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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
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
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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
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 |
|---|---|
| F361.9 | Fairies take revenge for being dishonored. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F361.10 | Fairies take revenge for being teased. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3693. |
| F361.11 | Fairies threaten watcher of sheep. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3696. |
| F361.12 | Fairies take revenge on mortals who destroy their homes. Irish myth: *Cross; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F361.13 | Fairies take revenge for cheating. England: Baughman. |
| F361.14 | Fairy punishes servant girl who fails to leave food for him. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| F361.15 | Fairies punish mortals who refuse to eat fairy food given them. England, Ireland: *Baughman. |
| F361.16 | Fairies punish person who needs punishing because of his treatment of other mortals. (Cf. F311.1.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| F361.17 | Other punishments by fairies. |
| F361.17.1 | Fairies lame miller who throws sod into his kiln where fairies are cooking oatmeal; the oatmeal scalds them. England: *Baughman. |
| F361.17.2 | Fairies take revenge on smith who disturbs them in the smithy when he returns after dark to get medicine. Ireland: Baughman. |
| F361.17.3 | Fairies pinch plowboy who breaks their wooden oven as he plows. England: Baughman. |
| F361.17.4 | Fairy breaks leg of servant girl who tells lies about him. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F361.17.5 | Fairies bathe children in churn when housewife forgets to leave a supply of clear water for the fairies. Ireland: Baughman. |
| F361.17.6 | Fairy kills dog that refuses to let fairy sleep in stack. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F361.17.7 | Fairy kills man who refuses his hospitality. Man refuses to visit fairy after being invited. (Cf. F361.15.) England: Baughman. |
| F361.17.8 | Fairies chase man who dares them to come chase him. He barely gets home ahead of them; they drive iron javelin through iron-covered door. (Cf. C20.) England: *Baughman. |
| F361.17.9 | Fairy mistress strikes her disobedient human lover on the face and predicts death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F362 | Fairies cause disease. Kittredge Witchcraft 33, 147, cf. 218; Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 225; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F362.1 | Fairies cause blindness. Hartland Science 66ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F362.2 | Fairies cause insanity. *Fb "ellepige" I 242a, "ellefolk" I 241b, "sær" III 723b; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F362.3 | Fairies cause weakness. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F362.4 | Fairy causes mutilation (injury). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F363 | Fairies cause death. (Cf. F364.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F363.1 | Fairies, directed by druid, bring about death of king by causing fish-bone to stick in his throat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F363.2 | Brownie (Redcap, Redcomb, Bloody Cap) murders travelers, catches their blood in his cap. England: Baughman. |
| F363.3 | Sight of fairies fatal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F363.4 | Fairy's look burns mortal to ashes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F363.5 | Fairy calls her victim only once or twice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F363.6 | Fairies tickle mortals to death. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F364 | War between fairies and mortals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F364.1 | Fairy warriors sit upon mortals and thus kill them. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F364.2 | Fairies wrestle with mortals. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F364.3 | War between fairies and giants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F365 | Fairies steal. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "stjæle" III 576a; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland: *Baughman. |
| F365.0.1 | Fairy steals on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F365.1 | Fairies steal ass. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "âne". |
| F365.2 | Fairies steal anchor. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ancre". |
| F365.3 | Fairies occupy peasant's house. *Fb "hus" I 687a. |
| F365.4 | Fairy (bonga) steals part of crop. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F365.5 | Fairies steal pieces as mortal plays draughts with fairy woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F365.6 | Fairies steal cattle (pig). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F365.7 | Fairies steal cooking. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F365.8 | Fairies steal wool. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F366 | Fairies abuse livestock. |
| F366.1 | Fairies milk mortal's cows dry. *Kittredge Witchcraft 166, 484 n. 23; Fb "ko" II 240b; England: Baughman. |
| F366.1.1 | Fairies milk mortal's mare. Hartland Science 130. |
| F366.1.2 | Fairies admit calves to cows, depriving children of milk. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F366.1.3 | Fairies ride farmer's calves. England: *Baughman. |
| F366.2 | Fairies ride mortal's horses at night. *Kittredge Witchcraft 219f., 526ff. nn. 65—77; Fb "marelok" II 553; England, U.S.: *Baughman; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 127 No. 60; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 60. |
| F366.2.1 | Fairies plait manes and tails of horses. Canada, England: *Baughman. |
| F366.2.2 | Fairy rides behind man on horse. Ireland: Baughman. |
| F366.3 | Fairies in form of devastating animals kill flocks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F366.4 | Fairies control prosperity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F366.5 | Fairy hangs on to carriage on road. (Cf. E272.1.) England: Baughman. |
| 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. |
| F368 | Human beings as game in fairy hunt. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F369 | Malevolent fairies—miscellaneous. |
| F369.1 | Fairies set fire to buildings. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F369.2 | Fairies defile waters Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F369.3 | Fairy kills mortal's hound (horses). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F369.4 | Fairy tricks mortal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F369.4.1 | Fairy incites mortals to war. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F369.5 | Fairies destroy crops. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F369.5.1 | Fairies snip corn from stalks. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F369.6 | Fairy prevents butter coming. (Cf. D2084.2.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| F369.7 | Fairies lead travelers astray. (Cf. E272.10, F401.3, F491.1.) Canada, England, Ireland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F369.8 | Elephants become lean from listening too much to fairy music; cannot graze. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F370 | Visit to fairyland. BP II 329.—Irish myth: *Cross; Danish: Feilberg DF V 55ff.; Norwegian: Solheim Register 18f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F371 | Human being reared in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross; Scotland: Baughman. |
| F372 | Fairies take human nurse to attend fairy child. Irish myth: *Cross; English: *Child I 358 No. 40; England, Scotland: Baughman; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nourrice". |
| F372.1 | Fairies take human midwife to attend fairy woman. (Cf. F333.) *Hartland Science 37—92; *Fb "jordemoder"; *BP I 367; Wentz Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries (London, 1911) 49f., 54, 131, 140, 175, 182; Tobler 76.—English: Child I 358ff. No. 40, II 505f., III 505f., IV 459a, V 215b, 290b; Scottish: J. G. Campbell Superstitions 147; England, Scotland, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Göngu Hrуlfs saga 275ff.; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 44 No. 41; Danish: Feilberg DF V 69ff., Kristensen Danske Sagn I (1892) 330ff., (1928) 210ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "sage-femme", "fées"; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F372.2 | Fairies seek human godparent. *BP I 366; Hartland Science 170. |
| F372.2.1 | Old man as godfather to underground folk. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 43 No. 56; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 126 No. 56. |
| F373 | Mortal abandons world to live in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F374 | Longing in fairyland to visit home. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F375 | Mortals as captives in fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F376 | Mortal as servant in fairyland. *Hdwb. d. Märch. I 396 s.v. "Dienst bei elbischen Wesen"; Irish myth: *Cross; Danish: Feilberg DF V 84ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 440. |
| F376.1 | Tailor works in fairyland. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 439, Balys Historical. |
| F377 | Supernatural lapse of time in fairyland. Years seem days. *Hartland Science 161—195; Jacobs's list s.v. "Time flies"; *Child I 321 n.; *Burnham PMLA XXIII 394 n. 2; Fb "glemme" IV 181a.—Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 585; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 265, Ikeda; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 280; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 157, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 185, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 177. |
| F377.1 | Supernatural lapse of time in paradise. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F377.2 | Year seems few hours in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F378 | Tabus connected with trip to fairyland. (Cf. F348.5, F361.3.) |
| F378.0.1 | Mortal expelled from fairyland for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F378.1 | Tabu: touching ground on return from fairyland. Hartland Science 164f.; Irish myth: *Cross; England: Baughman. |
| F378.2 | Tabu: bathing or touching water in lake in fairyland. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F378.3 | Mortal visiting in fairyland must keep his thought on the fairies. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F378.4 | Tabu: drinking from certain well in fairyland. Person does, finds himself alone on hillside. (Cf. C260.) Wales: *Baughman. |
| F378.5 | Tabu: plucking flowers from bed tended by fairies. England: *Baughman. |
| F378.6 | Tabu: using fairy bath water, soap, or ointment on oneself while bathing fairy child. (Cf. F235.4.) England: Baughman. |
| F379 | Fairy visits: miscellaneous. |
| F379.1 | Return from fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F379.1.1 | No return from fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F379.2 | Objects brought home from fairyland. |
| F379.2.1 | Book (medical) brought back from otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F379.2.2 | Tokens brought back by mortal returning from fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F379.3 | Man lives with fairies seven years. Wales: Baughman. |
| F379.4 | Saint visits king of fairies on invitation of fairy king. Saint sprinkles holy water on fairy king, finds himself alone on hill. Wales: Baughman. |
| F380 | Defeating or ridding oneself of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F381 | Getting rid of fairies. |
| F381.1 | Fairy leaves when he is named. BP I 366; cf. Type 500. |
| F381.2 | Fairies leaves when mortal strews peas in his path. BP I 365. |
| F381.2.1 | Escape from pursuing fairies by strewing path with bananas. Africa (Ashanti): Rattray 55. |
| F381.3 | Fairy leaves when he is given clothes. BP I 364; England, Scotland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F381.4 | Fairy escaped by learning and using his secrets. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 56 No. 484. |
| F381.5 | Fairy lured away from house by treasure which he claims. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F381.6 | Fairy leaves when druid utters spell that drowns her voice. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F381.7 | Fairies leave when people do their needs where they live. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F381.8 | Spinning fairies lured away from the house by fire alarm. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3698. |
| F381.9 | Fairies will not approach when dogs are present. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F381.10 | Fairies leave when person watches them at work. (Cf. F348.10.) |
| F381.11 | Fairy leaves when given impossible tasks to do. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F381.12 | Fairies leave when ordered to fight each other. Scotland: Baughman. |
| F381.13 | Fairies leave when thanked for their work. (Cf. F451.5.10.9.) |
| F382 | Exorcising fairies. Fairies disappear when some name or ceremony of the Christian Church is used. Hartland Science 107, 127, 130, 138f., 166; Fb "Kristen" II 300, "døbe" I 227, "messevin" II 582, "trold" III 852a; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; England: Baughman; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 74; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 50 No. 416. |
| F382.1 | Fairies fear the cross. England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F382.2 | Holy water breaks fairy spell. (Cf. G303.16.7.) U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| F382.3 | Use of God's name nullifies fairies' power. (Cf. D1766.7, G303.16.8.) Wales: Baughman. |
| F382.4 | Opening Holy Bible in presence of fairies nullifies their spells. England: Baughman. |
| F382.5 | Chanting song of St. Nicholas drives fairy away. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F382.6 | Asking grace at fairy banquet causes fairies and banquet to disappear. (Cf. G271.2.3.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F383 | Fairy rendered powerless. |
| F383.1 | Fairy unable to pass cross-roads. Hartland Science 142. |
| F383.2 | Fairy unable to cross running stream. Hartland Science 144; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F383.3 | Fairy unable to cross plowed ground. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F383.4 | Fairy must leave at cockcrow. Type 503; Hartland Science 145; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 229. |
| F383.4.1 | Fairy prince becomes mortal when surprised by daylight. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F383.4.2 | Fairies leave at rise of morning star. Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 336. |
| F383.4.3 | Sunlight fatal to fairies. Maori: Clark 98. |
| F383.5 | Transformed fairy warriors disenchanted when attacked. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F384 | Magic objects powerful against fairies. England: Baughman; Irish: Beal XXI 324. |
| F384.1 | Salt powerful against fairies. |
| F384.1.1 | Salt renders fairy mortal. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "sel". |
| F384.1.2 | Salt sprinkled on fairy food renders it harmless. Hartland Science 128; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 523f. |
| F384.2 | Steel powerful against fairies. Fb "stеl" III 647a; Wales, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F384.3 | Iron powerful against fairies. Hartland Science 163f.; Penzer II 166; Irish myth: Cross, Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 59 No. 504; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| F384.4 | Wearing flowers on one's ears protects from fairies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F385 | Means of averting fairy spells. |
| F385.1 | Fairy spell averted by turning coat. This is supposed to reverse the spell. *Kittredge Witchcraft 215, 523 n. 21. |
| F386 | Fairy punished. |
| F386.1 | Fairy imprisoned in tree. (Cf. F386.5.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F386.1.1 | Fairy harper enclosed in yew-tree. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 73. |
| F386.2 | Fairy punished for marrying a mortal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F386.3 | Troublesome bonga (fairy) pegged to ground and placed under stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F386.4 | Fairy transformed as punishment. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F386.5 | Fairy imprisoned as punishment. (Cf. F386.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F387 | Fairy captured. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F388 | Fairies depart. |
| F388.1 | Fairies depart to heaven. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 333. |
| F388.2 | Fairies depart to floating island. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 330. |
| F389 | Fairies otherwise defeated. |
| F389.1 | Fairies driven off with fire. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F389.2 | Abduction of Christianized fairy woman by fairies prevented by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F389.3 | Fairy wounded by mortal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F389.4 | Fairy killed by mortal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F389.5 | Fairy defeated by druid's magic. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F390 | Fairies—miscellaneous motifs. |
| F391 | Fairies borrow from mortals. *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b. |
| F391.1 | Animals borrowed by fairies. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animaux". |
| F391.1.1 | Ox lent fairies must not be worked after sunset. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "boeuf". |
| F391.2 | Fairies borrow food from mortals. Scotland, Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F391.3 | Fairies borrow tools to make coffin. Ireland: Baughman. |
| F392 | Fairy transforms self to fly, allows self to be swallowed by woman and reborn as fairy. Malone PMLA XLIII 417. |
| F393 | Fairy visits among mortals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F393.0.1 | Fairy dissatisfied with fairyland leaves to live among mortals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F393.1 | Fairy minstrel lives among mortals to learn of their heroic deeds. (Cf. F262.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F393.2 | Fairy appears to mortal each Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F393.3 | Impoverished fairy seeks fortune among mortals. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F393.4 | Otherworld woman appears to mortal in sleep. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F394 | Mortals help fairies. |
| F394.1 | Mortal advises fairy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F394.1.1 | Druid directs fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F394.2 | Mortals aid fairies in war. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F395 | Fairy has power to prevent mortal's approach. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F396 | Mortals place selves under protection of fairies. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F397 | Fairy woman exhibits her figure to warriors. Is most beautiful of women. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F398 | Hair burned to summon fairies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F399 | Other fairy motifs. |
| F399.1 | Fairies bear dead warrior to fairyland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F399.2 | Fairies protect selves by means of smoke. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F399.3 | Fairies hate clerics. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F399.4 | Playful or troublesome fairies. England: *Baughman. |
| F399.4.1 | Fairies sport with mortal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| F400.1 | Geniti (geilti) glinne, bánánaig, bocánaig, and other supernatural beings associated with confusion or strife. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F401 | Appearance of spirits. |
| F401.1 | Spirits dressed in antique clothes. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 19. See Irving's Rip Van Winkle. |
| F401.2 | Luminous spirits. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 306 No. 13. |
| F401.3 | Spirit in animal form. West Indies: Flowers 433. |
| F401.3.0.1 | Demons on animal feet. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 33. |
| F401.3.1 | Spirit in form of horse. Demon horse. *Howey 35ff. |
| F401.3.2 | Ox demon. Chinese: Werner 362. |
| F401.3.3 | Spirit as black dog. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 25. |
| F401.3.3.1 | Waumpaus: monster with huge dog tracks. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 687. |
| F401.3.4 | Spirit as fly going into bottle. Fb "lille" II 428. |
| F401.3.4.1 | Demon in form of wasp. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.4.2 | Spirit in ant form. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| F401.3.5 | Spirits with goose (chicken) feet. Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 225. |
| F401.3.6 | Demon in form of hare. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.7 | Spirit in form of a bird. |
| F401.3.7.1 | Demon in form of crow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.7.2 | Demons in form of black birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F401.3.8 | Spirits in form of snake. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 15, 54. |
| 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. |
| F401.4.1 | Spirit has half head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F401.5 | Spirits appear horrible. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F401.5.1 | Spirit in form of horrible head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.6 | Spirit in human form. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F401.7 | Fire-breathing spirit. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.8 | Gigantic spirit. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F401.9 | Spirit with feet turned wrong way. (Cf. F451.2.2.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402 | Evil spirits. Demons. See whole chapter "G" for witches and ogres. —Greek: Grote I 66. |
| F402.1 | Deeds of evil spirits. |
| F402.1.1 | Spirit leads person astray. *Kittredge Witchcraft 215, 523 nn. 19, 20.—Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 313 No. 83; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.2 | Spirit blocks person's road. Irish myth: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 99, Beal XXI 331; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 298 No. 12. |
| F402.1.3 | Spirits tangle up peasant's cows. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 121. |
| 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. |
| F402.1.4.1 | Demon takes on form of God to deceive faithful. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F402.1.5 | Demon causes disease. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.5.1 | Demons seek to carry off king's soul. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.6 | Spirit causes weakness. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.7 | Demon of gluttony devours man's food in his throat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.8 | Spirits put corpse into river. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.9 | Spirit delivers false message. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.10 | Spirit pursues person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.11 | Spirit causes death. |
| F402.1.11.1 | Spirit (devil) sent by druids cause death of Christian king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.11.2 | Evil spirit kills and eats person. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 88. |
| F402.1.11.3 | Evil spirit harpoons sleepers. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 68. |
| F402.1.11.4 | Evil spirit's kiss fatal. Korean: Zong in-Sob 18. |
| F402.1.12 | Spirit fights against person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.1.13 | Ship held back by otherworld women. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.14 | Spirit and horses. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F402.1.15 | Demon suitors of girl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.15.1 | Demon seduces princess as she bathes at seashore. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.2 | Government of demons. |
| F402.2.1 | King of demons (Asmodeus). Jewish: *Ginzberg Jewish Encyclopaedia s.v. "Asmodeus", bin Gorion Born Judas I 230, *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.2.2 | Queen of demons. Jewish: Neuman, bin Gorion Born Judas II 177, 351. |
| F402.2.3 | Child of demon king marries mortal. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 234ff., 243ff., 249, 376f. |
| F402.3 | City of demons. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 229. |
| F402.4 | Demons eat ravenously. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F402.5 | Creation of demons. |
| F402.5.1 | Demon formed from charmed apples. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.6 | Dwelling of demons. |
| F402.6.1 | Demon lives in tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.6.1.1 | Demon lives at root of tree. Cook Island: Beckwith Myth 252. |
| 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. |
| F402.6.4.1 | Spirits live in caves. Mono-Alu: Wheeler 6f, 18f, 32, 34, 39, 41f., 46, 49, 51f, 60f, 188. |
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