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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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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 |
|---|---|
| F771.5.3 | Serpent-hall. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. LII. |
| F771.6 | Phantom house: disappears at dawn. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F771.7 | Palace surrounded by rivers of wine, rosewater, and honey. Chauvin V 41 No. 388; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.8 | Castle of extraordinary size. Icelandic: Boberg; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 349, 529, 915. |
| F771.9 | Road runs through house (banqueting-hall). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F771.10 | Castle shall stand when everything else has departed (Gimle and Brimir). Icelandic: Snorra Edda Gylf. XVII, LII, Boberg. |
| F771.11 | Seven rooms in ascetic's house: in one, human heads; in another, horses; in third, dogs; in fourth, pots; in fifth, pile of men's arms; in sixth, a kitchen; in seventh, ascetic lives. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.12 | Building at bottom of which flows stream of rubies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F771.13 | Castle warmed by love. No fire is required because love makes perpetual summer. Neilson Court of Love 28. |
| F772 | Extraordinary tower. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F772.1 | Tower of Babel: remarkably tall tower designed to reach sky. Arabian: Basset 1001 Contes I 179; Frazer Old Testament I 362ff., Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F772.1.1 | Year taken to mount high tower. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F772.1.2 | Tower reaches moon. Africa: Stanley 121. |
| F772.2 | Metal tower. |
| F772.2.1 | Brazen tower. Liebrecht Zur Volkskunde 89f. |
| F772.2.2 | Towers of steel, silver and gold. Jacobs's list s.v. "Towers". |
| F772.2.3 | Golden tower under sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F772.2.4 | Tower of glass; melts in sun. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F772.2.4.1 | Tower of glass in midst of sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F772.2.5 | Dolorous Tower. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F772.2.6 | Flying tower. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F773 | Remarkable church (chapel, temple). Irish: O'Suilleabhain 27, Beal XXI 308; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F773.1 | Green chapel. Cave in green mound. Irish myth: *Cross; English: Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight. |
| F773.2 | Golden temple. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F773.3 | Temple of jewels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F774 | Extraordinary pillars. |
| F774.1 | Pillars of precious stones. Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87. |
| F774.1.1 | Crystal column. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F774.2 | Burning pillar reaching heaven. Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87. |
| F774.2.1 | Pillar of fire. (Cf. F962.2.2, F964.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F774.3 | Musical pillar. (Cf. A661.0.2.1.) Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F775 | Extraordinary tent. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F776 | Extraordinary gate. |
| F776.1 | Gate as high as heavens and huge as a mountain. Malone PMLA XLIII 403. |
| F776.1.1 | Palace gate so big it can only be opened by twelve buffaloes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F776.2 | Perilous falling gate. Cuts horse in two as rider goes through it. Brown Iwain 14 and passim; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F776.3 | Palace with seven gates, one within the other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F781 | Extraordinary rooms. |
| F781.1 | Labyrinth. Series of rooms so confusing that one cannot find the way out. Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 120 n. 1; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F781.2 | Extraordinary number of rooms. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F781.2.1 | 540 rooms in Bilskilnir. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale 1 75, Boberg. |
| F782 | Extraordinary doors and windows. |
| F782.1 | Windows and doors for every day in year. 365 windows and doors in castle or church. Fb "еr" III 1195b; Scotch: Campbell II 426 No. 51. According to Baedeker's Guidebook to Great Britain, said to be true of Salisbury Cathedral. |
| F782.1.1 | One door for each world quarter. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F782.2 | Door of precious stones. Fb "port" II 863a. |
| F782.3 | Seven-fold doors to room. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 1. |
| F782.4 | Extraordinary lock and key (made of bones). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F782.5 | Doors of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F782.6 | Revolving door of tent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F783 | Extraordinary carpet. |
| F783.1 | Giant carpet. Sixty miles square. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 37. |
| F784 | Extraordinary table. |
| F784.1 | Golden table. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 217, 375, *Neuman. |
| F785 | Extraordinary throne. |
| 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. |
| F785.2 | Nimrod's multiple throne. Seven thrones on top of one another. Stone, cedar, iron, copper, silver, gold, precious stones. Gaster Exempla 185 No. 2; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F785.3 | Throne of fire. (Cf. F702, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77, Jewish: Neuman. |
| F786 | Extraordinary chair. |
| F786.1 | Chairs of gold and silver. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 1 and Note 5. |
| F787 | Extraordinary bed. |
| F787.1 | Extraordinary bed woven with spider's webs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F787.2 | Golden bed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F787.3 | Ivory bed. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F787.4 | Bed made from man's tooth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F788 | Remarkable bier. |
| F788.1 | Remarkable jeweled bier. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F789 | Extraordinary buildings and furnishings—miscellaneous. |
| F789.1 | Seven forts—river, iron, mud, cow-dung, brick, stone, wood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F789.2 | Remarkable candlestick. |
| F789.2.1 | Jeweled candlestick. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F789.3 | Remarkable curtain. |
| F789.3.1 | Jeweled curtain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F790 | Extraordinary sky and weather phenomena. |
| F791 | Rising and falling sky. Sky rises and falls at horizon, giving periodic access to the other world. Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 308; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 15a, Hatt Asiatic Influences 78ff. |
| F791.1 | Sky lowers on people. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 495. |
| F792 | Artificial heavens. Placed on pillars of iron. Seven heavens. (1) glass, sun, moon, stars, (2) iron with lake in it, (3) tin with precious stones rolling about (thunder), (4) lead, (5) copper, (6) silver, (7) gold. Gaster Exempla 186 No. 4; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F793 | Artificial heavenly bodies. |
| F793.1 | Gold moon, sun, star. Fb "guldmеne" I 514. |
| F795 | Extraordinary cloud. |
| F795.1 | Clouds take form of letters. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F796 | Dragon seen in sky. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F797 | Fire from heaven kills people. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F800 | Extraordinary rocks and stones. (Cf. D931, D1553, D1641.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F801 | Weeping rocks. RTP V 157. |
| F801.1 | Weeping hills. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F802 | Growing rocks. RTP X 28. |
| F802.1 | Big rocks grow from little rocks. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F803 | Musical rock in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F804 | Floating rock (stone). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F805 | Golden stone. Icelandic: Boberg; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 43. |
| F806 | Magnetic stone. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1055. |
| F806.1 | Lodestone draws ship to it. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "aimant". |
| F807 | Rock of extraordinary color. |
| F807.1 | Crimson rock. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 47 No. 325A*. |
| F808 | Extraordinary cliff: thin as a hair, sharp as a blade, slippery as an eel's tail, high as a mast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F809 | Other extraordinary stones. |
| F809.1 | Stones cannot be counted. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F809.2 | Hollow stone fits any person who lies in it. Wales: Baughman. |
| F809.3 | Magic crop- and rain-producing stone. England: Baughman. |
| F809.4 | Bleeding rock. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.4.1 | Men disappear at revolving bleeding rock. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 467. |
| F809.5 | Traveling stones. (Cf. D1431.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| F809.6 | Stones of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.6.1 | Stones burn. Africa (Baholoholo): Einstein 216. |
| F809.6.2 | Mysterious characters engraved upon rock of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.7 | Transparent stone. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F809.8 | Stones as guardian of town. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| F809.9 | Stones can be rolled up like a scroll. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F810 | Extraordinary trees, plants, fruit, etc. Toldo Studien zur vgl. Litgsch. VIII 48ff.; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 322, O'Suilleabhain 57; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811 | Extraordinary tree. Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1 | Trees of extraordinary material. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.1 | Golden tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Fb "guldskov" I 515a, "guldtyr" I 515b; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer IV 128. |
| F811.1.2 | Silver tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 82; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.3 | Copper tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Fb "kobberskov" II 244. |
| F811.1.4 | Tree of fire. (Cf. F785.3. and other references there given). Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F811.1.5 | Tree of camphor. *Chauvin VII 11 No. 373B n. 2. |
| F811.1.6 | Glass (crystal) tree in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.1.7 | Tree with silver trunk, gold branches, emerald leaves, pearls for fruits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.8 | Diamond tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.9 | Iron tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.10 | Tree of cakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2 | Tree with extraordinary leaves. |
| F811.2.1 | Tree with metal leaves. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres". |
| F811.2.1.1 | Tree with brass leaves. Fb "messing" II 582b. |
| F811.2.1.2 | Tree with golden leaves. Fb "træ" III 867a; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 333, Boberg, Hdwb. d. Märch. I 431a n. 35; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2.2 | Tree with leaves of jewels. Penzer IV 128; Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 242. |
| F811.2.3 | Tree with gigantic leaves. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.2.3.1 | Tree with coiling leaves three thousand miles high with golden cock on top. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83. |
| F811.3 | Tree of extraordinary color. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.3.1 | Purple tree. Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 82; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.3.2 | White mango tree. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 448. |
| F811.3.3 | Crimson tree. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F811.4 | Extraordinary location of tree. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.4.1 | Tree in midocean. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 85; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.4.2 | Tree under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.4.3 | Tree in the midst of king's hall. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F811.5 | Food-producing trees. |
| F811.5.1 | Food-dropping trees. *Loomis White Magic 87; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.5.2 | Wood which distills wine. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| F811.5.3 | Fish-producing tree. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 520; S. A. Indian (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 369. |
| F811.6 | Tree with musical branches. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.7 | Tree with extraordinary fruit. |
| F811.7.1 | Tree bearing all fruits. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207a n. 18; Irish myth: Cross; S. A. Indian (Ackawoi): Alexander Lat. Am. 269. |
| F811.7.1.1 | Tree bearing several fruits. (Cf. F811.18.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.7.1.2 | Tree bearing variety of fruits. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.7.2 | Tree bearing unwonted fruit (flowers). |
| F811.7.2.1 | Temple cedars bear fruit. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F811.7.2.2 | Marvelous oranges grow upon tree limbs which are sharp knives. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 102. |
| F811.7.2.3 | Cherry tree has lotos-flowers. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 240 No. 186. |
| F811.8 | Tree with fruits like human heads. Attached by hair. Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F811.9 | Trees with green birds hanging by claws. Chauvin VII 56 No. 77. |
| F811.10 | Tree in which people live in nests. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 85. |
| F811.10.1 | Hollow tree as residence for hero. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 206b n. 7; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.11 | Trees disappear at sunset. English: Wells 104 (Alexander and Dindimus). |
| F811.12 | Trees grow and "ungrow" each day. (Cf. F817.1.) Chauvin VII 83 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| F811.13 | Tree blooms and grows ripe fruit nightly. (Cf. F815.1, F971.7.) Hdwb. d. Märch. I 207b n. 2; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F811.13.1 | Extraordinary tree blossoms, bears fruit, matures seeds, seeds sprout and grow, even while one watches. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.14 | Giant tree: nuts fall scores of miles away, etc. Irish myth: *Cross; Japanese: Anesaki 339; Marquesas: Handy 70; Africa (Upoto): Einstein 120. |
| F811.14.1 | Tree so large that it darkens whole world. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.15 | Upside-down tree. Branches in ground, roots in air. Africa (Bambara): Travélé 205ff. No. 66. |
| F811.16 | Tree bears fruit, flower, and leaf simultaneously. All drop at once. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.17 | Tree with extraordinary buds. |
| F811.17.1 | Tree with crystal buds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F811.18 | Tree bears fruit three times yearly. (Cf. F811.7.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F811.18.1 | Tree bears fruit monthly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F811.19 | Tree grows miraculously fast from seed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.20 | Bleeding tree. Blood drops when tree is cut. *Loomis White Magic 124. |
| F811.21 | Marvelous tree (trees) of extraordinary age. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 870. |
| F811.22 | Extraordinary firewood, of elephant tusks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.23 | Extraordinary flower-bearing tree in middle of seven forts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.24 | Man-eating tree. (Cf. G10.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F812 | Extraordinary forest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F812.1 | Forest of straight and tall trees. Each tree straight as an arrow and higher than earthly man ever saw. Patch PMLA XXXIII 625 n. 83. |
| F812.2 | Wood of sixty trees nourishing three hundred men apiece. Patch PMLA 624 n. 82. |
| F812.3 | Forest of Dangers (Wonders). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F812.4 | Speaking forest. (Cf. D1610.2.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F812.5 | Forest where unseen sword cuts off heads of those trying to escape. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F812.6 | Special flavor of wood from certain forest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F812.7 | Boards of wood from certain forest endure forever. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F812.8 | Wood which cannot be consumed by fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F813 | Extraordinary fruits. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F813.0.1 | Fruits containing jewels. Penzer VI 166, 232, 236ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.0.2 | Golden fruits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.0.3 | Extraordinarily large fruit. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F813.0.4 | Fruits always sweet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F813.1 | Extraordinary apple. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F813.1.1 | Golden apple. Type 502; BP III 111; *Cox Cinderella 494; *Fb "æble" III 1135b, "guldæble" I 515b, 516a, "træ" III 867a, "frugttræ" I 376b.—Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 364f.; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10; Missouri French: Carrière; Icelandic: Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 400 n. 1, Fox 87; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.1.2 | Silver apple. Fb "træ" III 867a, "frugttræ" I 376b, "æble" III 1135b; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F813.1.3 | Copper apple. Fb "æble" III 1135b; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F813.1.4 | Brass apple. Fb "messing" II 582b; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 50, Beal XXI 318. |
| F813.2 | Extraordinary grapes. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F813.2.1 | Clusters of diamond and emerald grapes. Chauvin VI 110 No. 274. |
| F813.2.2 | Gigantic grapes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F813.3 | Extraordinary nut. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F813.3.1 | Golden nut. Fb "guldnød" I 514; Icelandic: Boberg; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 38. |
| F813.3.2 | Gigantic nut. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F813.3.3 | Nuts yield purple juice. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F813.3.4 | Silk handkerchief concealed in a nut. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.4 | Silver pear. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 256a n. 9. |
| F813.5 | Extraordinary gourd. |
| F813.5.1 | Gourds with seven rooms in each. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.6 | Extraordinary banana. |
| F813.6.1 | Banana large as tooth of elephant. Africa (Baholoholo): Einstein 217. |
| F813.7 | Extraordinary fig. |
| F813.7.1 | Fig magically preserved. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F813.7.2 | Fig from paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F813.8 | Extraordinary pomegranate. |
| F813.8.1 | Golden pomegranates. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F813.8.2 | Giant pomegranate rind holds 13 men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F814 | Extraordinary flower. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F814.1 | Gigantic flower. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F814.2 | Talking flowers. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F814.3 | Flower only to be found at midnight. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F814.4 | Golden flowers. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 891. |
| F814.4.1 | Golden lotus. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F814.5 | Flower visible only to blind man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F814.6 | Flowers (lotus) of gold float on a river of milk. (Cf. F715.2.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F815 | Extraordinary plants. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F815.1 | Vegetables (plants) which mature in miraculously short time. (Cf. F811.13.) Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 35. |
| F815.2 | Extraordinary grain. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F815.2.1 | Extraordinary amount of liquor pressed from single grain. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F815.3 | Crops grow without sweat or weariness in paradise. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F815.4 | Extraordinary rice producing million-fold and ripening overnight. (Cf. F815.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F815.4.1 | Rice, the scent of which is smelled for miles around. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F815.5 | Extraordinary seed. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 40. |
| F815.6 | Prolific grain. Produces enormously. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F815.6.1 | Taro planted in sacred spot inexhaustible prolific. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 288. |
| F815.7 | Extraordinary vine. (Cf. F813.2.) |
| F815.7.1 | Extraordinary vine bears 926 varieties of fruit. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F815.7.2 | Gigantic vine. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F815.7.3 | Vines smile when a leaf is cut from them. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 163. |
| F816 | Extraordinary vegetables. |
| F816.1 | Cucumber two feet long. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F816.2 | Enormous kava plant. Tonga: Gifford 123, 158. |
| F817 | Extraordinary grass. |
| F817.1 | Growing and ungrowing grass. Produces one pod daily till the fifteenth of the month; thereafter one pod shrinks each day. (Cf. F811.12.) Chinese: Ferguson 33. |
| F817.2 | Grass grows anew every night. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F817.3 | Herbs serve as perfume. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F817.4 | Grass covered with gold dust. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F818 | Extraordinary garden. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F818.1 | Marvelous garden with gold and silver flowers, bees. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F818.2 | Five demons keepers of marvelous garden and palace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F820 | Extraordinary clothing and ornaments. |
| F821 | Extraordinary dress (clothes, robe, etc.) |
| F821.1 | Dress of extraordinary material. |
| F821.1.1 | Golden clothes. Fb "guldklædning"; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F821.1.2 | Brass clothes. Fb "messing" II 582b. |
| 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. |
| F821.1.3.1 | Bearskin. Man dressed in bear hide. Type 361; Hdwb. d. Märch. I 169a s.v. "Bärenhäuter"; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F821.1.3.2 | Cloak made from fur of all animals in realm. German: Grimm No. 65. |
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