
| E501.13.1.1 | Wild hunt heralded by detonation. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.1.2 | Wild hunt heralded by rattle of chains. Schweda 20; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 250. |
| E501.13.1.3 | Wild hunt heralded by clash of swords. Plischke 29. |
| E501.13.1.4 | Wild hunt heralded by ringing of bells. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.2 | Wild hunt heralded by music. Plischke 36. |
| E501.13.3 | Wild hunt heralded by noise of horses. |
| E501.13.3.1 | Wild hunt heralded by stamping of horses. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.3.2 | Wild hunt heralded by neighing of horses. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.4 | Wild hunt heralded by baying of hounds. Schweda 21. |
| E501.13.5 | Wild hunt heralded by shouts of huntsmen. Schweda 21, Tobler 92. |
| E501.13.6 | Wild hunt heralded by storm. Plischke 37. |
| E501.13.7 | Wild hunt heralded by fire. Schweda 21. |
| E501.14 | Course of wild hunt. |
| E501.14.1 | Wild hunt chases in air. Plischke 62; Mazeret RTP XXV 313. |
| E501.14.1.1 | Wild hunt in air very close to ground. Plischke 63. |
| E501.14.2 | Wild hunt courses in particular direction. Plischke 63. |
| E501.14.3 | Wild hunt goes thrice around pond. Schweda 29. |
| E501.14.4 | Wild hunt goes several times around a hill. Schweda 29. |
| E501.14.5 | Wild hunt goes around the entire earth. Plischke 64. |
| E501.14.6 | Wild hunt goes through houses when front and back doors are on a line. (Cf. E501.17.5.4.) Plischke 64; Fb "port" II 862b, "Odins jæger" II 732b. |
| E501.15 | Behavior of wild huntsmen. |
| E501.15.1 | Wild huntsman blows horn. Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 232. |
| E501.15.2 | Wild huntsman has his horse beaten. *Zingerle 589. |
| E501.15.3 | Wild huntsman makes people carry him on their backs. Harou RTP XX 368. |
| E501.15.4 | Wild huntsman repays with leaves (shavings) that turn to gold. Plischke 36; Zingerle 589. |
| E501.15.5 | Living smith must repair wagon belonging to wild hunt. Plischke 36. |
| E501.15.6 | Behavior of wild huntsman's dogs. |
| E501.15.6.1 | Wild huntsman asks people to hold his dogs. Fb "Odins jæger" II 732a. |
| E501.15.6.2 | Wild huntsman turns his dogs loose on those he meets. Harou RTP XX 368. |
| E501.15.6.3 | Bite of wild huntsman's dogs drives other dogs mad. *Fb "hund" I 676a, "Odins jæger" II 732a. |
| E501.15.6.4 | Wild huntsman's dogs cannot pass over grave. Must be lifted over. Plischke 33. |
| E501.15.6.5 | Wild huntsman's dog cannot be dislodged from house it has entered. Plischke 33. |
| E501.15.6.6 | Wild huntsman's dogs eat dough, bread, meal, etc. Plischke 33; *Zingerle 590. |
| E501.15.6.7 | Wild huntsman's dog when seized becomes stick (black coal). Plischke 32. |
| E501.15.7 | Wild huntsman waters his horse. Fb "Odins jæger" II 732a. |
| E501.15.8 | Wild huntsman lives in room on farm. Fb "Odins jæger" 732b. |
| E501.16 | Phenomena at disappearance of wild hunt. |
| E501.16.1 | Wild hunt disappears with loud noise. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.2 | Wild hunt disappears with movement of tree tops. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.3 | Wild hunt disappears with blast of wind. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.4 | Wild hunt disappears in column of fire. Schweda 21. |
| E501.16.5 | Wild hunt disappears during storm. Schweda 21. |
| E501.17 | Evading or combating the wild hunt. |
| E501.17.1 | Wild hunt powerless against certain persons. |
| E501.17.1.1 | Wild hunt powerless against herdsmen. Schweda 31. |
| E501.17.1.2 | Wild hunt powerless against churchmen. Schweda 32. |
| E501.17.2 | Wild hunt powerless beyond certain range. Schweda 32. |
| E501.17.3 | Wild hunt powerless at crossroads. Schweda 32; Plischke 32, 37; RTP XX 163. |
| E501.17.4 | Wild hunt's power evaded. |
| E501.17.4.1 | Power of wild hunt evaded by prayer. Schweda 31; Plischke 79. |
| E501.17.4.2 | Power of wild hunt evaded by formula. (Cf. D1273.) Schweda 32. |
| E501.17.4.3 | Power of wild hunt evaded by sacrificing to huntsman's dogs. Fb "kvie" II 338. |
| E501.17.4.4 | Power of wild hunt evaded by silence. Schweda 31; England: Baughman. |
| E501.17.5 | Wild hunt avoided. |
| E501.17.5.1 | Wild hunt avoided by keeping on one's road. Sometimes in middle of road or on right side of road. Schweda 31; Plischke 77. |
| E501.17.5.2 | Wild hunt avoided by getting out of its course. Plischke 76. |
| E501.17.5.3 | Wild hunt avoided by keeping in house with windows closed. (Cf. E501.14.6.) Plischke 76. |
| E501.17.5.4 | Wild hunt avoided by throwing self to earth. Plischke 76. |
| E501.17.5.5 | Wild hunt avoided by staying within circle. (Cf. D1272.) Plischke 76. |
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