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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
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F835.2.1 | Iron club so heavy that five men can hardly lift it. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F384.3 | Iron powerful against fairies. Hartland Science 163f.; Penzer II 166; Irish myth: Cross, Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 59 No. 504; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F811.1.9 | Iron tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F561.8 | Iron-eating tribe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F85 | Ishtar unveiled. Goddess going to lower world passes through seven gates, at each of which she is divested of a garment till she is entirely unclothed. Babylonian: Spence 130. |
| F735.0.3 | Island appears only at certain times. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F731.1 | Island covered with gold. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "оle"; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VII 15 n. 3, 16ff. |
| F731 | Island covered with treasure. |
| F162.1.2.5 | Island in otherworld garden inhabited half by dead and half by living. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65. |
| F743 | Island inhabited by only one species. |
| F743.2 | Island inhabited only be sheep. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F743.1 | Island inhabited only by birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F732.2 | Island of aloes. *Chauvin VII 22 No. 373E n. 7. |
| F731.5 | Island of amber (glass). Krappe Speculum XVIII (1943) 303—322. |
| F732.3 | Island of camphor. *Chauvin VII 11 No. 373B n. 2; Penzer III 260 n. 1. |
| F732.1 | Island of ebony. Arabian: Burton Nights I 116. |
| F162.0.1.1 | Island of glass in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F731.6 | Island of pearls. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F732 | Island of rare wood. |
| F111.2.1 | Island of Tir Tairngire (Land of Promise) cannot be reached in boat made of "dead soft skins of animals." Irish myth: Cross. |
| F735.0.2 | Island rises once every seven years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F735.0.1 | Island rises up in river. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F735 | Island rises up in sea. Fb "ø" III 1159b. |
| F944.3 | Island sinks into sea. Tonga: Gifford 185. |
| F736.1 | Island supported on four feet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F736.1.1 | Island supported on seven feet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F744 | Island surrounded by wall of fire; water prevents it from being consumed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F736 | Island with extraordinary support. |
| F745 | Island with nightly noise of drums. *Chauvin VII 8 No. 373A n. 1. |
| F731.3 | Island with rampart of gold and palisade of silver. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F741 | Islands of extraordinary color. Green, white, etc. Chauvin V 264 No. 154. |
| F787.3 | Ivory bed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1083.0.1.3 | Jerusalem suspended in air. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F789.2.1 | Jeweled candlestick. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F828.1 | Jeweled crown suspended in air over king's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F789.3.1 | Jeweled curtain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1034.3.4 | Jewell hidden in wound cut in thigh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F165.3.2 | Jewelled walls in otherworld dwelling. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F162.2.10 | Jewels in streams of otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F499.3.2 | Jinns entitled to share in fruits of the earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3.3 | Jinns frequent graveyards, ruined houses, or an altar of sacrifice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3.1 | Jinns have no bones in their arms: they have only four fingers and no thumbs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3 | Jinns. |
| F911.4 | Jonah. Fish (or water monster) swallows a man. *Frazer Old Testament III 82; *H. Schmidt Jona 127f.; *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Clouston Tales I 403ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8, Rotunda; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas IV 27, 275, *Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 87; India: *Thompson-Balys, *Penzer II 193, VI 154 n. 3, Keith 173; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 261; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69, De Vries's list No. 211; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 443; Marquesas: Handy 137; S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313. |
| F114 | Journey inside the earth. Chinese: Graham. |
| F127 | Journey to animal kingdom. Usually underground. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Mackenzie area): Jenness 154; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 348 nn. 252, 253. |
| F111 | Journey to earthly paradise. Land of happiness. (Cf. F132.1.) **Nutt in Meyer Voyage of Bran I 105ff.; Patch *Other World 381 s.v. "paradise"; *Graf La leggenda del paradiso terrestre (Torino, 1878); *BP IV 269 n. 1; Gaster Oldest Stories 48; Norlind Skattsägner 88ff.; Hartland Science 194, 199, 202; *Loomis White Magic 116.—Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 145 (Parthenope of Blois); *Celtic: K. Zimmer Brendans Meerfahrt (Zeitschrift für deutsche Altertum XXXIII [1889] 129—220, 257—338); Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Tawney I 525; Chinese: Giles 8ff., 397ff. |
| F11 | Journey to heaven (upper-world paradise). Types 800—809; K. Kahler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York, 1923).—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Hartland Science 193; Jewish: *Neuman; Arabian: Burton Nights II 197n.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 606, II 294; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 183; Korean: Zong in-Sob 171; Melanesia: Wheeler 21f., Codrington II 1, Ker 7; N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Teit MAFLS XI 53 No. 34; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 177. |
| F11.1 | Journey to heaven in trance. Hartland Science 189; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F12.4 | Journey to heaven to see Buddha. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 183. |
| F81.3 | Journey to hell to circumcize child. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas VI 63ff., 308. |
| F81.2 | Journey to hell to recover devil's contract. Type 756B; *Andrejev FFC LXIX 71ff. |
| F81.4 | Journey to hell to retrieve soul of mother. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F112.0.1.1 | Journey to island inhabited by only one (beautiful) woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F111.1 | Journey to Isle of Laughter. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F129.4.1 | Journey to Isle of Tears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F127.3 | Journey to land of crocodiles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F81.1.2 | Journey to land of dead to visit deceased. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 199f. |
| F124 | Journey to land of demons. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F127.2 | Journey to land of elephants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F122 | Journey to land of giants. Irish myth: Cross (F129.10); Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 17; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F123 | Journey to land of little men (pygmies). Irish myth: Cross; Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 17. |
| F129.1 | Journey to Land of Men of Heads only. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 273. |
| F129.7 | Journey to land of naked people. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F129.5 | Journey to land of no return. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F112 | Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 81, Other World *381 s.v. "maidenland"; Hartland Science 202.—Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 109, 111; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 390f.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth XXXVI; Marquesas: Handy 56, Beckwith Myth 472, 502; West Indies: Flowers 432. |
| F126 | Journey to land without sky: takes whole life. Premature aging. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F81.5 | Journey to lower world to get treasures. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 583ff. |
| F80 | Journey to lower world. *Types 301, 650, BP II 300; *Siuts Jenseitsmotive 50ff.; Wimberly 128; Jacob's list s.v. "Underworld"; Tylor Primitive Culture 4th ed. (1903) II 65.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 321, *Hilda R. Ellis The Road to Hell, a Study in the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature (London, 1943), 170ff., *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "souterrain"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 25; Finnish: Kalevala rune 25; *Fb "underjordiske" III 975b; Greek: Grote I 189; Jewish: *Neuman; Gaster Oldest Stories 51, Thespis 183ff., 195; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Dixon 213 n. 12, 215, De Vries' list No. 161; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 199f.; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 151, Thalbitzer 7, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 241; N. A. Indian (Arikara): Alexander N. Am. 108; S. A. Indian (Quiché): Alexander Lat. Am. 170; Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 201 No. 10, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 89 No. 16, (Zulu): Callaway 317f. |
| F118 | Journey to Mother of Time. Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| F0 | Journey to other world. *Patch Some Elements in Mediaeval Descriptions of the Otherworld (PMLA XXXIII 601—643); *Wimberly 108ff.; *Ward II 396ff.; *von Negelein Zs. f. Vksk. XI 16ff., 149ff., 263ff; *Encyc. Rel. Ethics s.v. "Other world"; *Henne-am Rhyn Das Jenseits (1881).—Irish: Nutt The Irish Vision of the Happy Otherworld and the Celtic Doctrine of Rebirth (in Meyer, The Voyage of Bran), *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 114ff.; Brown Iwain 56ff.; Icelandic: Gould Scandinavian Studies and Notes IX (1927) 190; German: *Siuts Jenseitmotive im deutschen Volksmärchen; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Tawney I 58f., 417ff., 526f., II 267ff., 288ff.; Arabian: Burton Nights VIII 70, IX 181ff., S II 85ff., S IV 443ff.; Russian: Kuzenow Ueber den Glauben vom Jenseits und den Todtenkultus der Tcheremissen (Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie IX No. 4, X No. 2); Melanesia (Ysabel): Codrington 365, (Mono-Alu-Fauru): Wheeler 21f., 33, (Buin): ibid. 47, (Papua): Ker 7; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 330 n. 192. |
| F1 | Journey to otherworld as dream or vision. *Loomis White Magic 52.—Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 25. |
| F4 | Journey to otherworld as hunt. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F3 | Journey to otherworld as invasion. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F5 | Journey to otherworld as penance. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F155 | Journey to otherworld by clinging magically to an object. *Brown Iwain 110 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F157 | Journey to otherworld in boat. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F157.1 | Journey to otherworld in crystal (glass) boat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F129.4 | Journey to otherworld island. (Cf. F111.1, F112.1, F134.) |
| F159.2 | Journey to otherworld on horseback. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F87 | Journey to otherworld to secure bride. Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 41ff. |
| F125 | Journey to otherworld where people are made whole (cured). Jewish: *Neuman; American Indian: Thompson Tales 349 n. 256; Africa: Werner African 204. |
| F7 | Journey to otherworld with angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F12 | Journey to see deity. Usually to the upper world. *Type 460A; *Aarne FFC XXIII 124.—Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/79); Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 18, 184. |
| F127.1 | Journey to serpent kingdom. |
| F12.1 | Journey to sky-god. Chinese: Graham. |
| F66.1.1 | Journey to sky-world by riding unseen in supernatural wife's chariot. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F110 | Journey to terrestrial otherworlds. *Graf Miti, leggendi e superstizioni de medio evo I 1ff.; Gaster Oldest Stories 51, 168.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F116 | Journey to the Land of the Immortals. Type 313*; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F117 | Journey to the Land of the Thunders. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 334 n. 206, (Cherokee): Alexander N. Am. 69; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 202, 359. |
| F115 | Journey to the Land of the Unborn. Zemmrich Internationales Archiv für Ethnologie IV 231. Cf. Maeterlinck's "L'Oiseau Bleue". |
| F64 | Journey to upper world by keeping thoughts continually on heaven. N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Teit MAFLS XI 56 No. 34. |
| F66.1 | Journey to upper world in chariot. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F66 | Journey to upper world on horseback. Jewish: *Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 441. |
| F10 | Journey to upper world. Most references for F0 discuss this motif. Chauvin VII 54ff. No. 77.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 332 n. 2 (Dionysus and Semele); India: *Thompson-Balys, Tawney II 483; Chinese: Werner 224, 282; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 460, 515; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 311 n. 118; S. A. Indian (Kariri, Shipaya): Métraux MAFLS XL 25; Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 97 No. 18, (Fjort): Dennett 74 No. 16, (Ekoi): Talbot 71, 184, 344, (Congo): Weeks 202 No. 1, 217 No. 12, (Zulu): Callaway 147, (Ila [Rhodesia]): Smith and Dale II 348. |
| F121 | Journey to world of spirits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1071.2 | Jumping over a ditch which is really an ocean. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F353 | Kettle borrowed from fairies and not returned. (Cf. F343.17.) Hartland Science 244; England: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1034.5.1 | Key to house concealed in man's heart. Africa (Angola): Chatelain III No. 8. |
| F420.5.1 | Kind water-spirits. |
| F1041.16.7 | King about to kill foster-son due to his evil explanation of dream; both jump into sea and are drowned. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F577.3 | King and fool identical in appearance. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.9.1.2 | King keeps to his bed, mourning over vanished bride. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F675.1 | King makes a wooden peacock machine for his son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F981.7 | King of cats killed by glowing mass of iron thrown by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.2.1 | King of demons (Asmodeus). Jewish: *Ginzberg Jewish Encyclopaedia s.v. "Asmodeus", bin Gorion Born Judas I 230, *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F252.1.0.2 | King of Land under Water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F167.12 | King of otherworld. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F721.3.1 | King of underground kingdom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F564.3.3 | King sleeps for six days and acquires after that magic wisdom. Icelandic: Hjálmpérs saga ok ölvis 505, Boberg. |
| F571.6 | King so old that he cannot get on horseback without help. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F571.5 | King so old that he only can take food from a horn. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 26, Boberg. |
| F166.4.1 | King's crown in well in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F355 | King's crown stolen from fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F535.6 | Kingdom of pygmies. |
| F707.3 | Kingdom where everything is of diamond. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F707.1 | Kingdom where everything is of gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F707.4 | Kingdom where everything is of pearl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F707.2 | Kingdom where everything is of silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F715.8 | Kingdom where seven rivers meet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1066.1 | Knife plunged into earth comes out bloody. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F838.2 | Knife with handle half gold and half silver. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.4.3 | Knights drink from a huge nine-gallon cup. English: Wells 60 (Syre Gawene and the Earle of Carelyle). |
| F456.1.2.3.2 | Knockers (ghosts of Jews) are compelled to sing carols in mines at Christmastime. England: Baughman. |
| F456.1 | Knockers (Tommy Knockers, spriggins). |
| F456.1.2.2.4 | Knockers appear to miners before accidents occur: the sight of one serves as a warning to leave mine. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F456.1.1.2 | Knockers as ghosts of giants who formerly lived in area. England: Baughman. |
| F456.1.1.1 | Knockers as ghosts of Jews who crucified Christ and who were forced to work Cornish tin mines as punishment. England: *Baughman. |
| F456.1.1.3 | Knockers as spirits of dead miners. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.1.1 | Knockers bring ill luck if one whistles in the mine. (Cf. G303.16.18.) England: Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.2.2 | Knockers do miner's work at night while he is gone. England: Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.1.2 | Knockers hide tools of miners. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.3.1 | Knockers hold midnight mass deep in mines on Christmas Eve. (Cf. E492.) England: Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.1.4 | Knockers kick rungs out of ladders, cutting off escape of trapped miners. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.1.5 | Knockers lame miners who bother them unduly. England: *Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.2.1 | Knockers lead men to the richest lodes in the mines by knocking in those areas. England: *Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.3.3 | Knockers refrain from work on Saturdays and other Jewish holidays. England: Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.1.3 | Knockers tamper with dynamite fuses in mine. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F456.1.2.2.3 | Knockers test entries and supports by tapping them with hammers. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F613.2.1 | Labor contract: as much money as my companion (strong man) can carry. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 8. |
| F781.1 | Labyrinth. Series of rooms so confusing that one cannot find the way out. Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 120 n. 1; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F848.3 | Ladder of bones. (Usually bones are stuck in side of steep and slippery mountain.) *Köhler-Bolte I 171.—N. A. Indian (Plains Cree): Thompson Tales 141. |
| F848.2 | Ladder of fingers (toes). *Köhler-Bolte I 170f. |
| F848.4 | Ladder of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F52.1 | Ladder of glass to upper world. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F52 | Ladder to upper world. *Frazer Old Testament II 52ff.; *Toldo IV 59; Gaster Thespis 400.—Irish myth: Cross; Egyptian: Müller 176; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 126; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 333 n. 204; Hatt Asiatic Influences 48ff.; S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 109; Africa: Werner African 136, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 97 No. 18; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 11 n. 2. |
| F421.1 | Lady of the Lake. A female lake-spirit. Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV 112; Hindu: Tawney II 570. |
| F934.4 | Lake disappears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F93.2 | Lake entrance to lower world. Africa: Werner African 186. |
| F713.3 | Lake monster turning over causes lake to overflow surrounding mountains. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F713.6 | Lake of blood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F162.6.1 | Lake of fire in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.3 | Lake petrifies wood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.2 | Lake rises from bramble bush. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F162.6.2 | Lake with water of life in otherworld. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 492; Maori: Clark 182. |
| F421 | Lake-spirit. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 675; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 143; N. A. Indian (Iroquois): Alexander N. Am. 28. |
| F162.6 | Lakes in otherworld. Patch Other World 380 s.v. "lake"; German: Grimm No. 133. |
| F704 | Land of cold and mist. (Cf. A623.) Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 584ff., MacCulloch Eddic 281, 304, 324, 326, Boberg. |
| F706 | Land of darkness. Krappe The Land of Darkness (Philol. Quarterly XXI [1942] 334—46); Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 595, 598, 599, MacCulloch Eddic 32, Boberg; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 152, *Neuman. |
| F702 | Land of fire. (Cf. F753, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77. |
| F130.1 | Land of India (Greece) as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F113 | Land of men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F701 | Land of plenty. Yields everything to heart's desire. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 588, 593, Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Hindu: Keith 144. |
| F701.2 | Land of the Blessed. Everything as it should be. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F111.5 | Land where all creatures are friendly to one another. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F129.6 | Land where everyone is wise, from the raja on his throne to the beggar in the bazaar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F566.2 | Land where women live separate from men. Cohabit with water monsters. Irish myth: Cross; S. A. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 286. |
| F494 | Land-spirits. |
| F703 | Lands with extraordinary names. Land of the boot, the towel, the walking-stick, and the like. *Köhler-Bolte I 421. Cf. Type 1940, BP III 129; Chinese: Werner 391. |
| F162 | Landscape of otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.11 | Laughing and crying at the same time (sundry reasons given). *De Vries FFC LXXIII 213; Gaster Exempla 130 No. 352; India: *Thompson-Balys, *Bloomfield JAOS XXXVI 54—89, *Penzer VII 261; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 160 No. 43, 286 No. 78. |
| F1041.11.1 | Laughter from chagrin. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F695.3 | Learning to read in extraordinarily short time. *Loomis White Magic 24; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F979.3 | Leaves of tree make melody for saints. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| F979.2 | Leaves of tree open and close to give saint passage. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| F883.2.1 | Letter shot into sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.1.4 | Lips of giant. |
| F544.1.3 | Lips on side of face. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F544.1.4 | Lips used as a spear. Oceanic: Beckwith Myth 200. |
| F624.9 | Little girl moves enormous bow which nobody could ever carry before. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F205 | Little people from the sky. (Cf. F215.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 326—333. |
| F535.2.8 | Little soldiers with officer on rabbit (long needles and knives for weapons). Chinese: Graham. |
| F827.2 | Live head-dress. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 337 n. 214. |
| F827.1 | Live-bird earrings. N. A. Indian (Menomini): Skinner JAFL XXVII 98. |
| F755 | Living mountain. (Cf. F1006.) |
| F130 | Location of otherworld. *Wimberly 121ff.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F806.1 | Lodestone draws ship to it. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aimant". |
| F542.1 | Long ears. People must hold them up so as not to impede walking. Liebrecht 90f.; Cosquin Contes indiens 179; Chinese: Werner 389; Indonesian: Kruyt Het Animisme 350; Malay: Gerth van Wijk Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde XXXV 272; Papua: Landtman Nos. 135, 145, 163. |
| F559.2 | Long navel. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F543.1.2 | Long nose used as hen roost. Fb "næse" III 716b. |
| F543.1.1 | Long nose used as poker. Fb. "næse" II 716b. |
| F547.3.1 | Long penis. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F564.3.1 | Long sleep, long waking. (Six months sleep followed by six months waking, or the like.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F544.2.2.1 | Long tongue cut out and used to bridge a stream. *Penzer VI 10 n. 4. |
| F544.2.2 | Long tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F516.3 | Long-armed people. Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 388f. |
| F451.2.3.1 | Long-bearded dwarf. (Cf. F451.6.1.) *Type 426; Köhler-Bolte I 545; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nain"; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F517.0.2 | Long-legged people. Chinese: Werner 388f. |
| F374 | Longing in fairyland to visit home. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F856.1 | Loom made of woman's breasts with vagina as shuttle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F329.4.1 | Lost fairy child found by mortals. Mortals feed, warm it, keep it until one day it hears voice calling: "Coleman Grey!" It leaves with the remark "Ho! ho! ho! My Daddy's come!" England: *Baughman. |
| F983.2 | Louse fattened. *Type 621; BP III 483; *Köhler-Bolte I 134, *601a; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XVI 242 No. 23, XVII 229; Polívka Archiv. f. slav. Philol. VII 317 No. 65, XXVI 464; Sébillot France III 334 n. 4; Leskien Balkanmärchen No. 20; *Cosquin Contes indiens 529ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5; Algerian: Desparmet Contes Pop. rec. а Blida 407; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F420.6.2 | Love and marriage between water-spirits and other spirits. |
| F531.6.15.2 | Love relations between giants and other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.6.8.1.) Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 119, cf. O. Lundberg in Arctos Svecica 2, Ups. 1944, 5ff., Herrmann Saxo II 97ff., MacCulloch Eddic 47ff., 82, 91, 110, 158, 181, Boberg. |
| F725.7 | Lovely garden under water, with marvelous tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F181 | Lovemaking in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.2.1 | Lover dies beside dying sweetheart. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F414.1 | Lover transported to girl's apartments in fortress by spirit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F577.4 | Lovers identical in appearance. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F451.0.1 | Luchrupáin (leprechauns) (as fairies). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F574 | Luminous person. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer II 43 n. 2, VI 1 n. 1. |
| F401.2 | Luminous spirits. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 306 No. 13. |
| F544.3.2.1 | Luminous tooth of saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.8.7 | Mad warriors fly up into clouds. (Cf. F1041.16.6.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.8.10 | Madness (rage) from hearing about brother's death. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.8.2 | Madness from grief. (Cf. F1041.21.5.) Child V 487 s.v. "lover". |
| F1041.8.8 | Madness from hearing prophetic voice from air. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.8.11 | Madness from loss of fortune. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.8.5 | Madness from overeating. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.8.9 | Madness from regret that knight has forsaken his wife. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1041.8.1 | Madness from seeing beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.1.6.) Penzer II 6ff., VII 66ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.8.3 | Madness from seeing ugly ogre. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.8.1.1 | Madness from sight of magically beautiful man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.8.4 | Madness from thirst. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.1 | Madness miraculously cured. |
| F343.15 | Magic apple as fairy gift. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.3.4 | Magic apple tree in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.3.4.1 | Magic apples (trees) under the sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F213.1 | Magic boat to fairyland. Clouston Tales I 218ff.; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIII 97ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F166.4.2 | Magic cauldron (vessel) in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F809.3 | Magic crop- and rain-producing stone. England: Baughman. |
| F451.4.3.7 | Magic flower opens dwarf home. German: Beckstein 6, Winckler 34 No. 24, Karstens-Goslar 41, Schöppner I 165 No. 158. |
| F162.8 | Magic fountain in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F742 | Magic invisibility of otherworld island. (Cf. D1980.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F175 | Magic music lures to otherworld journey. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F948.3 | Magic object sinks into earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F166.4 | Magic objects in otherworld. Siuts 89ff. |
| F384 | Magic objects powerful against fairies. England: Baughman; Irish: Beal XXI 324. |
| F585.2 | Magic phantom army. Created out of puffballs and withered leaves. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F493.3.3 | Magic protection against pestilence-spirit. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 257. |
| F165.1.0.2 | Magic revolving wheel at door of otherworld dun (stronghold). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.1.2 | Magic spring flows from roots of tree at command of Jesus. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F979.16 | Magic tree will allow person to take only two of its fruits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1034.2 | Magician carries mistress with him in his body. She in turn has paramour in hers. Wesselski Märchen 186 No. 1; *Cosquin études 276ff.; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 378 No. 109. |
| F754 | Magnetic mountain. Pulls nails out of ships that approach it. *Chauvin V 202 No. 117, VII 86 No. 373bis n. 1; Basset RTP IX 377ff.; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F806 | Magnetic stone. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1055. |
| F841.1.3 | Mahogany ship. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ajacou". |
| F1041.1.3.1 | Maiden who has been falsely accused apparently dies of sorrow. She revives on being prepared for burial. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F451.5.2 | Malevolent dwarf. *Type 301; BP II 301ff.; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 269f., *Boberg; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 393ff., (1928) 249ff.; German: Bindewald 87. |
| F369 | Malevolent fairies—miscellaneous. |
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