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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| T584.8 | Child helps mother in severing his navel string. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T575.1.6 | Child in mother's belly guides her. S. A. Indian (Warrau): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 145, (Karib): ibid. 146. |
| T575.1.1.2 | Child in mother's womb reveals adultery. DeVries FFC LXXIII 322, 325f. |
| T575.1.1 | Child in mother's womb reveals crime. BP II 535; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T575.1.1.1 | Child in mother's womb reveals murder. BP II 535. |
| T575.1.1.3 | Child in mother's womb reveals unjust judgment. DeVries FFC LXXIII 322, 325f.; Loomis White Magic 23f. |
| T575.4 | Child in mother's womb visible from outside. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 325, 609. |
| T578.1 | Child incubated in man's thigh. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 319 n. 3 (Zeus and Dionysus). |
| T611.2 | Child miraculously suckled by his father. *BP II 296; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T611.5 | Child miraculously suckled by saint. (Cf. V211.1.8.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T611.1 | Child nourished by sucking its own fingers. *Cosquin études 208, 256; Toldo I 341; Babylonian: Spence 54. |
| T611.11 | Child nourished by sucking the eyeballs of snake-mother (frog-mother) who left it. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T611.1.1 | Child nourished by sucking thumb of a god. Egyptian: Müller 115; India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Keith 166. |
| T563.1 | Child of three fathers born with three stripes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T584.2 | Child removed from body of dead mother. *Schoepperle 280 n. 2; Loomis White Magic 21; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Fox 286; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Oceanic: *Dixon 132 n. 4; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 324 n. 166i; S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Alexander Lat. Am. 314, Métraux RMLP XXXIII 144, (Karib): ibid. 147, (Tupinamba): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 132. |
| T585.2 | Child speaks at birth. (Cf. T575.1.) *Penzer II 39 n. 2; *Liebrecht 210ff.; Günter 242 s.v. "redend"; Cowell Jataka VI 157, 250; Chavannes 500 Contes I 30, 243, 427.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 151, II 944, 1247; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 97; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis II 57, IV 278, VII 148, 208, XII 125, (Benga): Nassau 184 No. 24 version 2, (Bahonga): Einstein 247, (Fang): ibid. 57, (Mkulwe): ibid. 18f. |
| T575 | Child speaks before birth. (Cf. A511.1.2.) |
| T575.3 | Child speaks from dead mother's womb. (Cf. T584.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T575.1 | Child speaks in mother's womb. *Chauvin VII 112 No. 379bis n. 1, VIII 63 No. 27; *Fb "ufødt" III 962a; **Colson "L'enfant qui parle avant d'être né" Mélusine V No. 2; Gaidoz Mélusine IV No. 10; *Toldo I 338f.; DeVries FFC LXXIII 322, 325f.; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 102, 520; Child III 367 nn., IV 507a, V 298a; Krappe Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum LXXII (1935) 161—71; Saintyves Saints Successeurs 253.—Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 207, *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 335; India: *Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Aztec): Alexander Lat. Am. 60, (Tupinamba): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 133, (Warrau): ibid. 145; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 85 No. 5, (Kaffir): Theal 89, (Zulu): Callaway 6. |
| T585.2.2 | Child speaks prematurely on first birthday. Moreno Esdras. |
| T585.8 | Child stands (walks) at birth. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 789, II 299. |
| T585.1.1 | Child stronger than mother on day of birth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T585.2.1 | Child two months old speaks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T551.14 | Child with all of its organs out of place. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 270. |
| T551.3.4 | Child with cow's head. |
| T551.3.1 | Child with dog's head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T551 | Child with extraordinary members (limbs). |
| T551.3.2 | Child with hawk's head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T589.9 | Child with several mothers. (Heimdal.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 153. |
| T584.0.4 | Childbirth assisted by angel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T584.0.1 | Childbirth assisted by magic. (Cf. D1501.2.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 114, 443f. nn. 85—102; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T584.0.6 | Childbirth assisted by sacred stone. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T589 | Childbirth—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T580 | Childbirth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T676 | Childless couple adopt animal as substitute for child. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T676.1 | Childless woman adopts a serpent (transformed man). (Cf. D191.) Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 5. |
| T465.4 | Children are spotted like leopards as result of bestiality. U.S.: Baughman. |
| T581.2.3 | Children born in dungeon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T61.5 | Children born on same night betrothed. (Cf. B311, T22.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| T589.6.2 | Children brought by midwife. *Fb "barn" I 50b. |
| T589.6.1 | Children brought by the stork. *Fb "barn" I 50b. |
| T575.1.5 | Children in mothers' wombs praise God at birth of Christ. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T611.4 | Children magically prevented from suckling. Fb "patte" I 791a. |
| T611.5.3 | Children miraculously suckled by angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T596.2 | Children named by numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.). Hdwb. d. Märchens I 521a; Irish myth: Cross. |
| T675.1 | Children prefer foster mother. Gaster Thespis 252. |
| T589.6.4 | Children said to come from a well. Wuttke Deutsche Aberglaube Register s.v. "Kinderbrunnen". |
| T589.6.5 | Children said to come from cauliflower. Hdwb. d. Abergl. IV 1348. |
| T589.6.6 | Children said to come from stones. Schmidt DF XXXIX 92ff. |
| T589.6.3 | Children said to come from underworld. Kalevala-seuran Vuosikirjaa IV 243. |
| T688 | Children sleep in village dormitory. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T61.5.2 | Children ten and twelve years old betroth themselves. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T54 | Choosing bride by horoscope. (Cf. B152.2, M302.4, T22.) Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 376 No. 108. |
| T53.2 | Christ as matchmaker. *Type 822. See references for T125. |
| T251.0.2 | Christ, not having married, knew nothing about suffering. So thinks the man after hearing all about Christ's torments. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 129 No. 1516A. |
| T589.1 | Co-operative birth. Each of two wives bears a half-boy. They are placed together and form a real boy. Hindu: Keith 156. |
| T252.2 | Cock shows browbeaten husband how to rule his wife. (Cf. J21.16, J130.) *Type 670; **Aarne FFC XV 49ff.; Fb "kok" IV 272b; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T41.2 | Communication of lovers through hole in floor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T41.1 | Communication of lovers through hole in wall. Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Greek: Fox 201 (Pyramus and Thisbe); Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian (Malecite): Mechling GSCan VI No. 21, (Fox): Jones PAES I 145 (the last two tell of sexual relations through hole in a tent). |
| T41 | Communication of lovers. |
| T145.3 | Competition in ale-brewing between king's two wives. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T514.1 | Conception after anchorite blesses woman in love with him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.7.1 | Conception after eating honey given by lover. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 157. |
| T514 | Conception after reciprocal desire for each other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T532.8.1 | Conception after shadow of man has fallen on bathing girl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T532.1.4.1 | Conception after smelling ground bonedust. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T590 | Conception and birth—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T500 | Conception and birth. *Rank Mythus von der Geburt des Helden; **Fellinger Schwangerschaft und Geburt in der altfranzösischen Literatur (Göttingen, 1907); **Hartland Primitive Paternity; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 806; McDaniel Conception, Birth and Infancy (Miami, Florida, 1948).—Irish myth: Cross. |
| T526 | Conception because of prayer. Korean: Zong in-Sob 4 No. 1. |
| T539.2 | Conception by a cry. Max Müller Sacred Books of the East V 69, 71 (Persian); cf. Carnoy 289. |
| T532.1.4 | Conception by smell of cooked dragon heart. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 9; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T523 | Conception from bathing. (Cf. D1788.) *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 23; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 335. |
| T534 | Conception from blood. (Cf. T541.1, T563.2.) *Fb "blod" IV 47a. |
| T531 | Conception from casual contact with man. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 18, 26; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 229; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 144; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166f. |
| T532.1 | Conception from contact with magic object. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 17f. |
| T518 | Conception from divine impregnation. Penzer VIII 114 n. 1; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 180; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 159. |
| T512.7 | Conception from drinking dew. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 93. |
| T512.1 | Conception from drinking elixir from goat's horns. Penzer III 218. |
| T512.3.1 | Conception from drinking holy water. (Cf. D1242.1.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T512.4 | Conception from drinking saint's tears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T512.6 | Conception from drinking sperm. (Cf. T531.1.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 37; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux MAFLS XL 159, (Huarochiri): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169. |
| T512.2 | Conception from drinking urine. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 85; Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 226ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 80 No. 23, II 283 No. 342, III 233 No. 453; Indonesia: De Vries Volksverhalen II 362 No. 110; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis II 57. |
| T512.3 | Conception from drinking water. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 585, Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 93 No. 51. |
| T512 | Conception from drinking. *BP I 544; *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.; *Penzer I 95 n. 2; *Schoepperle II 276; Irish myth: Cross; Hindu: Keith 166; Indonesia: Dixon 238 n. 52; Central Caroline Islands: ibid. 251; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 461. |
| T511.1 | Conception from eating a fruit. (Cf. F611.1.8.) *Type 301; *BP I 544; Chauvin V 43ff.; Gypsy: Aichele Zigeunermärchen 316; Turkish: Manzel Türkische Märchen II No. 7; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91; Indonesia: Verbeck Malaiische Erzählungen 139; S. A. Indian (Yunca): Alexander Lat. Am. 228, (Huarochiri): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169. |
| T511.1.6 | Conception from eating a peach. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 103. |
| T511.5 | Conception from eating animal. |
| T511.1.1 | Conception from eating apple. *Type 708; BP II 236; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 91a n. 14; Chauvin VI 84 No. 252; *Fb "æble" III 1135b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.1.2 | Conception from eating berry. Finnish: Kalevala rune 50. |
| T511.5.4 | Conception from eating bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.6.2 | Conception from eating finger-bones. S. A. Indian (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 312, Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 347. |
| T511.5.1 | Conception from eating fish. *Types 301, 705; *BP I 544; Irish myth: *Cross; Indonesia: Jeynboll Supplement Catalogus Sundaneesche Handschriften 26; S. A. Indian (Tupinamba): Métraux MAFLS XL 158. |
| T511.4 | Conception from eating flower. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92, 108; Indonesia: v. Ronkel Catalogus Malaiische Handschriften te Batavia 153. |
| T511.7 | Conception from eating food. |
| T511.8.4 | Conception from eating grain (seed). India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 93. |
| T511.2.0.2 | Conception from eating leaves. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.1.5 | Conception from eating lemon. Africa (Kordofan): Frobenius IV 216ff. No. 19. |
| T511.5.3 | Conception from eating louse. N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 224. |
| T511.2.1 | Conception from eating mandrake. (Cf. D965.1.) **Frazer Old Testament II 372ff.; Loomis White Magic 20. |
| T511.1.3 | Conception from eating mango. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.7.3 | Conception from eating meat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.8.2 | Conception from eating medicines. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.8.3 | Conception from eating mess of fairy pottage. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T511.1.4 | Conception from eating orange. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.6 | Conception from eating parts of human being. |
| T511.3.1 | Conception from eating peppercorn. Rumanian: *Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 315A, 327D*. |
| T511.2 | Conception from eating plant. French: Sébillot France III 528: Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.2.0.1 | Conception from eating root. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.4.1 | Conception from eating rose. Red rose brings boy, white rose a girl. Fb "rose" III 80a; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 8. |
| T511.3.2 | Conception from eating spinach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.3 | Conception from eating vegetable. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T511.2.2 | Conception from eating watercress. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T511.6.1 | Conception from eating woman's heart. *DeVries FFC CX 217ff.; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 263. |
| T511.8 | Conception from eating—miscellaneous. |
| T511 | Conception from eating. *BP I 544; *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1032; Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 236ff., 250ff.; *Toldo I 337. —Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Oldest Stories 84; Egyptian: Müller 115; Indonesia: Dixon 236; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 324, 380; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 437, 444, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 461, (Aleut): Golder JAFL XVIII 85, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 243; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166h; S. A. Indian (Central Brazil): Ehrenreich Int. Cong. Americanists XIV 661. |
| T532.1.2.1 | Conception from embracing holy image. French: Sébillot France IV 159. |
| T532.1.2 | Conception from embracing magic tree. Hindu: Keith 159. |
| T517 | Conception from extraordinary intercourse. |
| T522 | Conception from falling rain. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 24; Baumann Mensch en Maatschappij VI 266; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166g. |
| T525 | Conception from falling star. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T536 | Conception from feathers falling on woman. N. A. Indian (Aztec): Alexander Lat. Am. 60. |
| T535 | Conception from fire. (Cf. F611.1.10.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| T532.3.1 | Conception from flowers hidden in breast. S. A. Indian (Amuesa): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 129, 149. |
| T532.3 | Conception from fruit thrown against breast. Indonesia: Bezemer Volksdichtung aus Indonesien 409ff. |
| T517.1 | Conception from hand or foot. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 19; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 275. |
| T531.1 | Conception from having licked semen-stained loincloth. (Cf. T512.6.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T535.1 | Conception from heat of fire. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 98ff. |
| T532.10 | Conception from hiss of cobra. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T539.3 | Conception from intercourse with demon. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T521.1 | Conception from moonlight. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 98; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 277 n. 21a. |
| T532 | Conception from other contacts. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92, 103; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 437, Rasmussen III 305; Marquesas: Handy 85; S. A. Indian (Tapirapé): Wagley-Baldao BBAE CXLIII (3) 253. |
| T532.1.1 | Conception from plucking flower. (Cf. C515.) Greek: Fox 190. |
| T532.6 | Conception from putting ball into bosom. Mexican: Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 234ff. |
| T532.5 | Conception from putting on another's girdle. Hawaii: Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 225. |
| T521.2 | Conception from rainbow. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92. |
| T521.3 | Conception from rays of a dragon. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91. |
| T537 | Conception from scarification. Pigeons scarify woman on loins. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 55. |
| T532.1.1.1 | Conception from smelling flower. Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 315; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T533 | Conception from spittle. (Cf. T541.8.2.) Fb "spytte" III 515b; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 16, 105; S. A. Indian (Quiche): Alexander Lat. Am. 171, (Maya): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169, (Mocoví): Métraux MAFLS XL 98. |
| T532.2 | Conception from stepping on an animal. French: Sébillot France III 15. |
| T521 | Conception from sunlight. *BP III 89 n. 2; Frazer Golden Bough X 74ff.; Baumann Mensch en Maatschappij VI 263; *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 25ff., 90ff.; Gaster Oldest Stories 169. — India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 130, Eberhard FFC CXX 91; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 5 No. 2; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 398; Samoa, Fiji: Dixon 165 nn. 49f.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 277 n. 21a; Aztec: Krickeberg Märchen der Azteken 230, 247; S. A. Indian (Tunja): Alexander Lat. Am. 201, (Karib): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 146, (Warrau): ibid. 145. |
| T511.8.6 | Conception from swallowing a pearl. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92. |
| T511.8.1 | Conception from swallowing a stone. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92. |
| T511.5.2 | Conception from swallowing worm (in drink of water). *Schoepperle II 275, 277; MacCulloch Celtic 140; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T532.5.1 | Conception from touching another's garment. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 376. |
| T524 | Conception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.) *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 22; BP II 300; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 810; Baumann Mensch en Maatschappij VI 264; Finnish: Kalevala rune 1; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 92; Japanese: Ikeda; Minahassa (Celebes): Dixon 158; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 277 n. 21. |
| T513 | Conception from wish. (Cf. T548.1.) *Types 675, 708; *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 27f.; *Fb "frugtsommelig" I 376b, "ønske" III 1178b, 1179a; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 3. |
| T513.1 | Conception through another's wish. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T516 | Conception through dream. *Type 650; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92; Egyptian: Legrain Louqsor sans les Pharaons 119; Chinese: Ferguson 37, 60, Werner 132, Eberhard FFC CXX 93; Korean: Zong in-Sob 127, 201 Nos. 61, 97. |
| T517.3 | Conception through ear. *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 19. |
| T517.2 | Conception through mother's side. (Cf. T584.1.) *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 21. |
| T134 | Conduct of bridal couple before ceremony. |
| T212.1 | Constancy of wife brings husband back to life. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T165.6 | Consummation of marriage postponed till couple return home. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T165.1 | Consummation of marriage postponed until revelation by dream of future of family has been secured. DeVries Zs. f. deutsche Philologie LIII 277. |
| T160 | Consummation of marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T315 | Continence in marriage. |
| T42 | Conversation of lovers. |
| T91.6.1.1 | Courtier in love with queen. Queen asks him whom he loves. He holds up a mirror to her as answer. (Cf. T57.1.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T583.1.0.2 | Couvade imposed on man during wife's menstruation. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T583.1 | Couvade. Father goes into confinement at time of childbirth. *Encyc. Religion Ethics II 635b; *Ploss Das Kind I 125; Bouwman Revue Anthropologique XXV 49ff., Lévy-Bruhl L'âme primitive 225ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. V 1573; Grimm Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer I 106. — Irish myth: *Cross; Latin American: Alexander Lat. Am. 37f.; Melanesia: Codrington 228ff. |
| T532.4 | Cow touched by arrow becomes pregnant. N. A. Indian (Blackfoot): Uhlenbeck Blackfoot Texts (Verhandelingen der Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, 1912) 18f. |
| T154 | Cruel stepmother enchants stepdaughter on eve of wedding. (Cf. D5, S31.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T137 | Customs following wedding. |
| T136.3.1 | Dancing at wedding. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T181 | Dangerous husband. (Cf. T172.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T172 | Dangers to husband in bridal chamber. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T552.8 | Daughter born with a feathered parka. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 21. |
| T91.5.1.1 | Daughter of merchant develops intimacy with slave. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 897. |
| T411.2.1 | Daughters seduce drunken father. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T482 | Day husband: night husband. Woman has two husbands: juggler at home only at night, robber only in day. They do not know about each other. (Similarly, day wife: night wife.) Chauvin V 254 No. 151 n. 1. |
| T611.9 | Dead mother's breasts furnish sufficient nourishment for her baby during two years. *Loomis White Magic 108. |
| T99.1 | Death from excess of women. (Cf. F112.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T182 | Death from intercourse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T81 | Death from love. *Penzer II 8, 9 n. 2, 10, V 39, VII 69 n. 1, 103, 258, VIII 98; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 69, 209 No. 157. |
| T81.2 | Death from unrequited love. Virgil Aeneid IV 505ff. (Dido); Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T257.3 | Decision not to punish a jealous husband: he already suffers enough. Wesselski Bebel I 127 No. 23. |
| T57 | Declaration of love. |
| T37.1 | Despairing lover at lady's tomb takes poison. She revives to learn of his fatal error and shares his fate. (Romeo and Juliet.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T451 | Devil causes girl to become prostitute. Destroys the girl's family and begets on her a boy. English: Wells 42 (Arthour and Merlin). |
| T251.1.1.1 | Devil flees shrewish wife and enters body of a duke. Exorcised by telling him that they are sending for his wife. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T684 | Devil substitutes himself for new-born child. Köhler-Bolte I 148. |
| T91.2.1 | Devil would be maid's paramour. (Cf. G303.9.4.7.) Child V 283; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 368*f., 3265. |
| T614 | Diabolical child kills his wet-nurses. (Gowther, Robert the Devil.) *Hibbard 49ff.; *Wells 784. |
| T131.8 | Different religion as obstacle for marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T93.1 | Disappointed lover becomes a wild man in the woods. (Cf. F567.) *Dickson 116 n. 44; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T93.4 | Disappointed lover buys poison for girl. Druggist substitutes sleeping potion. Girl revives and is reconciled. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T93.3 | Disappointed lover kills self. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T93.2 | Disappointed lover turns hermit. (Cf. V472.) Heptameron No. 64, 19; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T254.6 | Disobedient wife punished. |
| T75.6 | Divine hand catches scorned lover as he plunges from minaret top to die. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T605 | Divine nurse. Greek: Grote I 52. |
| T52.4 | Dowry given at marriage of daughter. Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.3.2 | Dream about a marriage with another's wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T133.3 | Drummer beats drums before bride on way to wedding. Nouvelles Récréations No. 49. |
| T61.4.5.1 | Dying lover sends his sweetheart his ring. (Cf. T81.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T141.1 | Dying man assigns bride to his brother. Child I 376, 378 n. |
| T681 | Each likes his own children best. Snipe asks sportsman to spare its small ones, easily recognized as being the prettiest in the forest. To be on the safe side he shoots only the ugliest he can find. They are the young snipes. (Often told of the ape.) *Type 247; Dh II 242ff.; Fb "ugle" III 964a; Wienert FFC LVI 77 (ET 426), 146 (ST 509); Herbert III 39ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T68.2 | Earl's daughter as reward to knight who helped to kill fierce buffalo. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T131.3 | Eldest daughter will marry man only if he will marry all her sisters too. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 119 No. 10. |
| T575.1.5.1 | Embryos in womb join melody and sing. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T61.4.3 | Engagement ritual: intermediary sprinkles girl with flour. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T321 | Escape from undesired lover by miracle. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T323 | Escape from undesired lover by strategy. |
| T320 | Escape from undesired lover. Heptameron No. 26; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Schlauch Romance in Iceland (New York, 1934) 105f., *Boberg. |
| T211.9 | Excessive grief at husband's or wife's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T131.5 | Exogamy. Marriage only outside the group. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T586.5 | Extraordinarily frequent childbirth. |
| T584.5 | Extraordinarily long labor at childbirth. |
| T586.4 | Extraordinary number of animals at birth. |
| T586.2 | Extraordinary number of children in family. |
| T24.2.1 | Fainting away for love (or sexual desire). (Cf. F1041.1.6.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T24.2.3 | Fainting away from seeing an extraordinary beauty. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T210.2 | Faithful husband. Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 252. |
| T133.1 | Faithful servant accompanies bride to new home. Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 93. |
| T210.1 | Faithful wife. Korean: Zong in-Sob 106ff. No. 57. |
| T210 | Faithfulness in marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T215 | Faithfulness of married couple in misfortune. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T211 | Faithfulness to marriage in death. Herrmann Saxo II 94; Icelandic: *Boberg; Korean: Zong in-Sob 30 No. 13. |
| T231.1 | Faithless widow betrothed anew at husband's funeral. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 751. |
| T231.2 | Faithless widow fans husband's grave. She does not want to remarry until the body is cold (or the earth on the grave is dry). *Wesselski Mönchslatein 85 No. 72; Chinese: Werner 149. |
| T231.5 | Faithless widow marries slayer of husband. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T231.3.1 | Faithless widow offers city to killer of her husband if he will marry her. Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T231.3 | Faithless widow ready to marry messenger who brings news of husband's death. The husband, however, has only feigned death to test her. (Cf. T235.) *Type 1350. |
| T231.4 | Faithless widow's heartlessness repels the new suitor. She obeys him when he tells her to knock out the teeth of her dead husband. Fearing like treatment, he leaves. Type 1352*. |
| T230.2 | Faithless wife causes her husband to go insane. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T232.5 | Faithless wife pays her paramour for enjoying herself with him. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T249 | Faithlessness in marriage—miscellaneous. |
| T230 | Faithlessness in marriage. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T251.11 | Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T175.1 | Falling furniture threatens bridal couple. Furniture etc. arranged by jealous rival so that it will fall. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T11.4.7 | Falling in love at receipt of girl's amulet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T34.2.1 | Falling in love while playing draughts. Danish: Grundtvig No. 238; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T34.2 | Falling in love while playing game. |
| T11.8 | Falling in love with beautiful voice. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1185. |
| T11.5.1 | Falling in love with one's own reflection in water. (Narcissus.) Italian Novella: Rotunda; Ovid Metamorphoses Bk. 3. |
| T11 | Falling in love with person never seen. |
| T11.5 | Falling in love with reflection in water. Princess thus first sees prince. Malone PMLA XLIII 400; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T91.7.2 | Falling in love with someone of a different caste. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T29 | Falling in love—miscellaneous. |
| T10 | Falling in love. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T126 | Fantastic marriage. |
| T93 | Fate of disappointed lover. |
| T92.9 | Father and son as rivals in love. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T411.1.1 | Father by trickery secures priest's advice to marry his own daughter. If a man raise a lamb, shall he eat it himself or let another eat it? *Cosquin études 9. |
| T131.1.2.3 | Father demands that son break all relations with his beloved. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T411.1.2 | Father feigning death returns in disguise and seduces daughter. N. A. Indian: **Schmerler JAFL XLIV 196ff. |
| T151.0.2 | Father giving away daughter makes condition: son-in-law not to see daughter as his wife during one year. Africa (Dahome): Einstein 25. |
| T314 | Father kills daughter lest she become prostitute. Alphabet No. 774. |
| T314.1 | Father kills daughter lest she become the property of a tyrant. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
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