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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
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F661.7.2 | Skillful marksman throws swords and scabbards so that swords are sheathed in air. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F661 | Skillful marksman. *Types 304, 653; *BP II 503ff., III 45ff.; Fb "skytte" III 350a; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chasseur"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5, III No. 8, V No. 7; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1071. |
| F678.1 | Skillful milker milks cows incessantly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F678 | Skillful milker. |
| F679.9 | Skillful musician plays nine mouth harps at once. Chinese: Graham. |
| F674 | Skillful painter. Can paint from description of a dream. Type 516; Rosch FFC LXXVII 97. |
| F668.0.1 | Skillful physician. Irish myth: *Cross; Africa (Konde): Gemuseus und Berger ZsES XXIII 151f. No. 13. |
| F671 | Skillful shipbuilder. Irish myth: Cross; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 7. |
| F663.0.1 | Skillful smith calls self master of all masters. *Type 753; *BP III 198; *Fb "mester" II 584a. |
| F663.1 | Skillful smith shoes running horse. *Type 654; *BP III 10; *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 20. |
| F663 | Skillful smith. (Cf. F271.3.) *Fb "smed" III 402ab; Krappe Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen CLX (1931) 166ff., CLXI (1932) 1—9; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F668.4 | Skillful surgeon can tell by whom wound was inflicted. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F668.1 | Skillful surgeon removes and replaces vital organs. (Cf. X1721.2.) *Type 660; *BP II 552. |
| F668.2 | Skillful surgeon removes speck from midge's eye. Does it with one stroke without injuring midge. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F668 | Skillful surgeon. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F662.3 | Skillful tailor sews bean together after bean has split from laughing. German: Grimm No. 18. |
| F662.2 | Skillful tailor sews together scattered planks in capsizing boat. *Type 653; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F662.1 | Skillful tailor sews up broken eggs. *Type 653; Africa: Weeks Jungle 43. |
| F662 | Skillful tailor. |
| F676 | Skillful thief. (Cf. K301.) |
| F677.1 | Skillful tracker infallible on land or sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F677 | Skillful tracker. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F559.4.1 | Skull has words miraculously written on it. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F791.1 | Sky lowers on people. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 495. |
| F51.2 | Sky-basket. Ascent to or descent from upper world in a basket. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 355 n. 283. |
| F51.1.7 | Sky-rope of mucus. S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 504. |
| F51.0.1 | Sky-rope shot by means of arrow. Indonesia: Kruyt Het animisme 494. |
| F51 | Sky-rope. Access to upper world by means of a rope. BP II 511 (Gr. No. 112); Fb "reb" III 25b.—Icelandic: Gering Islensk æventyri II 166f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 24, 227; Oceanic (Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia): Dixon 66, 156f, 160, Beckwith Myth 255, (Tonga): Gifford 20; N. A. Indian: Hatt Asiatic Influences 48ff., *Thompson Tales 283 n. 48, (California): Gayton and Newman 78; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 153; S. A. Indian (Warrau): Kirchoff BBAE CXLIII (3) 880, Alexander Lat. Am. 271, (Toba, Mataco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448, MAFLS XL 101—103; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 10, 12. |
| F499.1 | Sky-spirit. German: Grimm No. 166; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Warrau): Kirchoff BBAE CXLIII (3) 880. |
| F56.3 | Sky-window at horizon. Tonga: Gifford 149; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 467. |
| F56.1 | Sky-window from digging or uprooting plant (tree) in upper world. Chinese: Werner 224f.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 332 n. 197. |
| F56 | Sky-window. An opening into the sky gives access to upper world. Gaster Thespis 181; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 225; Melanesian: Codrington 365; Indonesia: Voorhoeve 64, (Sumatra, Kei Island): Dixon 156; Tonga: Gifford 149; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 301, 307; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 339, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 599, (Greenland): Rink 468, Rasmussen III 165, 170, Holm 80; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 278 n. 28, Hatt Asiatic Influences 64; S. A. Indian (Warrau): Alexander Lat. Am. 271, Kirchoff BBAE CXLIII (3) 880, (Mojo): ibid. (3) 424, (Sherente): Lowie ibid. (1) 515. |
| F531.6.12.3 | Slain giant turns to salt stone. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F156.4 | Slamming (falling) door to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F91.1 | Slamming door on exit from mountain otherworld. It (almost) injures the hero because he has failed to bring back the talisman which opened the mountain. *Krappe Balor 108ff.; Gaster Oldest Stories 46. |
| F152.2 | Slamming drawbridge to otherworld. Slams as hero leaves and (almost) injures him. He has failed to do the one compulsory thing. (Percival.) *Krappe Balor 106ff.; Patch Otherworld 204f., 319 n. 64. |
| F1041.24 | Slap turns man's face completely around. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.2.5 | Small child beats giant challenger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F913.1 | Smith swallowed by water-monster and rescued by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F983.1 | Snail grows and fills house entirely. N. A. Indian (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXIV 229 No. 36, (Tlingit): Swanton BBAE XXXIX 151. |
| F962.11.1 | Snow has taste of wine. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F451.4.1.10 | Snow melts above dwarf's dwelling. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 46 No. 385; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F420.3 | Social life among water-spirits. |
| F1084.3 | Soldiers fight so closely river is forced from bed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F252.3.1 | Soldiers of fairy king are trees by day and men by night. Fb "træ" III 867b. |
| F517.1.8 | Soles of man's feet covered with hair. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 789. |
| F785.1 | Solomon's golden throne. Thirty-three steps high. Golden animals on all sides and on steps. *Gaster Exempla 209 No. 115, Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F531.6.1.1 | Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. Dh I 294; Krappe Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni IX (1933) 157—172. |
| F721.2.3 | Sorcerer and books in mountain. Opens only for short periods. Chauvin V 142 No. 69 n. 1. |
| F81.6 | Souls redeemed from hell in shape of sheep. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *730. |
| F102.2 | Sound of drum followed into ghost town. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 34. |
| F979.1 | Sour fruits made sweet by saint. *Loomis White Magic 80; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F971.7 | Sowing and reaping same day. Fb "sе." |
| F130.2 | Spain as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F683 | Sparks come from man's feet. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F683.1 | Sparks come from man's hands. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F812.4 | Speaking forest. (Cf. D1610.2.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F755.1 | Speaking mountain. Icelandic: Boberg; N. A. Indian (Northern Paiute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 234 No. 13. |
| F932.12 | Speaking river (brook). (Cf. D1614.4, F930.6, F931.11.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.11 | Speaking sea. (Cf. D1610, F932.12.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.2.5 | Speaking star. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/191). |
| F615.4 | Spear bends as it strikes hero on chest and he survives ordeal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F834.1.1 | Spear of fire (thrown by God). Jewish: Neuman. |
| F834.2 | Spear so broad that its owner by swinging it puts the light out. Icelandic: PMLA XLVI 1002, Boberg. |
| F812.6 | Special flavor of wood from certain forest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F51.1 | Special kinds of sky-rope. |
| F419.3 | Special spirit for each species of animal to act as its protector. S.A. Indian (Caviсa, Tumupasa): Métraux RBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| F989.21 | Spider spins web across sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F51.1.1 | Spider-web sky-rope. (Cf. F101.7.) Spider makes web on which ascent or descent is accomplished. India: Thompson-Balys; Oceanic (Hawaii, New Zealand, New Hebrides, Caroline Is.): Dixon 59, 66, (Maori): Clark 163f., (Hawaii): Beckwith Myth 254f., 530; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 332 n. 201; Arawak and Carib: Alexander Lat. Am. Myth. 274; Africa: Werner African 132ff., (Baluyi, Basubiya, Congo, Angola): Chatelain 135, (Fjort): Dennett 74 No. 16. |
| F381.8 | Spinning fairies lured away from the house by fire alarm. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3698. |
| F405.4 | Spirit (demon) baffled by scolding and getting last word. English: Child I 20—22, 485a, II 496b, 509a, III 496a, IV 440a. |
| F402.1.11.1 | Spirit (devil) sent by druids cause death of Christian king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.14 | Spirit and horses. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F401.3.3 | Spirit as black dog. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 25. |
| F401.3.4 | Spirit as fly going into bottle. Fb "lille" II 428. |
| F403.2.2.6 | Spirit as small black man. German: Grimm No. 116. |
| F402.1.2 | Spirit blocks person's road. Irish myth: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 99, Beal XXI 331; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 298 No. 12. |
| F414 | Spirit carries people. |
| F402.1.11 | Spirit causes death. |
| F402.1.6 | Spirit causes weakness. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.9 | Spirit delivers false message. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F473.6.9 | Spirit disturbs coffins in burial vault. England: *Baughman. |
| F473.6.4 | Spirit eats food. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F493.0.1.2 | Spirit enters princess' body and she falls ill. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F407.2 | Spirit fades into air. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.12 | Spirit fights against person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F411.2 | Spirit floats in air. (Cf. F418.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F403.2.3.6 | Spirit gives counsel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F403.2.3.2 | Spirit gives warning. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 22; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 225, Rink 120. |
| F401.4.1 | Spirit has half head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F473.2.2 | Spirit hides articles in strange places. Canada, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F401.3 | Spirit in animal form. West Indies: Flowers 433. |
| F401.3.4.2 | Spirit in ant form. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| F403.2.2.4 | Spirit in bottle (bag) as helper. Norlind Skattsägner 47ff. |
| F401.3.7 | Spirit in form of a bird. |
| F401.5.1 | Spirit in form of horrible head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.1 | Spirit in form of horse. Demon horse. *Howey 35ff. |
| F408.2 | Spirit in heart of man (fairy). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F403.2.3.1 | Spirit in hornet form guards a treasure. Tobler 37. |
| F401.6 | Spirit in human form. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.1 | Spirit leads person astray. *Kittredge Witchcraft 215, 523 nn. 19, 20.—Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 313 No. 83; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F405.7 | Spirit leaves when report is made of the death of one of his kind. *Taylor Washington University Studies X (Humanistic Series) 23—60; **Boberg Sagnet om den Store Pans Død (København, 1934).—Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 45 No. 374; Scandinavian: Hartmann Die Trollvorstellungen (Stuttgart, 1936) 73; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 58 No. 101. |
| F412.2 | Spirit made visible by standing on another's foot. Irish: Beal XXI 336; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 297 No. 1, 298 No. 7. |
| F473.6.6 | Spirit makes wheels come off wagon. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F404.1 | Spirit must speak as soon as addressed. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 125. |
| F494.2 | Spirit of boundaries. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 173. |
| F424.1 | Spirit of brook. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 201. |
| F436 | Spirit of cold. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 38 No. 9; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 nn. 61, 61a. |
| F438.2 | Spirit of earthquake has very long mouth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F438.1 | Spirit of earthquake lives underground (below earth). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F438 | Spirit of earthquake. |
| F499.1.1 | Spirit of light. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 62. |
| F493 | Spirit of plague. Irish myth: *Cross; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 67f. Nos. 251—283; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Yukon): Alexander N. A. Myth. 78. |
| F433.1 | Spirit of snow. Meyer Altgermanische 104; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F434 | Spirit of thunder. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 37 Nos. 1, 2, 3; Chinese: Werner 199f.; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 61f., (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 175. |
| F429.1 | Spirit of tide-crack. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 497, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 60, 510ff. |
| F437 | Spirit of warmth. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 38 No. 10; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 nn. 61, 61a. |
| F426 | Spirit of water-fall. Icelandic: *Boberg; Germanic: Meyer Altgermanische 103. |
| F405.9 | Spirit overcome by driving stake through body it inhabits. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F241.3.1 | Spirit owns herds of pigs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F473.6.8 | Spirit plays man's fiddle at night. Wales: Baughman. |
| F402.1.10 | Spirit pursues person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F473.2.3 | Spirit puts out lights. U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.4.1 | Spirit rides horses and mules at night, wears them out. (Cf. F366.2, F471.1.1.1, G265.3.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| F473.6.7 | Spirit shoves wagon into ditch. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F473.6.2 | Spirit slashes clothing. Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F473.6.3 | Spirit takes food from table or cupboard. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F473.6.1 | Spirit tears new paper off rooms in house. England: Baughman. |
| F473.6.5 | Spirit throws back shots fired at it. (Cf. G265.8.3.1.2.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| F414.2 | Spirit transports miser to treasure-wood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F411.0.1 | Spirit travels with extraordinary speed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F407.1 | Spirit vanishes in smoke. *Kittredge Witchcraft 215f., 524 n. 26. |
| F401.9 | Spirit with feet turned wrong way. (Cf. F451.2.2.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F564.3.5 | Spirit woman sleeps through whole year; eats through the next. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F418 | Spirits (demons) hover in air shrieking over battle. (Cf. F411.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F406.3 | Spirits allow people with faces to ground to pass. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F400 | Spirits and demons (general). *Encyc. Rel. Ethics s.v. "Demons and Spirits"; Roscher s.v. "Daimon" I 938; Pauly-Wissowa s.v. "Daimon" IV 2010; Wehrhan Die Sage 59f.; *Runeberg Witches, Demons and Fertility Magic (Helsinki, 1947); *Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Dämonen".—Irish myth: *Cross; Dutch: *Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 52ff.; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 37ff. Nos. 1—39; Slovenian: *L. Kretzenbacher Germanische Mythen in der epischen Volksdichtung der Slowenen (Graz, 1941); Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 316, IV passim, Neuman; Chinese: Werner 402; Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 244. |
| F419 | Spirits and demons—miscellaneous. |
| F418.1 | Spirits answer war cry. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F401.5 | Spirits appear horrible. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F407.1.1 | Spirits ascend to heaven by building fire. New Hebrides: Codrington 379. |
| F417.1 | Spirits borrow from mortals at weddings, return goods later. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F405.3 | Spirits deceived by drum-beats and hoodwinkings. Chinese: Werner 163. |
| F401.1 | Spirits dressed in antique clothes. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 19. See Irving's Rip Van Winkle. |
| F405.2 | Spirits driven off by knife-thrusts and pistol shots. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 313 No. 97. |
| F403.1 | Spirits give money to mortal. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 319 No. 24. |
| F403.2 | Spirits help mortal. Familiar spirits. **Feilberg Nissens Historie; *Polívka Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 226 n. 8, XXVIII 41 n. 2; Dickson 121 n. 64, 213 n. 143; Kittredge Witchcraft 613 s.v. "familiars".—Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 97, 267, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 91; West Indies: Flowers 433. |
| F401.3.8 | Spirits in form of snake. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 15, 54. |
| F416.1 | Spirits keep mill from working. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F405.8 | Spirits leave when report is made of fire at their home. Denied readmittance. *Taylor Washington University Studies X (Humanistic Series) 77—79 n. 181. |
| F402.6.4.1 | Spirits live in caves. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 6f, 18f, 32, 34, 39, 41f., 46, 49, 51f, 60f, 188. |
| F493.1 | Spirits of various kinds of disease. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F406 | Spirits propitiated. |
| F470.1 | Spirits pull off person's bedclothes. *Kittredge Witchcraft 217, 524f. nn. 37—44; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F402.1.8 | Spirits put corpse into river. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F417 | Spirits receive their share of everything made at certain specified times. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 46 No. 380. |
| F416 | Spirits set fire to mill. Meet on Christmas (Easter) night. Cease to meet after mortal spies upon them. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 46 No. 379. |
| F402.1.3 | Spirits tangle up peasant's cows. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 121. |
| F403.2.3.3 | Spirits teach boy how to sing. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 26. |
| F412.1.1 | Spirits visible to only one person. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 172. |
| F401.3.5 | Spirits with goose (chicken) feet. Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 225. |
| F401.4 | Spirits without heads (or with heads under arms). *Grunwald Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXX—XXXI 317 (cf. F511.0.1., F531.2.1); Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F725.3.4 | Splendid palace underneath tank. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F933.1.1 | Spring bursts forth where saint spills water from his bell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.6 | Spring miraculously breaks forth against wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.2 | Spring with water lighter than wood and with scent of violets. (Cf. F715.10.) Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Glassarg". |
| F94 | Stair to lower world. *Siuts 54. |
| F848.5 | Staircase of glass. *Roberts 178. |
| F1093 | Stake miraculously bent during night. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F51.1.3 | Stalk as sky-rope. *Type 804. |
| F150.3.2 | Standing stone surrounded by withe as challenge at entrance of otherworld. (Cf. F149.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F546.3 | Star (cross) on breast. Panzer Hilde-Gudrun 207; Dixon 48; Icelandic: Lagerholm Drei Lygisögur 87, Boberg. |
| F962.3 | Star drops from heaven: is money. BP III 233. |
| F961.2.8 | Star moves from west to east. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.3 | Star shines in day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F961.2.7 | Star swallows four other stars. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F961.2.4 | Stars and planets speak. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.2.9 | Stars drop on grave during conjuration. (Cf. F962.3.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 276. |
| F855.2 | Statues animated by water or wind. *Chauvin VI 53 No. 218. |
| F771.1.4 | Steel castle (house). Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| F384.2 | Steel powerful against fairies. Fb "stеl" III 647a; Wales, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.3.3 | Steel protects person from Will-o'-the-Wisp. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F725.1 | Steps to submarine world. Tobler 76. |
| F322.3 | Stolen mother returns from fairyland each Sunday to minister to her children. Hartland Science 133; Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F455.6.6.1 | Stolen woman saved from trolls' dance. (Cf. F322.2.) Hartmann 118ff. |
| F559.6.1 | Stomach attains immense proportions by overeating. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 155. |
| F149.1 | Stone barrier to otherworld. (Cf. F150.3.2.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 95, III 165, Rink 461. |
| F841.1.1 | Stone boat (ship). Fb "sten" III 552a, "skib" III 242b; Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 88, Beal XXI 329; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Ojibwa): Schoolcraft Hiawatha 223. |
| F1083.1 | Stone cross rises into air. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F495 | Stone-spirit. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas II 205; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F809.8 | Stones as guardian of town. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| F809.6.1 | Stones burn. Africa (Baholoholo): Einstein 216. |
| F809.9 | Stones can be rolled up like a scroll. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.1 | Stones cannot be counted. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F809.6 | Stones of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F731.4 | Stones of island are jewels. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F141.2.1 | Storm (snow, hail) as barrier to otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.5.1 | Storm of gigantic hailstones. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.0.2 | Storm overturns idol. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F960.1.1.3 | Storm signs betray newly born child's chiefly rank. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 428. |
| F433 | Storm-spirit. Meyer Altgermanische 99; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 64 No. 186; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 37 No. 4; Slovenian: *L. Kretzenbacher Germanische Mythen in der epischen Volksdichtung der Slowenen (Graz, 1941) 36-49. |
| F986.4 | Stranded fish do not decay for a year. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.5.2 | Stranger dies from joy on being rewarded by ruler. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F932.3 | Stream becomes hot in which saint performs his ascetic devotions. Irish: Plummer cxxxviii. |
| F711.4.1 | Stream of fresh water flows through the sea. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F715.4 | Stream runs through house. *Schoepperle II 302 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.3.2 | Strength from anger causes man to break stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.3.1 | Strength from anger enables man to break binding chain. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.16.3.3 | Strength from anger enables man to tear opponent to bits. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F611.3 | Strong hero acquires his strength. (Cf. F611.2.2.) |
| F615.3.1.1 | Strong hero asks that chickens stop scratching. When his master throws millstone on him he complains that chickens are scratching dirt on him. *Type 650; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 435f. |
| F615.3.1 | Strong hero attacked with millstone puts it on as collar. Sent to dig a well. Master throws the millstone on him. *Type 650; Fb "kilde" II 119a, "møllesten" II 650b; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21; India: Thompson-Balys; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 112 No. 39. |
| F611.1.11 | Strong hero born from egg. *Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.1.11.1 | Strong hero born from noodle. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F611.3.2.1 | Strong hero drives huge log into frozen ground. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 237. |
| F611.1.8 | Strong hero engendered by eating of fruit. BP II 300. |
| F611.1.9 | Strong hero engendered by the wind. BP II 300. |
| F611.1.10 | Strong hero engendered from burning brand. BP II 301. |
| F628.1.6 | Strong hero fells two maddened elephants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F614.10 | Strong hero fights whole army alone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F612.2 | Strong hero kills (overcomes) playmates: sent from home. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; French: Cosquin Lorraine No. 52; N. A. Indian: *Thompson CColl II 334ff. |
| F628.1.4 | Strong hero kills aquatic animal with own hands. |
| F628.1.4.1 | Strong hero kills many crocodiles with own hands. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1365. |
| F628.1.4.2 | Strong hero kills sharks with own hands. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 421. |
| F628.1.4.3 | Strong hero kills walrus with own hands. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 263. |
| F624.3 | Strong hero lifts cart. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charrette." |
| F624.6 | Strong hero lifts house. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F615.3 | Strong hero overawes master. *Type 1145—1165 passim; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F611.3.1 | Strong hero practices uprooting trees. (Cf. F621.) Type 650; BP Il 287; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 435. |
| F615.2 | Strong hero sent for wild animals. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F612.1 | Strong hero sent from home because of enormous appetite. *Type 650; BP II 293; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92; *Fb "spise" III 495b, "æde" III 1140a; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "appétit"; Indonesian: De Vries Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXX (1926) 97ff.; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 24. |
| F612 | Strong hero sent from home. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F611.1.13 | Strong hero son of man and troll-woman. Relations take place in dream. Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.1.14 | Strong hero son of woman of sea. Type 650. |
| F611.1.15 | Strong hero son of wood-spirit. Type 650. |
| F611.1.12 | Strong hero struck by smith from iron. Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.2.1 | Strong hero suckled by animal. Type 301; BP II 293, 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.2.5 | Strong hero suckled by giant. German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F611.2.2 | Strong hero suckled by mermaid. Gives him strength of twelve men. *Fb "havfrue" I 569. |
| F611.2.4 | Strong hero suckled by seven women. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F618.1 | Strong hero tames ungovernable horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.3.2 | Strong hero tests scythes: they break all. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F611.3.3 | Strong hero tests weapons. Breaks first swords. *Von Sydow Fâvne 22ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo III 305, *Boberg. |
| F628.5 | Strong hero wields many weapons at once. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F611.2.3 | Strong hero's long nursing. *Type 650; *BP II 293; Panzer Beowulf 20f. |
| F611.2 | Strong hero's suckling. |
| F610.9 | Strong man accomplishes superhuman tasks when God's spirit is over him. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F611.1.6.1 | Strong man accused of being son of man and mare. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.5 | Strong man as fisherman: destroys fish and nets. Finnish: Kalevala rune 35; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.3 | Strong man as gardener: destroys plants. *Type 650; Finnish: Kalevala rune 31 (woods); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 77 No. 650. |
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