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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
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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 |
|---|---|
| F875 | Iron bands around heart to keep it from breaking. When master is disenchanted, bands around heart of faithful servant snap one by one. *Type 440; *BP I 1ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F876 | Golden spinning-wheel. Hdwb. d. Märch. II 136 nn. 77—119. |
| F877 | Extraordinary threads. |
| F877.1 | Gold (silver, copper) thread. Hdwb. d. Märch. II 147 nn. 359—367. |
| F878 | Egg used as shinny ball. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 74. |
| F881 | Extraordinary vessel. |
| F881.1 | Extraordinarily large vessel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F881.1.1 | Gigantic cauldron. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F881.1.2 | Gigantic ladle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F881.2 | Vessel of human bones. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F882 | Extraordinary fire. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F882.1 | Extraordinary funeral pyre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F882.2 | Multicolored fires. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F883 | Extraordinary writings (book, letter). Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F883.1 | Extraordinary book. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F883.1.1 | Book of glass. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F883.1.2 | Book written with black fire on white fire (in God's lap). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.1.3 | Words of Decalogue legible on both sides. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F883.1.4 | Books unscathed by water and fire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.1.5 | Book made of sapphires. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.1.6 | Heavenly books. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F883.2 | Extraordinary letter (written on human skin). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F883.2.1 | Letter shot into sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F885 | Extraordinary field. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F886 | Extraordinary key. |
| F886.1 | Golden key. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1895) 461, (1931) 318. |
| F887 | Extraordinary implements. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F887.1 | Extraordinary plow (made of snakes and drawn by tigers). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F891 | Extraordinary still (with the beads of crocodiles, owls, and parrots as pots). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F891.1 | Woman's body used as still. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F893 | Extraordinary hearth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F894 | Extraordinary seat, covered with skins of lice. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F895 | Golden swing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F896 | Extraordinary threshing-floor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F899 | Other extraordinary objects. |
| F899.1 | Extraordinary standard. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F899.2 | Extraordinary game-board. |
| F899.2.1 | Golden game-board. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F899.3 | Enormous cage. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F900 | Extraordinary occurrences. |
| F900.1 | Miracles at certain times. |
| F900.1.1 | Wonders occur on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F900.1.2 | Miracles on first night of Passover. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F900.2 | All miracles created by God at creation. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F900.3 | Miracles cease. |
| F900.3.1 | Miracles in the desert come to an end with death of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F901 | Repeated death. (Cf. M341.2.4.2.) |
| F901.1 | Extraordinary threefold death: falling from rock and tree, drowning. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F901.1.1 | Extraordinary threefold death: wounding, burning, drowning. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F901.2 | Extraordinary twofold death: burning, drowning. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F910 | Extraordinary swallowings. *Plenzat Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Fressmärchen"; Irish: Plummer I clxxvi; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 428; West Indies: Flowers 436. |
| F911 | Person (animal) swallowed without killing. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F911.1 | Men swallow men. |
| F911.1.1 | God swallows his wife and incorporates her into his own being. (Cf. F1034.2.) Greek: Fox 156, 170, Grote I 9f. |
| F911.2 | Animals swallow animals. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 371, (Mpongwe): Nassau 34 No. 4. |
| F911.2.1 | Raven dwells inside a whale. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 465. |
| F911.3 | Animal swallows man (not fatally). *Types 123, 333, 700; Fb "kat" II 108b; Saintyves Perrault 227ff.; Persian: Carnoy 302; Hindu: Penzer IX 49. |
| F911.3.1 | Thumbling swallowed by animals. (Cf. F914.2.) *Type 700; BP I 389. |
| F911.3.2 | Winged serpent as boat: passengers within. Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447. |
| F911.3.3 | Animal with men in its belly playing cards, etc. Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447 n. 81. |
| F911.3.4 | Frog eats a rat, a baker, a man, and a horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| F911.4.1 | Fish swallows ship. Hindu: Tawney II 599. |
| F911.4.1.1 | Party in canoe swallowed by great clam. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 260. |
| F911.4.1.2 | Serpent swallows canoe and occupant. Am. Indian (Ladino, Honduras and Nicaragua): Conzemius BBAE CVI 169. |
| F911.5 | Giant swallows man. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| F911.5.1 | Man builds boat and sails about in giant's belly. Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| F911.6 | All-swallowing monster. Has whole towns of people and buildings, etc. inside. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8 (fish); Africa: Werner African 198, (Zulu): Callaway 55, 78ff., 85ff., 192, 325, 332, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 139f., 176, (Mpongwe): Nassau 34, 46 Nos. 4, 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 70 No. 11, 76 No. 12, 122 No. 17, 214 No. 31, (Ibo Nigeria): Thomas 115, 203 No. 1. |
| F911.6.1 | Toad (as man) swallows all women's earthenware. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| F911.7 | Serpent swallows man. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| F912 | Victim kills swallower from within. Herbert III 196; Oesterley No. 251; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 86; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 291; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 159; Africa: Werner African 199. |
| F912.1 | Victim kills swallower from within by burning. *Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Hartland Perseus III 15; Finnish: Kalevala rune 17; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia): Dixon 69; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 332ff. |
| F912.2 | Victim kills swallower from within by cutting. Irish myth: *Cross; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 55; New Hebrides: Codrington 365; Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 503; Marquesas: ibid. 502; S. A. Indian (Eastern Brazil): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 434; Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 60, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 176, (Basuto): Jacottet 122. |
| F912.3 | Swallowed person eats on swallower's liver (heart) until disgorged. (Cf. F914, F915.1.) India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 140. |
| F912.3.1 | Swallowed person tickles serpent's throat and is disgorged. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F913 | Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) *Types 123, 333, 450, 700; *BP I 37, 40, 389; *Penzer VI 154 n. 3; Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 18; Saintyves Perrault 227ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 165, 372; Persian: Carnoy 302; Hindu: Keith 173; India: *Thompson-Balys; Oceanic (Cook Group, Melanesia, Indonesia, Australia): Dixon 69, 296; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 175; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 159a; S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686; Africa: Werner African 221, (Zulu): Callaway 55, 78ff., 85ff., 325, 332, (Kaffir): Theal 84, 142, 176, (Basuto): Jacottet 72, 76, 214 Nos. 11, 12, 31; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270 No. 82. |
| F913.1 | Smith swallowed by water-monster and rescued by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F913.2 | Deity lights a great fire, and all the children ogress has devoured come out of it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| F914.1 | Princess stands in middle of dried-up tank so serpent will release the water, which he had swallowed up completely. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F914.2 | Buffalo sucks hero with water it is drinking and throws him up again in game of hide-and-seek. (Cf. F911.3.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F914.3 | Tigress swallows abandoned baby again and again, but it comes out from behind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F915 | Victim speaks from swallower's body. *Type 700; BP I 389; Alphabet No. 335; Irish: Plummer cxliii; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 58; West Indies: Flowers 436ff. |
| F915.1 | Victim pecks on swallower's stomach. (Cf. F912.3.) Bird eaten by king pecks on his stomach. King vomits and bird escapes. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 37 No. 244; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F916 | One animal jumps through body of another. |
| F916.1 | Monkey jumps through body of tiger. Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 46. |
| F916.2 | Whelp leaps through body of hound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F917 | Monster swallows people through anus. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F921 | Swallowed person becomes bald. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 132, 437; Tuamotu: ibid. 503; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 322 n. 159b. |
| F921.1 | Swallowed person becomes boneless. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| F922 | Swallowed person bereft of clothing. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F923 | Tent-house folded and swallowed as means of carrying it. Africa (Benga): Nassau 208ff. No. 33. |
| F929 | Extraordinary swallowings—miscellaneous. |
| F929.1 | Elephant allows jackal to quench his thirst by entering through his mouth to his stomach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F929.2 | Man swallows reptiles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F929.2.1 | Person unwittingly swallows snake, which kills him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F930 | Extraordinary occurrences concerning seas or waters. |
| F930.1 | Book dropped in water by saint not wet. *Loomis White Magic 39f.—Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, *Cross. |
| F930.1.0.1 | Dashing sea does not touch saint's cowl. (Cf. D1067.3.1, F931.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F930.1.0.2 | Robe sent to saint on stream not wet. (Cf. D1052.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F930.2 | Waters rise to drown wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F930.3 | Water sinks to bottom, mud rises to surface to keep prophet from drowning. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.4 | Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.5 | Water stops flowing when no longer needed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F930.6 | Water chants song. (Cf. D1614.4, F931.12.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.7 | Waters dissolve mill-stones. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F930.8 | Chewed nut spread on waters clarifies them. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 436. |
| F931 | Extraordinary occurrence connected with sea. |
| F931.1 | Sea rises and changes place. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 89. |
| F931.1.1 | Sea rises at saint's command. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.2 | Fish disappear from sea. Punishment for woman's having washed a child with a fish. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 90; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 135 No. 90. |
| F931.3 | Sea does not encroach on burial place of saint. (Cf. F930.1.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.3.1 | Sea behaves like solid earth when man is buried in it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.4 | Extraordinary behavior of waves. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.4.1 | Waves reverberate at preparation for battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F931.4.2 | Waves moan (shriek) during battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.5 | Extraordinary shipwreck in calm weather. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F931.6 | Fishing under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F931.7 | Sea changes color. German: Grimm No. 19; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.8 | Sea fettered. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F931.9 | Passing through sea unscathed. (Cf. D1551.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.9.1 | Waters of sea arch over people like a vault. (Cf. F932.2.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.9.2 | Sea yields people whatever they desire. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.9.2.1 | Sea flows sweet water. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.9.2.2 | Sea bears fruits. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.9.3 | Paths open up in sea for each tribe (one for each of Israel's tribes). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.10 | Sea piles up to height of sixteen hundred miles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F931.11 | Speaking sea. (Cf. D1610, F932.12.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F931.12 | Seas sing hymns of praise. (Cf. F930.6.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F932 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with rivers. |
| F932.1 | River pursues fugitive. Fb "е" III 1187a; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 209 n. 8; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 63. |
| F932.2 | River arches over saint's body like a vault. (Cf. F931.9.1, V220.) *Ward Catalogue II 640 No. 17; Crane Miraculis 104 No. 40. |
| F932.3 | Stream becomes hot in which saint performs his ascetic devotions. Irish: Plummer cxxxviii. |
| F932.4 | Well of oil runs into river. Miracle. Alphabet No. 550. |
| F932.5 | River acts as messenger. |
| F932.5.1 | River carries object to saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.6 | River ceases to flow. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F932.6.1 | River dries up for a day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.6.2 | River dries up its waters out of sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.6.3 | In dead of night waters of stream cease flowing and stand perfectly still. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.7 | River boils. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.7.1 | River boils when ashes of hearts are cast into it. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F932.8 | River rises and overflows. |
| F932.8.1 | River rises to prevent body's being carried over it against dying man's wish. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.8.2 | River rises to prevent advance of army. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F932.8.2.1 | River rises to prevent meeting of hostile armies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F932.8.3 | River rises to prevent escape of thieves. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.8.4 | Treacherous river overflows and drowns victims. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.8.5 | Shallow river rushes up to drown man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.8.6 | River piles up to a height of three hundred miles. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F932.9 | Ford across impassable river created by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F932.10 | River divides into two parts after rape in its bed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F932.11 | Firelike waters of river used by strange beings to cook flesh. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 171. |
| F932.12 | Speaking river (brook). (Cf. D1614.4, F930.6, F931.11.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F933 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with springs. |
| F933.1 | Miraculous spring bursts forth for holy person. Dh II 26; *Toldo VI 310ff.; Saintyves Le Miracle de l'apparition des eaux dans ses relations avec les liturgies paпennes et chrétiennes (Revue de l'Université de Bruxelles, 1912, 265—94); Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F933.1.1 | Spring bursts forth where saint spills water from his bell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.1.2 | Magic spring flows from roots of tree at command of Jesus. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F933.1.3 | Well rises so holy person does not have to draw from it. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F933.1.3.1 | Well rises so maiden can draw without exerting herself. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F933.1.3.2 | Well rises for pious man's sheep. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F933.2 | Dry spring restored by removal of certain stone. Christiansen FFC XXIV 87. |
| F933.3 | At certain time sheep thrown into well become crimson. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F933.4 | Severed head of impious man in well causes water to become bitter during part of each day. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.5 | Rushes uprooted reveal spring. Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F933.6 | Spring miraculously breaks forth against wrongdoer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.6.1 | Desecrated well overflows. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F933.7 | Well floods when gazed upon until mass is said over it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F933.8 | Bones of bird constantly thrown up from well. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with lakes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.1 | Gravel rises from bottom as hero enters lake. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F934.2 | Lake rises from bramble bush. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.3 | Lake petrifies wood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.4 | Lake disappears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F934.5 | When dead man's body is thrown into lake, water turns pitch black and all living creatures therein die. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F935 | Extraordinary occurrences connected with pond (pool, tank). |
| F935.1 | Huge tank has no water in spite of plentiful rains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F935.2 | Ice forms while fish leaps from pool. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 74. |
| F940 | Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance. *Fb "synke"; Icelandic: örvar-Odds saga 136; Юorsteinssaga Vikingssona 417, 421, 432; ásmundarsaga Kappabana (Zwei Fornaldarsogur ed. F. Detter, Halle a. S. 1891) 82; Göngu Hrуlfssaga 330, 339; Sörla saga sterka (FAS III) 440, 444, 446; Hjálmthèrssaga ok ölvis 471; Chinese: Graham. |
| F941 | Building sinks into earth. Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 79; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F941.1 | Castle sinks into earth. Wesselski Märchen 200; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F941.2 | Church sinks underground. |
| F941.2.1 | Church sinks: song heard from underground. *Fb "kirke" IV 258b; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 No. 87; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 134 No. 87. |
| F941.2.2 | Church and congregation sink to bottom of sea. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 86**; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 134 No. 86. |
| F941.2.3 | Temple swallowed by earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F941.3 | Tower sinks into earth. |
| F941.3.1 | Unfinished Tower of Babel sinks into earth. (Cf. F772.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F942 | Man sinks into earth. U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 372, Rasmussen III 185, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 182; West Indies: Flowers 438. |
| F942.1 | Ground opens and swallows up person. Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 327; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 63 (Althaimenes), 227 (Persephone), Frazer Apollodorus II 241 n. 5; Jewish: *Neuman; Africa: Werner African 200. |
| F942.1.1 | Ground opens to hide fugitive. U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 28. |
| F942.2 | Ground cut from under adversary. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F942.2.1 | Adversary pushed into ground. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F942.3 | Earth opens at man's command. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F942.3.1 | Earth opens at woman's bidding to enclose her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F943 | Sinking into mud in duel. Icelandic: Boberg; Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 96; Lithuanian: Leskien-Brugmann 385 No. 10, 557 No. 14; Greek: Hahn Griechische und albanesische Märchen II 273; Egyptian: Maspero Contes populaire de l'Egypte ancienne (Paris, 1882) 191; Africa: Meinhof Afrikanische 78, Frobenius Atlantis X 212. |
| F943.1 | Man sinks into stone. Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 98. |
| F944 | City sinks in the sea. Schmersel Die Sage von der versunkenen Stadt; Schütte Danske Studier (1925) 117; Le Braz Légende de la Mort (Paris, 1902); **Smyser Harward Studies and Notes Phil. and Lit. XV (1933) 49ff.; England: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3610. |
| F944.1 | City sinks in sea or lake as punishment. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F944.2 | Ancient homeland sinks beneath the waves. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 75. |
| F944.3 | Island sinks into sea. Tonga: Gifford 185. |
| F944.4 | Earth splits and plain sinks to become bottom of lake when tabu is broken. Africa (Congo): Johnson Grenfell 817. |
| F945 | Person gradually submerged by sea. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F947 | Ground opens and swallows forest. Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman. |
| F948 | Object sinks into earth. |
| F948.1 | Ground opens and swallows heathen idols. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F948.1.1 | Earth swallows up Temple vessels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F948.2 | Ground opens and swallows other object. Irish myth: Cross; Chinese: Graham. |
| F948.3 | Magic object sinks into earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F948.4 | Extraordinary sword sinks into earth after use. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F948.5 | City is buried under sand. England: *Baughman. |
| F949 | Extraordinary underground (underwater) disappearance—miscellaneous. |
| F949.1 | Animal sinks into earth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F949.1.1 | Ground opens and swallows demoniac wasps. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F949.2 | Man falls underground through hole. Chinese: Graham. |
| F950 | Marvelous cures. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F950.1 | Sickness cured by napkin of Veronica. English: Wells 156 (Temporale). |
| F950.2 | Extreme anger as cure for sickness. (Cf. F955.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 358; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F950.2.1 | Wife cures self of catarrh by calling to husband fondling maid at bedside. Heptameron No. 71. |
| F950.3 | Measuring sick as means of cure. Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 151; England, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F950.4 | Sickness (madness) cured by coition. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 55, 90; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| F950.5 | Extreme fear as cure for sickness. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F950.6 | Sucking through tubes heals wounds. (Cf. F959.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F950.7 | Marvelous cure without seeing person. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F950.8 | Princess cured by seeing her lost lover dance. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/10). |
| F950.9 | Healing by sprinkling water and replacing flesh. Chinese: Graham. |
| F952 | Blindness miraculously cured. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aveugle"; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 25. |
| F952.0.1 | Sight miraculously restored while poet writes hymn (poem). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F952.0.2 | Blinded prince forces goddess to give him back his sight. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.1 | Blindness cured by tears. *Type 310; BP I 97, 99. |
| F952.2 | Blindness healed by sun's rays. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 32. |
| F952.3 | Blindness cured by rubbing sand on eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.3.1 | Blindness cured by striking eyes. (Cf. F953.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/931). |
| F952.3.1.1 | Blindness cured by striking eyes with shell. Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24. |
| F952.3.2 | Blindness cured by rubbing eyes with flower. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.4 | Blindness cured by striking head violently on tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F952.5 | Blindness cured by application of chicken dung. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24. |
| F952.6 | Blindness cured by drop of water from side of crucified Saviour. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F952.7 | Eyes restored by bathing in lake (spring). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F953 | Cripple marvelously cured. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F953.1 | Hunchback cured by having hump severely beaten. India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 233; Africa (Nyanja): Rattray Some Folk-Lore Stories and Songs in Chinyanja (London, 1907) 149ff. No. 24. |
| F954 | Dumb person brought to speak. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 438. |
| F954.1 | Thread under dumb man's tongue cut. This permits him to speak. Dickson 217. |
| F954.2 | Dumbness cured by question. |
| 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. |
| F954.2.2 | Dumbness cured by saint's question. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F954.3 | Fainting brings recovery of speech. English: Wells 137 (Sir Gowther). |
| F954.4 | Chilli plant so hot it causes dumb man to speak: thus discovered for eating. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F954.4.1 | Flea (magic) enters princess' throat and helps hero make her speak. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F954.5 | Person made to speak by warning of danger. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F955 | Miraculous cure for leprosy. Rage at hearing for first time of Christ's passion causes cure. (Cf. F950.3.) Irish: Beal XXI 306; English: Wells 155 (Temporale). |
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