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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.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F233 | Color of fairy. (Cf. F236.) |
| F236.1 | Color of fairy's clothes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1061.2 | Color of flame indicates what is burning. Blue for furniture, white for money, red for person. Indonesian: Dixon 226. |
| F531.1.7 | Color of giant. |
| F420.1.6.6 | Color of water-spirit's clothes. |
| F178 | Colors of the otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F52.2 | Columns of smoke as ladder to upper world. (Cf. F61.3.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F998 | Combat with horse's sex organ. (Cf. D1469.5.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F451.8.1 | Common names for dwarfs. German: Haas Grimmen 3, 46 No. 54, Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 Nos. 40, 41, Nos. 43, 44, Karstens-Goslar 135, 155, Schöppner I 165 No. 158, I 169 No. 163, I 264 No. 271, I 354 No. 351, Ey 9, 29, Bindewald 83, 87, 142, 188, Findeisen 3 No. 5, 39 No. 43, Kappf 44, 45, Hohaus 123, Eckart 27, 67, 78ff., Bechstein 6. |
| F610.3.5 | Competition with berserks in their particular sports: walk through fire, etc. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F217 | Congregating places of fairies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 49 No. 397. |
| F404.2 | Conjuring spirits. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 301 No. 22, 304 No. 24, 313 No. 98, 319 No. 31; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78. |
| F961.2.5.1 | Constellations bewail man's death. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F681.3.1 | Contest between runner swift as thought and one swift as sight. Former wins. N. A. Indian (Ojibwa): Michelson JAFL XXIV 249. |
| F1084.0.3 | Continuous fighting. No rest or food. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F211.0.2 | Contrast between people of the fairy mounds and inhabitants of the Land of Promise. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.1.2 | Contrasting qualities found in otherworld garden. |
| F979.13 | Convention of trees. Moreno Esdras (F979.4). |
| F967.3 | Conversation between clouds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F497.1 | Conversation of two fire-spirits. Shall house be burned? *O. Loortis Das misshandelte und sich rächend Feuer (Tartu, 1935). |
| F1005 | Cooked food grows when planted. |
| F162.1.2.2 | Cool and boiling fountain in otherworld garden. (Cf. F162.8.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 65, Other World 133, 144, 177. |
| F813.1.3 | Copper apple. Fb "æble" III 1135b; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F771.1.3 | Copper castle. Köhler-Bolte I 412; *Fb "slot" III 377a. |
| F811.1.3 | Copper tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Fb "kobberskov" II 244. |
| F165.8 | Copper-colored house in lower world. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F1099.4 | Corn takes root in man's hair. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F420.1.7.1 | Corner of water-spirits' dress is always wet. German: Zinck 12, Kahlo Niedersächsische 63 No. 107. |
| F708 | Countries with one conspicuous lack. |
| F709.2 | Country of little girls. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F709.1 | Country of the naked. Chavannes I 195—97, cf. Wesselski in Archiv Orientální I (1929) p. 4. |
| F709.3 | Country of thieves and impostors. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk II 73ff., Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII xxii; Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F566.1.1 | Country which no woman may enter. Africa (Swahili): Stignand 97ff. No. 15. |
| F708.1 | Country without cats. *Types 1650, 1651; *BP II 69; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chats", "Alger". |
| F708.2 | Country without grain. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "blé". |
| F708.3 | Country without wine. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F177.1 | Court in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F989.11.1 | Cow lowers ocean by drinking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F982.8 | Crab carries in his ear cat, tiger, bamboos, river. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1023 | Creation of a person by cooperation of skillful men. *Type 945; *BP III 53; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 327. |
| F402.5 | Creation of demons. |
| F971.9 | Creeper which blossoms once only in a thousand years. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 301, 871. |
| F807.1 | Crimson rock. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 47 No. 325A*. |
| F811.3.3 | Crimson tree. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F953 | Cripple marvelously cured. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F451.5.3.1 | Crippled mortals are of dwarf ancestry. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 187. |
| F982.5 | Crocodile carries extraordinary burden. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F445.1 | Crop-spirits. Wehrhan 75f. |
| F815.3 | Crops grow without sweat or weariness in paradise. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F959.2 | Cross-eyes straighted when hero sets head of slain opponent upon his own. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F836.5 | Crossbow goes bird hunting, shows mercy to first bird, which pleads for its life. Africa (Pangwe): Tessman 372. |
| F1071.1 | Crossing a river with help of a fig tree whose branches touch the opposite bank. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F828.2 | Crown of fire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F962.12.1 | Crozier falls from heaven for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F842.1.1 | Crystal (glass) bridge. Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30; Chauvin V 41 No. 388. |
| F165.3.5.1 | Crystal bower with "bright windows" as otherworld dwelling. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.1.6 | Crystal castle. Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château", "cristal"; Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| F774.1.1 | Crystal column. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F731.2 | Crystalline island. Arabian: Burton Nights S VII 234. |
| F989.3 | Cuckoo-clock. Bird calls out the hours. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum bewacht". |
| F816.1 | Cucumber two feet long. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F969.5 | Cultivated places suddenly become desert. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (F964). |
| F697.1 | Culture hero as marvelous ball player. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F348.2 | Cup given by fairy not to be broken. Bad luck will follow (Luck of Edenhall). Hartland Science 156f.; Gröning Am Urquell IV 101f., 208f.; Sprenger ibid. V 34, VI 41, *191 n. 1; Grimm Deutsche Sagen No. 547. |
| F866.4 | Cup made of skulls. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F866.5 | Cup of Gam's egg shell. (Cf. B31.2.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F866.1 | Cup of three hundred colors. Hartland Science 155. |
| F957 | Cure by physician's imitating sick man's actions. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 360. |
| F959.5 | Cure for deadly snake bite. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 679. |
| F166.7 | Curtains in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F475.1 | Dame Berchta. Supposed to travel over the country at night with a troop. (Named from Bertha, the mother of Charlemagne.) Also called Frau Holle. *Meyer Germanen 23ff.; *Wehrhan 85f.; Slovenian: *L. Kretzenbacher Germanische Mythen in der epischen Volksdichtung der Slowenen (Graz, 1941) 84—94. |
| F572 | Dancers upon whom icicles hang. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 97. |
| F965.1 | Darkness comes in daytime in order to save life of maiden about to be executed. Chinese: Werner 266. |
| F80.1.2 | Darkness of lower world. Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78, III 58, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 154B. |
| F930.1.0.1 | Dashing sea does not touch saint's cowl. (Cf. D1067.3.1, F931.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F105 | Dead oppose return of living from land of the dead. (Cf. F93.1.1.) Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 596—97, 602, MacCulloch Eddic 321, Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| F93.1.1 | Dead place net across river to prevent living man from returning to earth. (Cf. F105.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| F1041.22 | Deaf and dumb people speak. *Loomis White Magic 53. |
| F1041.1.10 | Death (illness) from envy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.1 | Death from broken heart. Penzer II 132, VII 24f., 103; Heptameron No. 9; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Grote I 134; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 439. |
| F1041.1.3.10 | Death from chagrin. Man cannot answer question. Alphabet No. 186. |
| F1041.1.5 | Death from excessive joy. Heptameron No. 9; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VII 103. |
| F1041.1.3.9 | Death from excitement at news of Christ's crucifixion. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.11.2 | Death from fear of demons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.1.11 | Death from fear. (Cf. F1041.17.) Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.2 | Death from grief for death of lover or relative. |
| F1041.1.2.2.4 | Death from hearing of son's (sons') death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1041.1.2.2.3 | Death from hearing of wife's death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.12 | Death from horror. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.1.9 | Death from jealousy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.5.4 | Death from joy of kiss. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F1041.1.4 | Death from longing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.1.13 | Death from shame. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.6 | Death from sight of beautiful woman. (Cf. F1041.8.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.3 | Death from sorrow or chagrin. |
| F615.0.1 | Death of strong man. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F1041.1.8 | Death on beholding hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F492 | Death on horseback. Fb "hvid" I 700b; von Negelein Zs. f. Vks. XIII 257ff., 368ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mort". Cf. the "four horsemen" in Revelation. |
| F420.5 | Deeds and actions of water-spirits. |
| F482.5 | Deeds of brownies. |
| F402.1 | Deeds of evil spirits. |
| F403.2.3 | Deeds of familiar spirits. |
| F535.5 | Deeds of pygmies. |
| F441.6 | Deeds of wood-spirits. |
| F1084.1 | Deep streams of blood flow during battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F380 | Defeating or ridding oneself of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F959.2.1 | Deformity cured by waves of sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F913.2 | Deity lights a great fire, and all the children ogress has devoured come out of it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F403.2.2.5 | Demon as familiar spirit. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.5 | Demon causes disease. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F171.8 | Demon eats sand; gambler lives wretched life in otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.5.1 | Demon formed from charmed apples. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F159.4 | Demon guide on otherworld journey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F401.3.7.1 | Demon in form of crow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.6 | Demon in form of hare. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.4.1 | Demon in form of wasp. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.6.1.1 | Demon lives at root of tree. Cook Island: Beckwith Myth 252. |
| F402.6.1 | Demon lives in tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.2.11 | Demon looks like a mountain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F471.2.0.1 | Demon lover. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F408.1 | Demon occupies (speaks from) lance (sword). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F415 | Demon occupies oracular artificial head and gives responses to questions. Dickson 193 n. 75, 201 n. 95. |
| F493.1.2 | Demon of colic. Irish myth: Cross (F497). |
| F493.1.1 | Demon of Consumption. N. A. Indian (Cherokee): Terrell JAFL V 125. |
| F406.4 | Demon of gluttony coaxed from man's throat with bits of food. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.7 | Demon of gluttony devours man's food in his throat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F496 | Demon of gluttony. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.15.1 | Demon seduces princess as she bathes at seashore. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F411.3 | Demon ship sails against the wind. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.15 | Demon suitors of girl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.4.1 | Demon takes on form of God to deceive faithful. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F411.1 | Demon travels in whirlwind. *Taylor FFC LXX 24 n. 1; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 190—197. |
| F402.1.4 | Demons assume human forms in order to deceive. Kittredge Witchcraft 223f., 530 nn. 98—101.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 4, 6f., 18f., 32, 39, 41f., 46, 49, 51f., 60f., 61, 188. |
| F402.4 | Demons eat ravenously. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F405.12 | Demons flee from fire. Chinese: Graham. |
| F405.10 | Demons flee stone (when saint steps upon it). Irish myth: *Cross |
| F419.1 | Demons hold horse-race. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.7.2 | Demons in form of black birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.6.2 | Demons live in waste mound. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.6.3 | Demons live in well. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.6.4 | Demons live in white cliff with hole in it. (Cf. F460) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F401.3.0.1 | Demons on animal feet. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 33. |
| F402.1.5.1 | Demons seek to carry off king's soul. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F493.4 | Demons spread pestilence by means of "heat and fury". Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1063 | Departing house. Hero in departing takes his house with him. N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 224. |
| F407 | Departure of spirits. |
| F6 | Departure to otherworld (fairyland) attributed to death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F61.2.1.1 | Descent from upper world on magic feather (like ladder). Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| F1022.1 | Descent into ocean in glass box. Jewish: Gaster Exempla 186 No. 5; bin Gorion Born Judas III 136, 306, *Neuman. |
| F81 | Descent to lower world of dead (Hell, Hades). Andrejev FFC LXIX 71f., *231n.; *MacCulloch Encyc. Rel. Ethics IV 648ff.; Oertel Studien zur vgl. Literaturgeschichte VIII 123; Aarne FFC XXIII 115ff., 129ff.; BP III 465; Köhler-Bolte I 133; Zemmrich Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie IV 217; Hull FL XVIII 121; *Fb "helvede" I 589a, "gjedebuk" I 440b, "Cyprianus" I 166b.—Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 320, 324, O'Suilleabhain 53, 63; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "visite", "enfer"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 299 No. 17, 313 No. 79; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16; Greek: Roscher Lexikon I 22 s.v. "Archilleus", Fox 105, 137, 145, Frazer Apollodorus I 234 nn. 1, 2, 332 n. 2; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; New Guinea: Ker 81; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 33; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 464; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 165, 180, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 489; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 337 n. 216; Araucanian: Alexander Lat Am. 330f.; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 225 No. 40, 249 No. 50, (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 34, 46, 56, 63, 99, 233, 238, 280, (Yoruba): Ellis 244 No. 1, (Bantu): Einstein 194f. |
| F98 | Descent to lower world on animal. |
| F451.4.3 | Description of dwarf home. |
| F991.4.1 | Desecrated altar bleeds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F933.6.1 | Desecrated well overflows. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F766 | Deserted city. Inhabitants have been devoured. *M. Bloomfield in Penzer VII xxv; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 127 No. 7. |
| F471.1.2.2 | Destruction of an alp. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 11. |
| F367 | Destructive fairy drink. Upon returning to earth mortal pours out drink which had been offered by fairies. It burns up whatever it touches. Hartland Science 144. |
| F956.1 | Detailed diagnosis by feeling pulse. *Chauvin V 136 No. 64. |
| F1078 | Detonation from spark struck for fire hurls ships out to sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.4.2 | Dew of blood from fingers of repentant woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F956.3 | Diagnosis based on smoke rising from house of sick. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.1.5.1 | Diamond castle. Breton: Sébillot s.v. "diamants". |
| F826.3 | Diamond does not break when struck with sledge hammer; penetrates iron instead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.8 | Diamond tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1014 | Dice game that lasts for nine years. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F136 | Direction of otherworld. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.6.12.1 | Disappearance of giants. Broderius § 28. |
| F531.6.12 | Disappearance or death of giants. **Höttges FFC CXXII 75; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F833.9 | Disappearing sword. *Loomis White Magic 51. |
| F1035 | Disintegration: man eats himself up or dismembers himself. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 304 n. 109m. |
| F321.1.4 | Disposing of a changeling. Hartland Science 105, 117ff.; Fb "skifting" III 252b, 253a.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| F137 | Distance of otherworld. *Siuts 19ff.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F35 | Divine animal visits earth. |
| F35.1 | Divine cow descends to earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.5.2.1 | Divine damsel converts mortal's first wife into a lovely woman; they all live together. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F35.2 | Divine elephant comes down from heaven to feed and disport himself. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F134.4 | Divine swans are on an inaccessible island in middle of seven seas. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F343.2.1 | Dogs as gifts from fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F167.1.1.1 | Dogs in otherworld. (Cf. A673.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1032. |
| F855.3.2 | Dogs of gold and silver. Penzer IX 9 n. 1. |
| F405.5.1 | Dogs protect house from spirits. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 61. |
| F772.2.5 | Dolorous Tower. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F91 | Door (gate) entrance to lower world. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 33, 58, Beal XXI 311, 323; Gaster Oldest Stories 152; Jewish: *Neuman; New Zealand: Dixon 73; Africa: Werner African 184. |
| F782.2 | Door of precious stones. Fb "port" II 863a. |
| F211.1.1 | Door to fairyland opens once a year. Hartland Science 136.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.2 | Door to otherworld island in supporting pedestal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.1 | Door to otherworld island sounds sleep-bringing music. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F156 | Door to otherworld. (Cf. F91.) Patch Other World 377 s.v. "gate"; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F512.1.4 | Doorkeeper with one human eye, one cat's eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1009.1 | Doorpost of room rises for holy person. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F165.1 | Doors in otherworld. Siuts 70ff.; Patch Other World 376 s.v. "doors"; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F406.1 | Doors left open to let night creatures pass to and fro. *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 590. |
| F782.5 | Doors of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F165.1.1 | Doors of gold (crystal) in otherworld dwelling. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F547.5.4 | Double vagina. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F558.1 | Double-skinned tribe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F796 | Dragon seen in sky. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F959.3.1 | Dreadful wound healed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F471 | Dream demons. |
| F451.2.7 | Dress of dwarf. |
| F821.1 | Dress of extraordinary material. |
| F236 | Dress of fairies. (Cf. F233.) |
| F821.1.6 | Dress of feathers. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 248 No. 192. |
| F821.1.5 | Dress of gold, silver, color of sun, moon and stars. *Type 510B; *BP II 45ff.; *Eisler Weltenmantel und Himmelszelt I 1ff.; Fb "mеne" II 660a, "klæder" IV 267b; Saintyves Perrault 152ff., 202ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "étoiles", "robe". |
| F460.1.4 | Dress of mountain-men. *Fb "bjærgmand" IV 41b. |
| F535.3 | Dress of pygmies. |
| F821.1.3 | Dress of raw fur. Cat-fur, mouse-fur, or other undressed fur. *Type 510B; BP II 45ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 420; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F420.1.6 | Dress of water-spirits. |
| F821.2 | Dress so fine that it goes in nutshell. Köhler-Bolte I 420; English: Child I 260 and note, 271. |
| F821.3 | Dress with gold, silver, and diamond bells. Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 60 and Köhler to Gonzenbach No. 2. |
| F394.1.1 | Druid directs fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F991.2.1 | Dry bone smells as sign of forgiveness. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F971.1.1 | Dry rod blossoms on night of saint's birth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F971.1 | Dry rod blossoms. *Type 756 ABC, 757; BP III 463, 465, 471 n. 1; *Dh II 265ff.; Fb "nеde" II 726b, "stav" III 541b; RTP IX 504, XIII 505, XV 61, XIX 66, 336, 532, XXI 123, XXV 141; **Andrejev FFC LIV 34, LXIX 126, 129ff., 241ff.; Saintyves Essais de folklore biblique 61ff.; Zs. f. Vksk. X 196f., XIII 72, XV 393; Alphabet No. 568; *Loomis White Magic 94, 114; Goebel Jüdische Motive im märchenhafte Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 34ff.; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 108, Beal XXI 318, 334; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 186; Jewish: *Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 438. |
| F933.2 | Dry spring restored by removal of certain stone. Christiansen FFC XXIV 87. |
| F441.2.2 | Dryad. Female spirit dwelling among trees. Greek: Fox 270; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 564. |
| F954 | Dumb person brought to speak. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 438. |
| F954.2.1 | Dumb princess is brought to speech by tale ending with a question to be solved. *Type 945; BP III 53ff.; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 534. |
| F954.2 | Dumbness cured by question. |
| F954.2.2 | Dumbness cured by saint's question. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1041.19 | Dumbness from disgust. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F451.2.0.5 | During the day dwarfs appear in form of toads or other vermin. German: Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 No. 40. |
| F451.5.1.1 | Dwarf as godfather. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 4. |
| F451.3.3 | Dwarf as magician. Dickson 219 n. 8; Icelandic: *Boberg; German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 II. |
| F451.1.5.1 | Dwarf as reincarnation of rat. Korean: Zong in-Sob 64. |
| F451.1.5 | Dwarf as reincarnation. |
| F451.3.4.5 | Dwarf bakes bread. *Boberg DF XLVI; Hoffman-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 119 n. 4; German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.5.10.3.1 | Dwarf borrows sledge. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 587—590. |
| F451.3.13.3 | Dwarf breaks wind so hard he capsizes canoes. Marquesas: Handy 126. |
| F451.3.2.4 | Dwarf can be killed only with snowball. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 248. |
| F451.3.4.11 | Dwarf can draw entrails out of elephant. Africa (Fang): Tessman 139. |
| F451.3.3.0.1 | Dwarf can take what shape he wants. Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 14 (Andvari), Zs. f. d. Phil. XXVI 12—13, Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 307ff., Boberg. |
| F451.6.13 | Dwarf carries his knocked-off leg on his shoulder. German: Sieber 61. |
| F451.3.8.1 | Dwarf carries mortal down from Hibichenstein. German: Pröhle Harzsagen No. 137 III. |
| F451.6.1 | Dwarf caught by beard in cleft of tree. (Cf. F451.2.3.1.) *Type 426; BP III 260; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nain". |
| F451.4.3.1 | Dwarf cave closed by iron doors. German: Karstens-Goslar 135. |
| F451.4.3.3 | Dwarf cave has ceiling of mineral white as snow. German: Eckart 22. |
| F451.4.3.2 | Dwarf cave has large square room with little doors leading to all sides. German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.3.5.3 | Dwarf children are hungry. German: Schöppner I 186 No. 184. |
| F451.2.7.9 | Dwarf clad in black. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 266, 268. |
| F451.2.7.8 | Dwarf clad in brown. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 266. |
| F451.2.7.2 | Dwarf clad in green. (Cf. F420.1.6.6.3.) English: Wells 134 (Sir Degare); Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 6ff., (1928) 11ff. |
| F451.5.1.14 | Dwarf conducts shepherd to hell to collect debt from nobleman. German: Sieber 100. |
| F451.6.3.4 | Dwarf dances. *Fb "danse" IV 93a; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 193ff., (1928) 137ff.; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 58 No. 92; German: Sieber 62. |
| F451.3.4.9 | Dwarf expert at making palm wine. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 133. |
| F451.5.8.1 | Dwarf follows countess around like a little dog. German: Bindewald 83. |
| F451.3.9.1 | Dwarf groans while carrying an ear of corn. German: Schöppner I 264 No. 271. |
| F451.4.3.4 | Dwarf home has chandelier of crystals and gems. (Cf. F420.2.1.) German: Eckart 22. |
| F451.4.1.5 | Dwarf home is underground, beneath cow stable. (Cf. F451.4.4.3.) Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 46 No. 387; German: Findeisen No. 5. |
| F451.3.6.1 | Dwarf is insulted when scolded. Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 55 No. 64; German: Schöppner I 264 No. 271. |
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