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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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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| A1142.3 | Persons escape to sky and become thunder. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 96; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 177. |
| D45 | Persons exchange forms. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A1021.0.1 | Persons excluded from Noah's ark build another ark and sail to Ireland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N314 | Persons fall asleep on rock, which magically shoots upward. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 76. |
| F577 | Persons identical in appearance. (Cf. F1072.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| N134.1.3 | Persons lose luck as punishment. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2061.1.2 | Persons magically caused to dance selves to death. Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 66. |
| D2061.1.4 | Persons magically made to decay and die. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2171.5 | Persons magically stick together. (Cf. D1171.2, D1413.14.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2368.1.1 | Persons run wagon back and forth over a corduroy bridge to simulate sound of artillery. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F471.1.5 | Persons who at night become nightmares. Those who are born on a Thursday and christened on a Sunday must at certain times (on Thursdays) press somebody or something. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3687; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 67 No. 183. |
| E411.10 | Persons who die violent or accidental deaths cannot rest in grave. See all references to E334ff., especially E334.5, E411.1, E411.1.1, E413, E414. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F511.0.3 | Persons whose heads are stone-hammers. Koryak and American Indian: *Jochelson JE VI 375. |
| F600 | Persons with extraordinary powers. |
| F515.0.2 | Persons with many hands. |
| F529.1 | Persons with punctured bodies. May be carried on a pole put through the orifice; may be hung up on a peg. Chinese: Werner 390. |
| F518 | Persons with tails. Chauvin V 7 No. 3.—Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| A1337.0.1.1 | Pestilence brought to man in box by messenger from creator. S. Am. Indian (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 318. |
| F493.0.1 | Pestilence in animal form. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 28 Nos. 244—245. |
| F493.0.3.1 | Pestilence in form of a head. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 253. |
| F493.0.3 | Pestilence in form of object. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 254. |
| F493.0.2 | Pestilence in human form. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 28f. Nos. 246—252; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3494. |
| F493.0.4 | Pestilence in visible form. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2094 | Pestilence magically sent upon (domestic) animals. (Cf. D2064.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F493.3.2 | Pestilence-spirit "bound" by magic. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 258. |
| N651 | Pet swan saves self by singing death song. Master about to mistake the swan in the dark for the goose that is to be slaughtered. Wienert FFC LVI 71 (ET 359), 143 (ST 487); Halm Aesop Nos. 215, 216. |
| L423 | Peter acts as God for a day: tires of bargain. A girl takes her goat to pasture and leaves him: "My God care for you!" Peter must run everywhere after the goat. *Dh II 188. |
| A2622 | Peter lets key of heaven fall: origin of "Heaven Key" (primrose). Peter hears that duplicate key to heaven has been made. In his excitement he lets his key drop to earth. It is returned by an angel. Where it dropped are the "Heaven Keys". (Cf. A2653.)—*Dh II 190. |
| K1132 | Peter receives the blows twice. Peter and Christ are sleeping in the same bed. The drunken host returns home and beats Peter, who thereupon changes places with Christ. The host then comes in to beat the other lodger and beats Peter again. *Type 791; *BP III 451 n. 1; *Fb "Sankt Peder" III 164a; Zs. f. Vksk. XXXVII 130; *Bolte Zs f. vgl. Littgsch. VII 454; Icelandic: Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII No. 791; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 72; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis VII 60f. |
| D581 | Petrification by glance. Fb "öje" III 1167b.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 152 n. 3 (Gorgon). |
| D573.2 | Petrification by magic written formula. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D529.1 | Petrification when woman's voice is heard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W127 | Petulance. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A724.1.1 | Phaëton. Sun entrusts his chariot to another (his son) and the horses run away. The world is almost burnt up.—Krappe "Phaëthon", The Review of Religion (1944) 115-129.—Greek: *Roscher s.v. "Phaëthon", *Frazer Pausanias II 59.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 291 n. 66. |
| P552.3 | Phalanx. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1883.1 | Phantom army attacked. Irish: Plummer clxix, MacCulloch Celtic 155 (Cuchulainn), *Cross. |
| E535.3.2 | Phantom boat. Tahiti: Henry 91. |
| E535.3.1 | Phantom canoe. New York: Jones JAFL LVII 244. |
| E512 | Phantom cart driver wanders because of blasphemy. "Peter Rugg the Missing Man." Boasts that he will reach home despite storm or never see his home again. He always travels in hard shower of rain or just ahead of one. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E535.1 | Phantom coach and horses. England, Ireland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E500 | Phantom hosts. |
| F771.6 | Phantom house: disappears at dawn. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E535.4 | Phantom railway train. U.S.: *Baughman; Jones JAFL LVII 241, 244. |
| E510 | Phantom sailors and travelers. |
| E534 | Phantom spinning-wheel makes noise. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 678. |
| F585.3 | Phantom women cause weakness. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F585 | Phantoms. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 61 No. 445B. |
| D1711.7.1 | Pharaoh as magician. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E501.13 | Phenomena at appearance of wild hunt. |
| E501.16 | Phenomena at disappearance of wild hunt. |
| A188.1 | Philandering god. Greek: Grote I 58; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| W11.1 | Philanthropist will give his spurs if someone will drive his horse for him. He has given away his coat, etc. to beggars. One finally asks for his spurs. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 330. |
| J211.1 | Philosopher chooses poverty with freedom. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 382. |
| N137 | Philosopher conquers evil fate. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J152.4 | Philosopher consoles woman for loss of son. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1074.1.1 | Philosopher does not join in with gossipers. He is silent because he fears that some day he may talk too much and not be able to keep silent. Spanish: Childers. |
| J152.3 | Philosopher instructs youth regarding conduct. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| U15.1 | Philosopher laughs at the vanities and sins of the world. His companion weeps. Spanish: Childers. |
| J1566.1 | Philosopher spits in king's beard. It is the only place he can find at the royal table not covered with gold and jewels. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 475; *Crane Vitry 195 No. 149; Scala Celi 140a No. 784; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 29, Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| H1553.1 | Philosopher teaches son to beg before stone statues. In this way he will acquire patience. Spanish: Childers. |
| P485 | Philosopher. |
| B32.1.1 | Phoenix renews youth when 1,000 years old. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B32.1 | Phoenix renews youth. Fb "ørn" III 1183b; Egyptian: Müller 165f. |
| B32 | Phoenix. *Hdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens I 180; *Gunkel Das Märchen im alten Testament 36f.; Roscher Lexikon III 3450 s.v. "Phoinix".—Fb "phoenix". —Medieval Romance: Wells Manual of Writings 105 (Prose Alexander).—Chinese: Ferguson 98, Eberhard FFC CXX 117 No. 73; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| H312 | Physical and mental requirements for suitors. Penzer III 66; Irish myth: *Cross; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 106 n. 1. |
| A738.1 | Physical attributes. |
| C985 | Physical changes in person because of broken tabu. |
| A526 | Physical characteristics of culture hero (demigod). |
| G302.4 | Physical characteristics of demons. |
| G120 | Physical characteristics of giant ogres. |
| G303.17.2 | Physical circumstances of devil's disappearance. |
| F80.1 | Physical features of underworld. Note: physical features of underworld of dead (F81) are listed under A671—A679. Some features of the underworld also appear in F130ff. |
| J229.14 | Physical pain preferred to poverty. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J1819 | Physical phenomena misunderstood—miscellaneous. U.S.: Baughman. |
| J1810 | Physical phenomena misunderstood. |
| J1115.2.1 | Physician decides that there is no need of purging one who drinks so many liquids. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P424.1 | Physician hides eyes as he passes graveyard. He does not want to see those who have died from his medicine. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 259 No. 204. |
| P424.3 | Physician killed for fatal diagnosis. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A144 | Physician of the gods. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B784.2.4 | Physician removes animal from stomach of patient. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| J1115.2.2 | Physician removes pea from patient's ear. Knocks him down and pea rolls out. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1516.1.1 | Physician treating man's eye covers his one good eye. Entertains his patient's mistress. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 87; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J817.2 | Physician willing to believe in four persons. Angers a theologian by disputing doctrine of the Trinity. "Don't get angry," he says; "rather than have you condemn me to hell, I would believe in four persons." Wesselski Bebel I 163 No. 98. |
| F956.4 | Physician, by examining wound can tell whether it was inflicted by a man or a woman and describe him or her in detail. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P424 | Physician. Penzer X 263a s.v. "Physician"; Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2415.2 | Picking the louse and the flea. One man rewarded with forty crowns for picking louse from king's robe. Imitator given forty lashes for picking flea. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 799. |
| J84 | Picking up water thrown on ground no harder than the undoing of slander. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 98 No. 836G*. |
| K357 | Pickpockets strike man on leg so that he takes his hand off his purse. Nouvelles Récréations No. 79. |
| A18 | Pictorial representations of creator. |
| A137 | Pictorial representations of gods. (cf. A131). Irish myth: Cross. |
| H439.1 | Picture as chastity index: indicates by its color. (Cf. D1266.2.) English: Child I 269; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D435.2.1 | Picture comes to life. Chauvin VII 101 No. 376.—India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 61f.; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 357 n. 287i, Hatt Asiatic Influences 100. |
| D1873.1 | Picture magically made hideous. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1792 | Picture mistaken for original. |
| D1654.8 | Picture that cannot be removed in ship. (Cf. D1266.2, D1654.6.) *Fb "skib" III 242b, "tung" III 893a. |
| D2006.1.8 | Piece of wood revives memory. (Cf. D956.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q451.11 | Piecemeal mutilation as punishment. Marquesas: Handy 78; Tonga: Gifford 67. |
| H103 | Pieces taken from flags serve to identify. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "drapeau". |
| G322 | Piercer-of-souls: fishes men. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 250. |
| Q39 | Piety rewarded—miscellaneous. |
| Q20 | Piety rewarded. Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 120, Beal XXI 336; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1153; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 70. |
| Z31.1 | Pif Paf Poltrie. The suitor sent from one relation to the other for consent to the wedding. *Type 2019; *BP III 71; *Taylor JAFL XLVI 81 No. 2019; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K41.2 | Pig and dog as plowmen. Pig plows while dog sleeps. Then dog runs back and forth in furrow to claim victory. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B511.2 | Pig as healer. |
| V12.4.3 | Pig as sacrifice. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 218 No. 167. |
| B621.6 | Pig as suitor. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 77. |
| T465.5 | Pig born with head like that of man as a result of bestiality. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1316.10 | Pig cooked when true story is told. (Cf. D1281.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| X31.2 | Pig licks sleeping man's lips: man thinks he is being kissed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2415.6 | Pig sees goat return decked with ornaments and plenty of food; goes out and imitates trick played by goat but is beaten instead. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.22.3 | Pig swallows necklace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H251.3.11 | Pig that can be boiled only after four true stories are told. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B776.4.1 | Pig with venomous bristles. Irish myth: Cross. |
| L132 | Pig-sty abode for unpromising hero (heroine). *Type 314; Cox Nos. 1, 33, 77, 79, and passim; Chinese: Graham; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 351. |
| B291.1.12 | Pigeon as messenger. Jewish: Neuman. |
| N346 | Pigeon hastily kills his mate for stealing wheat. It has merely dried out and no longer fills the nest. When the dampness later swells the wheat, he sees his mistake and kills himself in remorse. Chauvin II 104 No. 66; Bødker Exempler 302 No. 69; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A132.6.5 | Pigeon-god. Tonga: Gifford 62. |
| H982.1 | Pigeons cover the sun's rays with their outstretched wings and lengthen night to six months so that hero's task can be completed in one night. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T584.4 | Piglings cut from bodies of sows and reared. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M414.8.2 | Pigs cursed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2072.0.2.5 | Pigs paralyzed by witch. England: Baughman. |
| A2223.4 | Pike helps Christ cross stream: made king of fishes. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 286. |
| E411.8 | Pilate appears periodically at Mt. Pilatus and washes his hands. *Hauffen Zs. f. Vksk. X 435. |
| A989.4 | Pile of stones (cairn) marks site of battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A977.5.2 | Pile of stones in certain chapel formed of fragments of salmon transformed by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q526 | Pilgrimage as penance. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V533 | Pilgrimage to Benares. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V531.1 | Pilgrimage to follow roads Christ walked. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V531 | Pilgrimage to Holy Land. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V535 | Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V532 | Pilgrimage to Mecca. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V530 | Pilgrimages. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J2465.2 | Piling up the pottery. The woman breaks the pots into fragments and piles them up. Type 1371*. |
| D1346.7 | Pill of immortality. (Cf. D1243.)—Chinese: Werner 184f., 330. |
| F964.0.1 | Pillar of fire (in sky). Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1380.1.1 | Pillar of fire protects in desert. (Cf. D1271.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.2.2 | Pillar of fire reaches from heaven to earth. (Cf. F774.2.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V222.0.1.1 | Pillar of fire rises over woman pregnant with future saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F774.2.1 | Pillar of fire. (Cf. F962.2.2, F964.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| A665.2 | Pillar supporting sky. *Holmberg Baum des Lebens 12ff.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 333ff.; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 334ff. |
| D1599.1 | Pillars dance when ogre plays guitar. (Cf. D1234.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F169.1.1 | Pillars of bronze in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F169.1.2 | Pillars of gold in otherworld. Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 71. |
| A984 | Pillars of Hercules at Gibraltar set up by Hercules. (Cf. A901.)—Greek: Fox 86. |
| F774.1 | Pillars of precious stones. Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 87. |
| F169.1 | Pillars of silver and glass in otherworld. Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30, Other World 382 s.v. "pillar", Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A665.2.0.1 | Pillars supporting sky. Tahiti: Henry 342; Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XII (266), (Cape York): Rasmussen III 169, (Greenland): Rink 440. |
| D1364.11 | Pillow causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1154.5.) *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt I 257 n. 1.—English: Child V 496 s.v. "sleep"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1364.15 | Pin causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1182.)—*Type 400; *Cosquin Contes indiens 95ff.; *BP II 346; Cox Cinderella 483; *Basset 1001 Contes I 143.—English: Child V 496 s.v. "sleep"; Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| J242.2 | Pine and thornbush dispute as to their usefulness. Beauty of form does not give worth; pine grows slowly but it will withstand storms. Wienert FFC LVI 44 (ET 15), 74 (ET 398), *142 (ST 483); Halm Aesop No. 125. |
| G314 | Pine bender. Kills victims by springing tree. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 124 n. 1, Fox 98. |
| E431.12 | Pins stuck in soles of dead man's feet to prevent return. Fb "død" I 228a. |
| P241.1 | Pious children save their parents from hell. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1099.7 | Pious die on their birthday. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V435 | Pious man charitable to man who has formerly refused him charity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1846.5.2 | Pious man in city renders it invulnerable. Jewish: Neuman. |
| K1815.1.1 | Pious pilgrim dies unknown in his father's house. (Miraculous manifestations.) BP III 461 (Grimm No. 204). |
| R131.18 | Pious woman rescues abandoned child. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1364.25.3 | Pipe (musical) causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1224.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V84.3 | Pirate excommunicated, goes on pilgrimage as penance. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G312.1 | Pisaca. Drinks blood and eats human flesh. Eats corpses and makes living waste away. Hindu: Keith 98, 157. |
| F92 | Pit entrance to lower world. Entrance through pit, hole, spring, or cavern. *Type 301; *BP II 300ff.; Penzer VI 108f.; *Siuts Jenseitsmotive 50; *Roberts 140.—Irish myth: Cross (F158), Beal XXI 311, 324, 329, O'Suilleabhain 33, 91; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 103, MacCulloch Eddic 320; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "puits"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 25; Greek: Fox 88, 143; Gaster Thespis 183f.; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 167; Marquesas: Handy 110; Maori: Clark 100; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XV 153; S. A. Indian (Tereno): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367; Africa: Werner African 175, 184, 195. |
| F158 | Pit entrance to otherworld. (Cf. F92.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| K735.4.1 | Pit placed under a bed. Alu: Wheeler No. 2; Telei: ibid. No. 18. |
| H1535.1 | Pit test. Hero thrown into pit. Africa (Benga): Nassau 217 No. 33, (Basuto): Jacottet 72 No. 11. |
| D2171.4.1 | Pitcher magically sticks to ground. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 168 No. 24. |
| K1601.1 | Pitfall arranged but victim escapes it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2383 | Pity for the poor Jews. On Good Friday an old woman who has heard the Passion Story exclaims, "How hard it was for the Jews who had to watch all night with Christ!" Wesselski Bebel I 228 No. 138. |
| F200.1 | Pixies (little people unseen but often audible and occasionally caught). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F302.3.4.2.1 | Pixies win dancing contest with man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T581 | Place and conditions of childbirth. |
| D705 | Place disenchanted. |
| F151.1.5 | Place in underworld beyond which hero cannot pass without being tatooed. Maori: Clark 136. |
| E501.12 | Place of appearance of wild hunt. |
| D1812.5.1.30 | Place of bad omen. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M413 | Place of giving curse. |
| V229.2.5 | Place of saint's martyrdom perpetually green. *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| M364.4 | Place of saint's resurrection prophesied. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2433.1.3 | Place to live given as patent right to dog. Dh IV 117. |
| V111.3 | Place where a church must be built miraculously indicated. *Loomis White Magic 127f. |
| G303.15 | Places haunted by the devil. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3440, Legends Nos. 833—850. |
| R40 | Places of captivity. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| H252.1 | Placing hand on genitals as test of truth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.19 | Plague as bad omen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F493.0.1.1 | Plague as monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q552.10 | Plague as punishment. Irish myth: *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 165; German: O. Busch Nordwestthüringer Sagen 145, E. Handreck Müllersagen 194, O. Schöppner Sagenbuch d. bairischen Lande I 72; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C941.4 | Plague for breaking tabu. See references for Q552.10. |
| V362 | Plague from Jews' poisoning wells. German: H. Rauchfuss Alte Geschichte u. neue Sagen aus Thuringen 60. |
| D2061.1.5 | Plague magically invoked. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F144 | Plain (field) at borders of otherworld. *Siuts 36ff. |
| F756.3 | Plain of wonders. Irish myth: Cross. |
| W116.3 | Plain people made rulers have vain display. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F756.2 | Plain that is earthly paradise. Malone PMLA XLIII 403; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J1191.6 | Plaintiff in court beats thief since he had not warned him ahead of time to have witnesses to robbery. Judge has refused to inquire for lack of witnesses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A759.7 | Planet Mars lies on moon to impart warmth to her lest she freeze the earth. (Cf. A780). Jewish: Neuman. |
| A780.1 | Planets supervised by angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| H1534 | Plank test. Attempt to kill hero by letting plank fall on him. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 47 No. 325A*. |
| J703 | Planning for the greater office. |
| D1385.2 | Plant as antidote to spells and enchantments. (Cf. D965.) Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 288 n. 1 (moly); Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2711.1 | Plant blessed for help at Jesus' birth. Dh II 19f. |
| A2711.3 | Plant blessed for helping holy fugitive. Dh II 58ff.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 197f., 202ff.; Irish: Beal XXI 306. |
| A2711 | Plant blessed for pious act. (Cf. A2221.) |
| D1365.1 | Plant causes magic forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "herbe". |
| A2743 | Plant characteristic because plant belongs to the devil. |
| A2720 | Plant characteristics as punishment. |
| A2710 | Plant characteristics as reward. |
| A2741 | Plant characteristics from accident to original plant. |
| A2742 | Plant characteristics from exchange of qualities. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2734 | Plant characteristics from object thrown by devil. |
| A2731.2 | Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.) —Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 82 n. 2, 86 n. 2. |
| A2731 | Plant characteristics from transformation. |
| A2731.2.1.1 | Plant characteristics from Virgin Mary's milk. England: Baughman. |
| A2731.2.1 | Plant characteristics from Virgin Mary's tears. *Dh II 255ff. |
| A2721.4 | Plant cursed for betraying holy fugitive. Dh II 58ff. |
| A2721.2 | Plant cursed for disservice at crucifixion. (Cf. A2711.2.) —Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3222, Legends No. 323. |
| A2721.1 | Plant cursed for disservice to child Jesus. (Cf. A2772.2.) —Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 90 No. 130a (rush). |
| A2721 | Plant cursed for impious act. |
| E631.0.3 | Plant from blood of slain person. *Fb "blod" IV 49a, "juletræ", II 57a; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 311 No. 41; Greek: Fox 198, 201; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis IV 225f. |
| A2615.2 | Plant from mother's milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2613 | Plant from spittle. |
| F54.2 | Plant grows to sky. (Jack and the Beanstalk). *Types 328A, 555, 852; BP I 147, *II 511; *MacCulloch Childhood 432ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 102; *Fb "træ" III 867b; Fischer Zs. f. Ethnographie LXIV 236.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fève"; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *1416A; England, U.S., Australia: Baughman (Type 328A); Chinese: Graham; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 286; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 283 No. 114. |
| D1346.5 | Plant of immortality. (Cf. D965.)—Babylonian: Spence 158, 160, 178; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 215. |
| D1364.31 | Plant produces sleep. (Cf. D965.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2723 | Plant punished for discontent. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 134 No. 91. |
| A2722 | Plant punished for disobedience. |
| A2726 | Plant punished for tale-telling. |
| A2725 | Plant punished for tardiness. |
| A2721.3 | Plant punished for ungracious answer to holy person. |
| A2711.4.3 | Plant receives name because of service to Virgin Mary. German: Grimm No. 207. |
| F992 | Plant shrieks when uprooted. |
| D1311.13 | Plant used for divination. (Cf. D965.) |
| B286 | Plant wedding. |
| T117.10 | Plant wife (in form of a woman). Mono-Alu: Wheeler Nos. 17, 35. |
| A2722.1 | Plantain disobeys mother: hence bears but one stalk. (Cf. A2771.2.)—Mpongwe: Nassau 76 No. 16. |
| J1932.4 | Planting a hog in order to grow pigs. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 209 No. 423. |
| J1932.4.1 | Planting animal's tail in order to produce young animals. Type 1200. |
| J1932.4.2 | Planting bones to produce animal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J701.1 | Planting for the next generation. Man who is planting tree told that it will never mature in his day. He is planting for the next generation. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 235 No. 516; Chauvin II 208 No. 75; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A2602 | Planting the earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2091.12 | Plants and animals magically caused to shriek, frightening enemy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F973 | Plants and trees miraculously unbent. |
| D210.1 | Plants as transformed bodies of gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93. |
| A2634 | Plants created by direct divine agency. India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 41. |
| A2611 | Plants from body of slain person or animal. Dh I 79.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 23, 129; S. Am. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 128, (Caingang): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 473. |
| A2625 | Plants from clothing of deity. (Cf. A2615.)—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 282; Tahiti: Henry 338. |
| A2611.0.2 | Plants from foetus or body of stillborn child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2611.0.1 | Plants from grave of dead person or animal. India: Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 67; S. Am. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 109, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 38, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359f., (Cashinawa): Métraux ibid. 686. |
| A2612 | Plants from tears. |
| A2617 | Plants from transformed person (animal). |
| A2621.2 | Plants from tread of goddess. Greek myth: Grote I 5 (Aphrodite). |
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