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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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A
Mythological Motifs
B
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
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| F769 | Other extraordinary cities. |
| F709 | Other extraordinary countries. |
| F1010 | Other extraordinary events. |
| F570 | Other extraordinary human beings. |
| F840 | Other extraordinary objects and places. |
| F899 | Other extraordinary objects. |
| F962.8 | Other extraordinary showers. |
| F809 | Other extraordinary stones. |
| F839 | Other extraordinary weapons. |
| F545 | Other facial features. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F329 | Other fairy abductions. |
| F399 | Other fairy motifs. |
| F531.6 | Other giant motifs. |
| F451.5.1.6 | Other gifts from dwarfs. Boberg DF XLVI 49ff.; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 267 (sword), 272, *Boberg; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 57ff. No. 71—105; German: Pröhle Unterharz. 150 No. 379, Karstens-Goslar 155, Ey 9, Kahlo Harz. 67 No. 107, Bechstein 6, Winckler 34 No. 24; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 241, Rink 185, 463. |
| F339 | Other grateful fairies. |
| F261.3 | Other locations of fairy dancing. |
| F680 | Other marvelous powers. |
| F159 | Other means to reach the otherworld. |
| F529 | Other monstrous persons. |
| F531.6.10 | Other occupations of giants. |
| F1034.5 | Other parts of person's body as hiding place. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 1/96.). |
| F343 | Other presents from fairies. |
| F361.17 | Other punishments by fairies. |
| F490 | Other spirits and demons. |
| F429 | Other water-spirits. |
| F439 | Other weather-spirits. |
| F165.6.1 | Otherworld (fairyland) as place of sorrowful captivity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F160.1 | Otherworld as great plain. (Cf. A663.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F160.2 | Otherworld as valley. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F133.4 | Otherworld at bottom of pond. German: Grimm No. 181. |
| F133.5 | Otherworld at bottom of well. *Type 480. |
| F141.0.2 | Otherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under hill. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F141.0.1 | Otherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F166.3.1 | Otherworld clothing never wears out. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F165.2 | Otherworld dwellings open only at certain times. Siuts 73f. |
| F136.1 | Otherworld in east. Jewish: Neuman; Marshall Islands: Davenport 223. |
| F131 | Otherworld in hollow mountain. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 612f., Other World *381 s.v. "Mountain"; Wimberly 130.—Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 127; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3594. |
| F136.3 | Otherworld in northwest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F136.2 | Otherworld in west. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 79. |
| F167.14 | Otherworld inhabitants segregated. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F134.2 | Otherworld island disappears leaving voyagers in boat at sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F134.3 | Otherworld island divided into four parts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F734 | Otherworld island grows foot yearly. One tree added. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F736.2 | Otherworld island supported by pedestal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F167.1.2.1 | Otherworld islands of birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F184 | Otherworld king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F173 | Otherworld land of happiness. (Cf. F165.6, F167.9, F169.8.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F173.2 | Otherworld land of peace. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F173.1 | Otherworld land of pleasure. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F134 | Otherworld on island. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 628f. nn. 93—96, Other World 379 s.v. "island".—Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 55, Beal XXI 321; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72, 79; Samoa, Fiji: ibid. 76. |
| F132 | Otherworld on lofty mountain. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 606ff., Other World *381 s.v. "mountain, on the"; Wimberly 132. |
| F160.0.1.1 | Otherworld overseas confused with otherworld under water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F160.0.1 | Otherworld overseas confused with otherworld underground. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F167.9 | Otherworld people ever young, ever beautiful. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F167.9.1 | Otherworld people rejuvenated on reaching old age. S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| F167.8 | Otherworld people unacquainted with fire. Polynesian: Dixon 72, 78; Africa (Wachaga): Werner African 137. |
| F185 | Otherworld queen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F153 | Otherworld reached by diving into water (of well or lake). *Brown Iwain 76; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 148; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1301). |
| F159.1 | Otherworld reached by hunting animal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F148.3 | Otherworld surrounded by palisade of gold and silver. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F148.5 | Otherworld surrounded by seven walls and locks of iron and doors of iron. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F132.0.1 | Otherworld visible from high mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 615. |
| F393.4 | Otherworld woman appears to mortal in sleep. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F170 | Otherworld—miscellaneous motifs. |
| F401.3.2 | Ox demon. Chinese: Werner 362. |
| F391.1.1 | Ox lent fairies must not be worked after sunset. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "boeuf". |
| F988.1 | Ox's leg acts as person. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq III 291ff. |
| F160.0.3 | Pagan otherworld identified with Christian paradise (heaven). (Cf. A694.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.3.7 | Palace at bottom of water tank. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F776.1.1 | Palace gate so big it can only be opened by twelve buffaloes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.1.1.2 | Palace of gold and silver bricks. Africa: Basset Contes populaires d'Afrique 133f. No. 52, (Nubia): Rochemonteix Quelques Contes Nubiens (Cairo, 1888) 48ff. No. 4, 55ff. No. 5, (Swahili): Steere 13ff.; Chinese: Graham. |
| F771.1.7 | Palace of ice. Patch PMLA XXXIII 608 n. 23. |
| F771.1.5 | Palace of jewels. (Cf. F721.5.1.) Penzer VI 111; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 159. |
| F639.8 | Palace shakes when strong man gets upon its roof. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.2.4.1 | Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rose-water and honey. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F771.7 | Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey. Chauvin V 41 No. 388; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F776.3 | Palace with seven gates, one within the other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F148.4 | Palisade of bronze around otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F442 | Pan. Wood-spirit (demigod) part goat and part man. Greek: Fox 267. |
| F111.4 | Paradise of the Blessed, a subterranean world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F565.3 | Parliament of women. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F340.1 | Parting fairies leave gifts for newborn princess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F911.4.1.1 | Party in canoe swallowed by great clam. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 260. |
| F931.9 | Passing through sea unscathed. (Cf. D1551.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F95.1 | Path from grave to lower world. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 224 No. 40. |
| F57.3 | Path to heaven on beard. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 256. |
| F95 | Path to lower world. *Siuts 53; Child V 500 s.v. "Ways".—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F151.1.6 | Path to otherworld over sharp rocks. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 186, Rink 326. |
| F154 | Path to sun on sun's rays (eyelashes). (Cf. F152.1.2.) N. A. Indian (Bella Coola): Boas JE I 83. |
| F95.4 | Path to underworld marked by knots tied in grass by spirits. Maori: Clark 48. |
| F95.0.1 | Path to world of dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F931.9.3 | Paths open up in sea for each tribe (one for each of Israel's tribes). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F959.4 | Paunch opened and fat taken out to cure stomach. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F865.1 | Pavement of pearl. Fb "perle" II 807b. |
| F855.3.1 | Peacocks of gold. Penzer III 57. |
| F255 | Peculiar limitations of fairies. |
| F547.3.6 | Penis cuts down trees. N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 29. |
| F547.3.4 | Penis tatooed with name of God. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F547.3.2 | Penis that eats and drinks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F171.3 | People and things that strike one another in otherworld. Type 470. |
| F108.1 | People in lower world tall as a broom. Chinese: Graham. |
| F171.6.2 | People in otherworld pour water into tub full of holes. *Type 801; BP III 297ff., 303. |
| F167.4.1 | People in otherworld stand on their heads and pound yams with their heads. Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 245 No. 1. |
| F171.6.6 | People in otherworld thatch house with birds' wings. Thatch blows away while they go for more. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F167.4 | People in otherworld walk on their heads. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F171.6.4 | People in otherworld with horses both before and behind wagon. They pull against each other. *Type 801; BP III 303. |
| F725.5 | People live under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F108.2 | People of lower world come out in the evenings to drink and dance. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F561 | People of unusual diet. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F562 | People of unusual residence. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F455.6.10 | People possessed by trolls. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F513.3 | People who leave lower jaws at home when they go to market to prevent quarrels. Africa: Weeks 126ff. |
| F561.3 | People who live on coconuts. Chauvin VII 22 No. 373 E n. 2. |
| F561.1 | People who prefer raw flesh. Maori: Dixon 78 n. 77. |
| F516.2.2 | People with four arms. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F516.2 | People with many arms. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F529.2.1 | People without anuses make them by sitting on pegs. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 364; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 79, 204, Holm 89, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 171, 538, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 89. |
| F529.2 | People without anuses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F718.2 | Perfectly round well contains vari-colored water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F698.2 | Performing on spear points. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F759.4 | Perfumed mountain. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 369. |
| F846.1 | Perilous bed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F776.2 | Perilous falling gate. Cuts horse in two as rider goes through it. Brown Iwain 14 and passim; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F151.1.4 | Perilous ford on way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151.1.3 | Perilous forest on way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F151.1.2 | Perilous glen on way to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F756.5.2 | Perilous glen. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F95.3 | Perilous path to hell. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F151.1 | Perilous path to otherworld. Patch Other World 382 s.v. "path"; Irish myth: *Cross; N. A. Indian: Alexander N. Am. 147, 164, 273 n. 8, (California): Gayton and Newman 101; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 586. |
| F156.3 | Perilous revolving wheel at entrance to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F141.1.1 | Perilous river as barrier to otherworld. (Cf. F767.1.) *Patch PMLA XXXIII 630, 638ff.; Alphabet No. 603.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78, III 165; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 140; Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 245 No. 1. |
| F162.2.11 | Perilous river in otherworld. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 918. |
| F842.2.1 | Perilous trap bridge. High in center. One end rises when one steps on it and throws him backwards. Type 516; Rosch FFC LXXVII 125; *Brown Iwain 75; *Ogle MLN XXXV 129ff.; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 143, *Cross. |
| F842.2.1.1 | Perilous trap-gate. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F151.1.1 | Perilous valley. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F215.2 | Peris in sky-world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F173.3 | Perpetual feasts in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F161.1 | Perpetual summer in otherworld. No storms. Patch PMLA XXXIII 606; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F911 | Person (animal) swallowed without killing. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F525.4 | Person (Antichrist) with flat body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F535.2.7 | Person (poet, child) only "fist high." Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F682.0.1 | Person (warrior) uses only one leg, one hand, one eye. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F642.3 | Person can see through opaque objects. |
| F63 | Person carried to upper world by deity (spirit). India: *Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Tapirape): Wagley-Baldao BBAE CXLIII (3) 178; Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 348. |
| F1082 | Person changes color. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1034 | Person concealed in another's body. *Penzer VII 114ff. |
| F501 | Person consisting only of head. (Cf. F511.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F564.3 | Person does not sleep for many months (years). Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.3 | Person goes blind from overweeping. Malone PMLA XLIII 410; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F945 | Person gradually submerged by sea. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F514.5 | Person grows a second nose. German: Grimm No. 201. |
| F1082.1 | Person has red and black countenance after being burned. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F541.6.2 | Person has red eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F529.4 | Person has small animal within his body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F571.7 | Person hundreds of years old. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 587, *Boberg. |
| F491.3.1 | Person led astray by Will-o'-the-Wisp turns garment inside out. Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. (Cf. F369.7, F385.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| F561.4 | Person lives by smoking tobacco. Never eats. N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 223. |
| F1096 | Person lives on after being cut through by sword. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1096.1 | Person lives on after having heart cut free. Heart moves about within his chest. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1033.1 | Person lives on water (from holy well) for a year. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1096.2 | Person lives on with intestines exposed. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F1033 | Person lives without food or drink for a year (or more). Type 706; Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 31. |
| F954.5 | Person made to speak by warning of danger. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F1041.4 | Person melts away from heat. Irish myth: *Cross; Africa (Efik-Ibibo): Dayrell Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria (London, 1910) 84; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 263 No. 68. |
| F564 | Person never sleeps. |
| F564.1 | Person of diabolical origin never sleeps. *Krappe Mod. Lang. Review XXIV (1929) 200ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F641 | Person of remarkable hearing. (Cf. X936.) *Type 513; BP II 79ff. *95; Fb "jord" II 45a; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ouie"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5, III No. 8; Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 428. |
| F642.7 | Person of remarkable sight can see the soul. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F642.3.1 | Person of remarkable sight can see through hearts of trees. Greek: Fox 26 (Lynkeus). |
| F642.2 | Person of remarkable sight finds tracks of swine stolen seven years before his birth. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F642 | Person of remarkable sight. (Cf. X938.) *Type 653; BP II 95, III 45ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 439; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 432b. n. 54; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F527 | Person of unusual color. |
| F554 | Person remarkable as to his blood. |
| F584 | Person remarkably light in weight. |
| F642.8 | Person sees enormous distance. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 154, Boberg; Greek: Grote I 158; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 493. |
| F642.4 | Person sees equally well by night or day. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 154, Boberg; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 886. |
| F564.3.4 | Person sleeps for nine months. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F564.3.2 | Person sleeps for three days and nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F914 | Person swallowed and disgorged. *Frazer Old Testament III 82; *H. Schmidt Jona 127f.; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; Babylonian: Spence 87; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 211; West Indies: Flowers 436. |
| F92.2 | Person swallowed up by earth and taken to lower world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F516 | Person unusual as to his arms. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.2 | Person unusual as to his ears. (Cf. F542.) |
| F512 | Person unusual as to his eyes. (Cf. F531.1.1, F541.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.1 | Person unusual as to his face. |
| F517.1 | Person unusual as to his feet. (Cf. F551.) |
| F515 | Person unusual as to his hands. (Cf. F552.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511 | Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F517 | Person unusual as to his legs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F513 | Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) |
| F514 | Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543). |
| F513.1 | Person unusual as to his teeth. (Cf. F544.3, F531.1.6.2.) |
| F929.2.1 | Person unwittingly swallows snake, which kills him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.20 | Person vomits iron. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F61 | Person wafted to sky. |
| F1032 | Person walks unceasingly for year. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 33 No. 1. |
| F1032.1 | Person wanders unceasingly for hundred and fifty years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F591 | Person who never laughs. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 347, 1288. |
| F493.2.1 | Person who speaks with pestilence dies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 256. |
| F511.1.3 | Person with animal face. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.9 | Person with animal's head. (Cf. F511.1.3, F526.) |
| F511.2.2 | Person with ass's (horse's) ears. Midas. Köhler-Bolte I 383 n. 1, 511, 587; RTP I 327, VII 356; *Zs. d. deutschen morgenländ. Gesel. XL 549; Crooke FL XXII 183; *BP IV 147 n. 7 (Celtic); *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 397; Huet 45; Penzer III 188 n., VII n. 1, VI 26 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross, *Porter Proc. Royal Irish Academy (1932) 142. |
| F548.1 | Person with black knee. (Cf. F527.5.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F521.3.3 | Person with body of gold. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 214, 468, 742, 761, 1293; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F521.3.4 | Person with body of silver. |
| F511.0.9.2 | Person with calf's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.2.2.1 | Person with cat's ears. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F514.3 | Person with cat's snout. (Cf. F511.2.2.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F517.1.4 | Person with claws on the feet. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F526 | Person with compound body. |
| F514.4 | Person with crook(s) on end of the nose. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F511.2.1 | Person with ears on breast. Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F529.6 | Person with enormous belly. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 155. |
| F554.2 | Person with extraordinary amount of blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F512.4 | Person with eyes in back of head. Krappe Balor 19 n. 69; S. A. Indian (Fuegian): Alexander Lat. Am. 340, (Yuracare): ibid. 314. |
| F512.3 | Person with eyes in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) *De Cock Volkssage 102ff.; *Chauvin VI 66 No. 233; Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F511.1.3.1 | Person with face of ape. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F517.1.7 | Person with feet like elephant's. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F521.3.3.2 | Person with golden anus. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq II 83 No. 24. |
| F511.1.4 | Person with green face. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F555.1.1 | Person with hair partially golden. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F525 | Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two. *DeCock Volkssage 99ff.; Votiak, Ostiak: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 181f.; Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 166; Dixon 216; Chinese: Werner 389; Marquesas: Handy 137; N. A. Indian: Hatt Asiatic Influences 87ff., *Thompson Tales 357 n. 287d; Africa: Werner 244, (Basuto): Jacottet 160 No. 23, (Zulu): Callaway 202, (Luba): De Clerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 187, 190. |
| F511.3.1 | Person with horns of silver. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.3 | Person with horns. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F551.1.2 | Person with horse's foot. Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 62; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F511.0.9.1 | Person with horse's head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F517.1.6 | Person with horse's hoofs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.3.1 | Person with iron head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F559.1 | Person with jointless bodies of bone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F517.1.5 | Person with knees backwards. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.2.3 | Person with many ears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F512.2 | Person with many eyes. |
| F517.1.2 | Person with many feet. |
| F513.1.2 | Person with many teeth. |
| F511.0.2 | Person with more than one head. |
| F513.0.4 | Person with mouth in breast. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F513.0.1 | Person with mouth in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) *Chauvin VII 87 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| F513.0.2 | Person with mouths all over body. Africa (Hausa): Tremearne Hausa Superstitions (London, 1913) 424ff. No. 93. |
| F512.1.3 | Person with one eye in back of head. Krappe Balor 7 n. 22. |
| F512.1.1 | Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) *Krappe Balor 5 n. 19, 9 nn. 33—35; Fb "menneske" II 577b, "öje" III 1165b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 4 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 389. |
| F512.1 | Person with one eye. *Type 511; Herbert III 238; Oesterley No. 175; Laistner Rätsel II 48ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 206 No. 154. |
| F525.3.1 | Person with one foot (one hand, and one eye). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F517.1.1.1 | Person with one foot. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F517.0.1 | Person with one leg. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F554.1 | Person with pink fluid in place of blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F513.1.3 | Person with poisonous tooth. Poison dissolves flesh. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F692 | Person with remarkable memory. (Cf. F654.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.9.3 | Person with serpent's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F524 | Person with several bodies. |
| F524.1 | Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 211 n. 2, Fox 86 (Geryoneus). |
| F555.5.1 | Person with three heads of hair. (Cf. A526.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
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