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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| J179 | Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge)—miscellaneous. |
| J150 | Other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge). |
| D1866 | Other means of beautification. |
| A640 | Other means of creating the universe. |
| A820 | Other means of creation of earth. |
| D789 | Other means of disenchantment. |
| K1349 | Other means of entering into girl's (man's) room (bed). |
| K650 | Other means of escape. |
| K2112.5 | Other means of incriminating innocent woman. |
| E120 | Other means of resuscitation. |
| E386 | Other means of summoning ghost. |
| K360 | Other means of theft. |
| F159 | Other means to reach the otherworld. |
| Q559 | Other miraculous punishments. |
| J1759 | Other mistaken animals. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| J1824.1 | Other misunderstandings of the communion. Christensen DF XLVII 202f. no. 44. |
| J1805 | Other misunderstandings of words. |
| F529 | Other monstrous persons. |
| P19 | Other motifs connected with kings. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G80 | Other motifs dealing with cannibals. |
| B90 | Other mythical animals. |
| B19 | Other mythical beasts. Fb "solulv". |
| B39 | Other mythical birds. |
| B92 | Other mythical reptiles. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 125. |
| G242.5 | Other objects that bear witches aloft. England: *Baughman. |
| F531.6.10 | Other occupations of giants. |
| G300 | Other ogres. |
| A1689 | Other origins and originators. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1034.5 | Other parts of person's body as hiding place. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 1/96.). |
| D1920 | Other permanent magic characteristics. |
| X130 | Other physical disabilities. |
| R49 | Other places of captivity. |
| A2770 | Other plant characteristics. |
| F343 | Other presents from fairies. |
| M260 | Other promises. |
| M360 | Other prophecies. |
| E439 | Other protection against revenants. |
| F361.17 | Other punishments by fairies. |
| Q569 | Other punishments in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q599 | Other punishments. |
| E360 | Other reasons for friendly return from the dead. |
| P290 | Other relatives. |
| D2161.4.9.1 | Other religious ceremony as magic cure. Sign of cross, prayer, etc. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V440 | Other religious virtues. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R169 | Other rescuers. |
| T151.3 | Other respites from unwelcome marriage (three months, two years, etc.). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E419 | Other restless dead. England: Baughman. |
| H840 | Other riddles. |
| H584 | Other riddling answers. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A671.2.2.6 | Other rivers in hell. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman (A671.2.29). |
| V130 | Other sacred objects connected with worship. |
| V290 | Other sacred persons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B599 | Other services of helpful animals. |
| J2160 | Other short-sighted acts. |
| P190 | Other social orders—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1812 | Other sounds misunderstood. |
| G224.13 | Other sources of witch's power. |
| C490 | Other speaking tabus. |
| F490 | Other spirits and demons. |
| X909 | Other stories about liars. |
| A979 | Other stories about stone origins. Tahiti: Henry 341; Marquesas: Handy 132; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 18, 22. |
| A878.1.1 | Other streams from roots of earth-tree. Icel.: Boberg. |
| H359 | Other suitor tests. |
| H619 | Other symbolic interpretations. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Z150 | Other symbols. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C99 | Other tabus in connection with sacred beings—miscellaneous. |
| C90 | Other tabus in connection with sacred beings. |
| X1850 | Other tall tales. |
| H1109 | Other tasks requiring miraculous speed. |
| H1199 | Other tasks. |
| H1129 | Other tedious tasks. |
| D2030 | Other temporary magic characteristics. |
| H240 | Other tests of truth. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H467 | Other tests of wife's love or faithfulness. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| J1809 | Other things with mistaken identities. |
| P460 | Other trades and professions. |
| B11.12 | Other traits of dragon. |
| K2249 | Other treacherous officers and tradesmen. |
| K2259 | Other treacherous servants and workmen. |
| A2630 | Other types of plant origins. |
| Z350 | Other unique exceptions. |
| N380 | Other unlucky accidents. |
| H1470 | Other vigilance tests. |
| K2299 | Other villains and traitors—miscellaneous. |
| K2290 | Other villains and traitors. |
| M166 | Other vows about fighting. |
| M150 | Other vows and oaths. |
| N50 | Other wagers. |
| F429 | Other water-spirits. |
| U119 | Other ways in which appearances deceive. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K219 | Other ways of cheating the devil of his promised soul. U.S., England, Wales: Baughman. |
| A289 | Other weather-gods. |
| F439 | Other weather-spirits. |
| G299 | Other witch motifs. |
| R131.8 | Other workmen rescue abandoned child. |
| K139 | Other worthless animals sold. |
| F165.6.1 | Otherworld (fairyland) as place of sorrowful captivity. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F160.1 | Otherworld as great plain. (Cf. A663.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F160.2 | Otherworld as valley. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F133.4 | Otherworld at bottom of pond. German: Grimm No. 181. |
| F133.5 | Otherworld at bottom of well. *Type 480. |
| F141.0.2 | Otherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under hill. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F141.0.1 | Otherworld beyond water confused with otherworld under water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F166.3.1 | Otherworld clothing never wears out. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F165.2 | Otherworld dwellings open only at certain times. Siuts 73f. |
| F136.1 | Otherworld in east. Jewish: Neuman; Marshall Islands: Davenport 223. |
| F131 | Otherworld in hollow mountain. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 612f., Other World *381 s.v. "Mountain"; Wimberly 130.—Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 127; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3594. |
| F136.3 | Otherworld in northwest. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F136.2 | Otherworld in west. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 79. |
| F167.14 | Otherworld inhabitants segregated. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F134.2 | Otherworld island disappears leaving voyagers in boat at sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F134.3 | Otherworld island divided into four parts. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F734 | Otherworld island grows foot yearly. One tree added. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F736.2 | Otherworld island supported by pedestal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F167.1.2.1 | Otherworld islands of birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F184 | Otherworld king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F173 | Otherworld land of happiness. (Cf. F165.6, F167.9, F169.8.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F173.2 | Otherworld land of peace. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F173.1 | Otherworld land of pleasure. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H335.0.1.1 | Otherworld mistress instructs hero how to perform tasks (imposed by her mother). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F134 | Otherworld on island. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 628f. nn. 93—96, Other World 379 s.v. "island".—Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 55, Beal XXI 321; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72, 79; Samoa, Fiji: ibid. 76. |
| F132 | Otherworld on lofty mountain. *Patch PMLA XXXIII 606ff., Other World *381 s.v. "mountain, on the"; Wimberly 132. |
| F160.0.1.1 | Otherworld overseas confused with otherworld under water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F160.0.1 | Otherworld overseas confused with otherworld underground. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F167.9 | Otherworld people ever young, ever beautiful. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F167.9.1 | Otherworld people rejuvenated on reaching old age. S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| F167.8 | Otherworld people unacquainted with fire. Polynesian: Dixon 72, 78; Africa (Wachaga): Werner African 137. |
| F185 | Otherworld queen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F153 | Otherworld reached by diving into water (of well or lake). *Brown Iwain 76; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 148; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1301). |
| F159.1 | Otherworld reached by hunting animal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F148.3 | Otherworld surrounded by palisade of gold and silver. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F148.5 | Otherworld surrounded by seven walls and locks of iron and doors of iron. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F132.0.1 | Otherworld visible from high mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 615. |
| F393.4 | Otherworld woman appears to mortal in sleep. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F170 | Otherworld—miscellaneous motifs. |
| B193 | Otter carries flaming wood in mouth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1022.5.1 | Otter persuaded to rob: beaten. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B548.3 | Otter retrieves lost magic object from bottom of lake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B548.1.2 | Otters recover lost magic ring from fish. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B292.7 | Otters supply man with fish and burning wood daily. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2212.9 | Our children know local road; odd that grown stranger does not. French: Irwin Verville No. 210. |
| H153 | Outcast wife (children) builds castle identical with king's, invites him, and is recognized. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S442 | Outcast wife and her son live in poverty. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S451 | Outcast wife at last united with husband and children. *Types 706, 712, 938; *Loomis White Magic 118; *Chauvin VI 167ff. No. 327. Chauvin discusses the following stories having this motif: St. Clement, St. Eustace, Crescentia, Hildegarde, Florence, Octavianus, Sebile, Genevieve of Brabant, Euriant, the Maiden without Hands, Helena of Constantinople, the Count of Toulouse.—Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 105, 119, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 138—41; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list Nos. 201, 202. |
| S452 | Outcast wife commits suicide when confronted with heads of relatives killed in revenge for her wrong-doing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E539.1 | Oven door jumps into room; money thought to be under spot where it lands. England: Baughman. |
| D1601.6 | Oven heats without fire. (Cf. D1161, D1649.5.) Fb "ovn" II 774a. |
| K814 | Overcurious dupe enters trickster's basket and is killed. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 197 No. 25. |
| J1546 | Overcurious wife learns of the senate's deliberations. Husband (son) tells her that they have decided that each man may have many wives. Gullible wife believes it. *Crane Vitry No. 235; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 392; Herbert III 19; Alphabet No. 141; Gesta Romanorum No. 126; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 46; Scala Celi 46b No. 260; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| N455 | Overheard (human) conversation. *Dickson 29 n. 1; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| N455.1 | Overheard boast about hidden money brings about robbery. Type 1577*; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1517.2 | Overheard conversation: "Money hidden in wall (field)." Thieves take box filled with stone (or dig up field). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1517.1 | Overheard conversation: "Mustard has advanced in price." Thieves steal mustard and leave all else. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1517.3 | Overheard conversation: "My money is hanging in the tree." Thieves stung by hornets. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N699.6 | Overheard wish is realized. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2052.4.3 | Overlooking the insult. Man consoles daughter whose husband is dying by telling her he has picked another husband for her. She feels insulted. No sooner does her husband die than she asks her father for details. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G279.1 | Overpowered witch-maid commits suicide. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K337 | Oversalting food of giant so that he must go outside for water. Meantime his goods are stolen. *Type 328; *Fb "salt" III 148b; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A692.1 | Overseas otherworld in the west. Irish myth: Cross; S. Am. Indian (Guarayú): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147. |
| K2052.3 | Oversensitive bride pleads a headache (or other excuse). Groom retaliates with similar plea when she changes her mind. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| X221 | Oversight of the thievish tailor. Sews the stolen piece of cloth on the outside of his coat, thinking that it is on the inside. Type 2005*. |
| L420 | Overweening ambition punished. Chinese: Graham. |
| L420.0.1 | Overweening ambition punished. Man sets self up as a god. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| C770.1 | Overweening pride in good fortune forbidden. Man proud that he and his clan have never known unhappiness or want swallowed up by earth. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q330 | Overweening punished. (Cf. Q552.19.1, Q582.5.) |
| E501.4.5 | Owl (ghost of nun) in wild hunt. Plischke 34. |
| B569.1 | Owl advises old man of projected visit by gods (in disguise). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B569.2 | Owl advises old man where to plant his crops after listening in to council of gods concerning rainfall distribution for the year.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B147.2.2.4 | Owl as bird of ill-omen. Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1073 s.v. "Eule". —Alphabet of Tales Nos. 87, 88.—India: Thompson-Balys; Icel.: Boberg. |
| B242.1.8 | Owl as king of birds. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B143.0.3 | Owl as prophetic bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B623.2 | Owl as suitor. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 154. |
| A2233.3 | Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.)—Type 221; *Dh IV 172ff. |
| K815.5 | Owl invites cricket to share his nectar. Kills him. Wienert FFC LVI 56 (ET 159), 118 (ST 280). |
| A2239.3.1 | Owl reveals deity's secret: power of speech removed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B527.3 | Owl saves man from drowning: flaps wings to call attention to direction of land. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 125. |
| B521.5 | Owl saves man from plunging over cliff. Flaps wings and arrests man's attention.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 124. |
| J953.16 | Owl thinks echoes of his hoots are sounds of praise. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B521.3.5 | Owl warns other birds from limed net. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2229.3 | Owl will not betray curate: therefore may live in steeple. (Cf. A2433.4.1.)—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 88 No. 98b. |
| J1811.1 | Owl's hoot misunderstood by lost simpleton. *Wesselski Bebel II 158 No. 183. Cf. BP II 535. |
| A2241.2 | Owl's wings borrowed from rat (or other animal). Dh III 131. |
| B299.2.1 | Owls and crows dispute over merits of night or day vision. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N2.1 | Own body as stake: to be taken as slave. Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 882; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 354 n. 277. |
| J1162.3 | Own name inscribed on a stolen object as sign of property. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2357.0.2 | Owner admitted into his own castle, captured in his absence, in guise of a monk. He has given news to conqueror of his purported death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1392.2.1 | Owner advises thieves to return later. He is not yet in bed Spanish: Childers. |
| J1392 | Owner assists thief. |
| K465 | Owner bids on his own goods at auction. Rival buyer pays extravagant price. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 204 No. 405; Chauvin VIII 107 No. 83. |
| K812.4 | Owner burns intruder in house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K341.5 | Owner enticed to chase game while goods are stolen. Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 8; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K439.9 | Owner feigns madness and thus raises alarm: thieves captured. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K335.0.12 | Owner frightened away by thief disguised as devil. Pierre Faifeu No. 33. |
| K335.0.4 | Owner frightened away from goods by a bluff. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K335.0.5 | Owner frightened from goods by apparitions of the dead. (Cf. K335.1.2.) |
| K335.0.1 | Owner frightened from goods by report of approaching enemy. *Type 328; BP III 83f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K335.0.6 | Owner frightened from goods by trickster's ferocious animal. Pretended dog is really a lion. Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 388 No. 14. |
| K335.0.13 | Owner frightened from goods by trickster's summons of wild buffalo herd. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K334 | Owner gives up goods through flattery. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1392.4 | Owner laughs at thief who finds nothing in house. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K341.4.1.1 | Owner of horse climbs tree after thief, who drops down and rides off on owner's horse. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P11.3 | Owner of magic object chosen as king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K344 | Owner persuaded that his goods are spoiled. (Cf. K355.) Bødker Exempler 292 No. 50; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 123 No. 23. |
| K341.4.1 | Owner persuaded to climb tree while goods are stolen. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K432.2 | Owner pretends to help burglars to divide booty: handles weights so loudly that police are summoned. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K439.8 | Owner pretends to think thief is family god and binds him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1235.3 | Owner provides cow with green goggles, feeds her sawdust or snow. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| K331.2 | Owner put to sleep and goods stolen. Magic or drugs. Dickson 63, 67 n. 13, 68 n. 15; Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 107; Finnish: Kalevala rune 42; India: *Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1142). |
| K343.1 | Owner sent on errand and goods stolen. Louisiana Creole: Fortier MAFLS II 110; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 77 No. 17; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Friends 77 No. 1, Nights 241 No. 41; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 251 No. 29, 255 No. 36; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 97; West Indies: Flowers 505. |
| K134.5 | Owner trades a blind horse. He gives a description that is literally correct. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| K341.11 | Owner's attention distracted by man fishing in street. Meanwhile the man's confederates rob the dupe. *Type 1525C. |
| K341 | Owner's interest distracted while goods are stolen. Type 15*; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos 1525J, 2425, 2436*; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K335.0.2 | Owners frightened away from goods by report of deadly epidemic. Poor parson thus rids himself of unwelcome guests; they leave food they have brought. *Wesselski Arlotto II 217 No. 81. |
| D801 | Ownership of magic object. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V12.4.4 | Ox (bull) as sacrifice. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg: Greek: Homer passim; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B154.1 | Ox as soothsayer. All judgments referred to it. (Cf. B182.2.)—Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| J1511.17 | Ox bought; buyer also claims load of wood attached. Later deceived man disguises and sells sharper another ox for "handful of coppers." He is allowed by court to claim the hand as well. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M411.19.2 | Ox curses ungrateful man. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 812. |
| F401.3.2 | Ox demon. Chinese: Werner 362. |
| A2221.5.1 | Ox helps patriarch who in joy kisses him on the lips: hence no hair on ox's lips. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 118, 304, *Neuman. |
| F391.1.1 | Ox lent fairies must not be worked after sunset. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "boeuf". |
| U142 | Ox likes loving strokes of man; flea fears them. Wienert FFC LVI 60 (ET 223), 121 (ST 307); Halm Aesop No. 426. |
| B15.3.1.3.1 | Ox with four horns. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B15.3.2.3 | Ox with golden horns. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| B121.5 | Ox with magic wisdom. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B15.3.1.3 | Ox with three horns. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B191.2 | Ox-demon as magician. Chinese: Werner 361. |
| D487.3 | Ox-demon becomes 10,000 feet long. Chinese: Werner 361. |
| F988.1 | Ox's leg acts as person. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq III 291ff. |
| K404.2 | Ox's tail in another's mouth. The thief kills one ox and puts the tail in another ox's mouth: the owner thinks one ox has eaten the other. Type 1004; *BP III 392 n. 2; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1525G*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 1525G*; Russian: Andrejev No. 1525G*. |
| N277 | Oxen bear dead usurer to gallows to be buried. They are allowed to go where they will. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 197. |
| J215.2 | Oxen decide not to kill butchers, since inexpert killers might replace them. Wienert FFC LVI 65 (ET 289), 115 (ST 254). |
| B292.4.1.1 | Oxen draw saint's plow around whole district in one day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2072.0.2.3 | Oxen paralyzed. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| M201.1.2 | Pact with devil signed in blood. (Theophilus.) (Cf. M211.) Type 756B; *Andrejev FFC LXIX 64; Scala Celi 9a, 135b Nos 58, 749; Wünsche Teufel 55f.; England, U.S.: Baughman; Irish: Beal XXI 310 —312, O'Suilleabhain 33f.; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 80. |
| M218.1 | Pacts with the devil, sealed in blood, made ineffective by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 75. |
| K636.1 | Paddles broken in enemies' boat prevent pursuit. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 35. |
| V352.1 | Pagan disputant with Christian bested by the words put in his mouth by God. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V352 | Pagan disputant with Christian stricken dumb. English: Wells 76 (Joseph of Aramathie); Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.1.3.4 | Pagan gods became devils. *Loomis White Magic 75. |
| F160.0.3 | Pagan otherworld identified with Christian paradise (heaven). (Cf. A694.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q232.1 | Pagan punished by fellows for conversion to Christianity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V356.2 | Pagan shrines and idols, or magic books destroyed by fire from heaven. *Loomis White Magic 35. |
| V341 | Pagan sybil draws picture of Madonna and Child in sand. Result of vision. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 560. |
| J955.2.1 | Page dreams of being king. Master asks: "What would you do for me if you were king?" Answer: "Give you 100 ducats." Master beats him for insufficient consideration. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K2112.2.2 | Page is duped into hiding under woman's bed (behind curtain). Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| Q562 | Pain of souls tormented in hell alternately ebbs and flows. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1766.1.4 | Pain stopped by prayer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q553.3.6 | Painful birth of children as punishment. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T583.1.1 | Pains of woman in childbirth repeated in person of the man. English: Child II 109, V 292; U.S.: Baughman. |
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