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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
K
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| V52.11 | Prayer of sinner changes his color from black into white. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V57.3 | Prayer on special occasions. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J1342 | Prayer over the underdone hen. A guest is seen uttering a prayer before an underdone hen at the table. "She must be a goddess turned into a hen, for she has been over the fire and spared." Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 193 No. 378. |
| V52.5 | Prayer restores shattered vessel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V52.15 | Prayer said by saint into his right hand restores displaced eye of opponent. Irish myth: *Cross |
| V58.5 | Prayer shawl. Jewish: Neuman. |
| W185.2 | Prayer that overbearing knight's illness be increased. A little sickness has made him kind; more may make him kinder. Crane Vitry 48 No. 103; Mensa Philosophica No. 143. |
| D1586.2 | Prayer to Virgin protects against plague. (Cf. V250.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V53.1 | Prayer unfastens boy's fetters. (Cf. R211.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 345. |
| V58.2 | Prayer with face toward east. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V351.4 | Prayer-contest to prove which religion is better. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V50 | Prayer. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 470a; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V59 | Prayers answered—miscellaneous. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V58.1 | Prayers at sunrise and sunset. Tahiti: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 143. |
| V52.10 | Prayers of devout woman free husband from death and imprisonment. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V53 | Prayers of family comfort prisoner. Alphabet No. 298. |
| D1766.1.2 | Prayers of nun cause Virgin Mary to show her the infant Jesus. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J1269.7 | Praying before the King of Kings. Man while praying refuses to salute superior. While standing before the King of Kings he could not show respect to inferiors. Gaster Exempla 194 No. 45; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 617. |
| J2495.1 | Praying to the nearer virgin. One man prays to the Virgin of Aix-la-Chapelle. The other: "That place is too far away; she can't be here in time to help." He prays to the Virgin of a nearer town. *Wesselski Bebel I 188 No. 47. |
| V86.5 | Praying with arms extended so as to form a cross. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A631 | Pre-existing world of gods above. Such a world is assumed before the real creation of the universe. Though this belief is not explicitly set forth in many mythologies, it seems to be implied in most of the North American Indian systems. See, for example, motif A31, Creator's grandmother.—Jewish: *Neuman.—Samoa: Dixon 18f.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 45. |
| V124 | Preacher criticizes the likeness of Christ exhibited in his church. Says that it is unworthy of the original. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1021.2 | Preacher teaches beaten Genoese the strength of unity. They are like donkeys—when one is beaten the rest scatter. The enemy are like pigs—stick together in trouble. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1741.3 | Prearranged answers in Latin not always successful. (Essentially same as X111.9.) Nouvelles Récréations No. 7. |
| T582 | Precautions at childbirth. *Penzer II 166ff.; *McDaniel Conception. Birth and Infancy (Miami, 1948); *H. A. Winkler Salomo und die Karina: eine orientalische Legende von der Bezwingung einer Kindbettdämonin (Stuttgart, 1931); Irish myth: Cross. |
| E431 | Precautions at funeral against revenant. |
| E752.10 | Precautions taken with corpse before burial to prevent evil spirits from getting, using body. (Cf. E431.) |
| P632.4.1 | Precedence shown by position of shield (flag). Irish myth: Cross. |
| J22.1 | Precept of the lion to his sons: beware of man. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 20; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J22.2 | Precept of the lion to his sons: honor the woods. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 20. |
| J22.3 | Precept of the lion to his sons: keep peace with the neighbors. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 20. |
| V212.2 | Precepts heard from Buddha in person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J22 | Precepts of the lion to his sons. Only the younger keeps them and is successful. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 20. |
| Q114.1 | Precious knife and belt as gift on unknown helper's spearshaft outside his tent. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 346. |
| A156 | Precious properties of the gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 266; Jewish: Neuman. |
| J1081 | Preciousness of untroubled sleep. |
| H1535 | Precipice test. Hero is pushed over a precipice. Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 312 n. 122, (California): Gayton and Newman 95; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 72 No. 11. |
| D2143 | Precipitation controlled by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T615.4 | Precocious boy supports his widowed mother and himself by use of his wits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.2.3 | Precocious hero crushes iron wall with fists. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.2.4 | Precocious hero jumps across river. (Cf. F614.11.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T585.7 | Precocious hero leaves cradle to go to war. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T585 | Precocious infant. *Toldo I 329; Loomis White Magic 23; Gaster Oldest Stories 69; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 79 (Hercules), 92 (Hermes); India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.4 | Precocious son saves kingdom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T615.1 | Precocious speech. (Cf. T585.) DeVries "De Sage van het ingemetselde Kind" Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXXII (1917) 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish: Kalevala runes 31, 50; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 72f. |
| F628.0.1 | Precocious strong hero as mighty slayer. (Cf. F611.3.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F611.3.3.0.1 | Precocious strong hero demands bows and arrows. (Cf. F611.3.3.) Type 650. |
| T615.3 | Precocious wisdom. Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| T615.5 | Precocious young child demands weapons. (Cf. T617.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T22.3 | Predestined husband. Icelandic: Hdwb. d. Märchens I 450a n. 534; Italian: Basile Pentamerone, Introduction; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| T22 | Predestined lovers. Future wife or husband assigned by destiny. (Cf. T54.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R169.8 | Predestined rescuer. South Africa: Bourhill and Drake 237ff. No. 20. |
| T22.2 | Predestined wife. (Cf. M312.1.) Basset 1001 Contes II 208 n. 1; Finnish-Swedish: Hackman FFC VI No. 930*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 934A*; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 202 No. 149, FFC CXXVIII 179 No. 95; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| M353 | Prediction by bird that girl will have dead husband. (She disenchants him from magic sleep.) *Cosquin Contes indiens 108ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M340.5 | Prediction of danger. Africa (Bankon): Ittman 95. |
| N339.12 | Prefect, cursed by bishop, dies of fish-bone stuck in his throat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T511.7.2 | Pregnancy from eating an egg. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 91, 103. |
| T579 | Pregnancy—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T570 | Pregnancy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T401.1 | Pregnant abbess secretly delivered of her child by Virgin Mary. *Wesselski Mönchslatein 51 No. 44; *Crane Miraculis 99 No. 36; Alphabet No. 13; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T578 | Pregnant man. *Type 705; *Fb "frugtsommelig" I 376b; DeVries FFC LXXIII 268; von der Hagen II 53ff. No. 24; Christensen DF XLVII 227 No. 93, L 72.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 145 (Loki); Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 324; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 444, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 326; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 323 n. 166d; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 196 No. 29. |
| T313.1.1 | Pregnant nun's virginity restored through power of saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1558.9 | Pregnant wife left in charge of friend. Icelandic: Lagerholm 129ff., Boberg. |
| H1267 | Pregnant woman craving fish sends husband to heaven after lucky fishhook. (Cf. H936.) Samoa: Beckwith Myth 25. |
| S116.2 | Pregnant woman crushed beneath chariot. (Cf. S185.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| C152.3.1 | Pregnant woman not to eat food baked overnight. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S324 | Pregnant woman ordered by husband to kill child to be born. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F211.0.1 | Prehistoric burial mounds as dwellings of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J2255 | Preliminary drawing of swords. Travelers say they will not have time to do so when attacked. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q551.12 | Premature aging as punishment. (Cf. D1890.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F965.1.1 | Premature darkness at time of execution of innocent people. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F965 | Premature darkness. (Cf. F961.1.) |
| T576 | Prenatal influences. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T132 | Preparation for wedding. |
| V68 | Preparations for burial. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Lagerholm 33, *Boberg. |
| D1571.2 | Presence of a person revivifies trees. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M491 | Presence of cursed person brings disaster to land. Greek: Fox 50, 55. |
| J215 | Present evil preferred to change for worse. |
| L221.1 | Present from the journey: what you first see. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 606a nn. 80—89. |
| A2282 | Present habitat of animals result of ancient quarrel. (Cf. A2433.3.3, A2433.3.4, A2433.3.21, A2433.6.1.)—Benga: Nassau 202 No. 32; Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 372, 381. |
| J321 | Present possessions preferred to future possibilities. |
| J321.4 | Present possessions preferred to future. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J320 | Present values preferred to future. |
| A1005 | Preservation of life during world calamity. (Cf. A1020, A1038, A1045.)—Persian: Carnoy 308; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484. |
| A1005.1 | Preservation of life of certain persons in Ireland during Flood. (Cf. A1006.5.)—Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1892 | Preserving the cock's freedom. A boy recently home from school sees his mother trying to catch the cock. "Don't mother, don't break his freedom or we will suffer for it." Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 817. |
| J950 | Presumption of the lowly. |
| J957 | Presumptuous man before the works of Michelangelo says: "I too am a master". Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J982 | Presumptuous officials disregarded by council. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J981 | Presumptuous smith chants the Divine Comedy. Dante throws his tools in the street. Blacksmith: "You ruin my work!" Dante: "You ruin mine!" Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J952.1 | Presumptuous wolf among lions. |
| R10.2 | Pretended abduction. Adulterous wife plots own abduction by paramour. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1772 | Pretended anger. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K975.1 | Pretended exchange of confidences as to the one thing that can kill. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson PMLA XXXVII 133. |
| K929.4 | Pretended flight draws victims. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K811.5 | Pretended friend puts food on far side of hidden ditch, victim falls in and is killed. Africa (Fang): Tessman 42. |
| K2054 | Pretended honesty to mulct victim. Trickster claims to have found a bag of gold. Confederate claims and receives it upon correct identification. Spectator is thus deceived into trusting the trickster with a large sum of money. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K2058 | Pretended piety. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| K1676 | Pretended sick man aroused by beating. |
| K2050 | Pretended virtue. K1912. The false virgin. |
| K1961.2 | Pretender as pope. |
| J622 | Preventing the birth of enemies. |
| T572 | Prevention of childbirth. |
| J625 | Prevention of hostilities by agreeing to demands while in danger. Barber makes heavy demands of customer while the razor is at his throat. Customer agrees but after the shave throws the barber out. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J626 | Prevention of hostilities by disarming the suspect. Later learned that he is a fugitive murderer. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J623 | Prevention of hostility by inspiring fear in enemy. |
| A1355.3 | Previously men menstruated. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1263.2.1 | Price of consecration. Bishop is paid 100 ova (eggs) instead of 100 oves (sheep) for consecrating man as priest. To bishop's protests the man answers, "You should have refused to consecrate me. If I had been worthy I should not have had to promise oves or ova." *Wesselski Bebel I 221 No. 115. |
| U84 | Price of object depends on where it is on sale. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M208 | Price set on one's head. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| L460 | Pride brought low—miscellaneous. |
| L400 | Pride brought low. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| L473 | Pride or wealth of man brought low by actions of gods. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q331 | Pride punished. (Cf. Q552.19.5.) Penzer IV 142f.; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Bulu): Krug 110. |
| N846.2 | Priest as helper. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1174). |
| J1647 | Priest asked to preach short sermon does so saying to congregation only that they are wicked. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F405.1 | Priest bans spirit with sword. (Cf. D1081.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 17. |
| J2175.1.1 | Priest beats wife before purchasing food since he wishes her to cook it in particular way. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1261.2.6 | Priest bringing Host to dying man sees thief on his fig tree. Shouts vituperations at him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1261.2.8 | Priest carries the Host across a dangerous stream. Spectators tell him to thank God for not drowning. "I helped Him across!" Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1218.1.6 | Priest caught in lasso by rival lover. Mistress tells knight of priest's demands. Knight has her give assignation, and arranges around her a string lasso which he pulls, and catches priest. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 76. |
| G303.16.14.1 | Priest chases devil away. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| X212.1 | Priest commends the poor miller. If he had been like the rest of the congregation he would have become rich. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 825. |
| M411.14.1 | Priest curses sinner: even his grave shall not rest. The grave rolls like a wave. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F1041.1.3.4 | Priest dies from having been duped into deceptive bargain. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1281.1 | Priest draws a sow to him instead of a woman. He asks for a pubic hair which will draw the woman to him. Sow's bristles substituted. Sow rushes to church. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1786.4 | Priest exorcising demon mistaken for demon and beaten to death. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1539.1 | Priest forbidden to have female servant ostentatiously washes his own clothes. Bishop reverses the order. Nouvelles Récréations No. 34. |
| J1563.8 | Priest frightens away parasitic guests. Tells them he has that morning confessed man with plague. French: Irwin No. 161. |
| N384.8 | Priest frightens boy by tying girl's corpse to bell-rope. In revenge the boy puts the body in the priest's bed. Priest flees. Dies from injuries. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| U63 | Priest has no friends until he becomes bishop: then they flock to him. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 421. |
| Q433.6 | Priest imprisoned for incontinence. (Cf. Q243.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K443.8 | Priest induced to betray secrets of confessional: money then exacted from him for silence. The trickster confesses that he has had intimacies with the priest's maid and then overhears the priest scold the maid. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 650; Irish: Beal XXI 334. |
| V468 | Priest is bribed into betraying the confessional. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q223.4.1 | Priest joins devils after death because he lets woman die without confession. Scala Celi 161b No. 916. |
| J762.1 | Priest keeps in container relic which when kissed renders people immune from pestilence. They only kiss container, so that if they die he will not be held responsible. Wesselski Bebel I 144 No. 62. |
| J1261.2.3 | Priest may eat communion supper. Thief about to be hanged is told that if he truly repents he will eat Lord's Supper in heaven. "If that is true, won't you eat the supper for me; I'll reward you well." *Wesselski Bebel I 186 No. 42. |
| J1261.6 | Priest may use his own mother's mass money. At his mother's funeral a boy takes the money laid on the altar for masses. When the priest objects, the boy says, "When your mother dies you may take the money too." Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 703. |
| J705.1 | Priest must give up his charge or his mistress. Gives up his parish and immediately loses his fickle mistress. Wesselski Mönchslatein No. 41; *Crane Vitry 234 No. 241; Herbert III 19. |
| B252.3 | Priest of snakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1265.2 | Priest offers to exchange places with the bishop when he is told that he is unfit to care for his parish. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 78. |
| J1211.1.1 | Priest preaches about bishop's amour. Bishop has fined priest for incontinence. Priest hides and witnesses amorous intrigue between bishop and abbess, hearing bishop refer to the abbess's charms in biblical similes. Priest incorporates overheard references in his introduction to the Mass and is asked for an explanation. Bishop returns his fine. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1263.2.3 | Priest refuses small bribe: only for large sum will he sell himself to devil. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No 547. |
| J357 | Priest sells his donkey because worry for its safety distracts him from prayer. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.16.14.1.1 | Priest separates girl from devil's claws. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| V84.2 | Priest shows power of excommunication over host. It turns black. Scala Celi 85b No. 495; Herbert III 446 No. 17. |
| A972.1.2 | Priest stamps on stone to prove truth of pope; print is still visible. England: Baughman. |
| J1261.2.7 | Priest throws Chalice at owl. Says that he thought that the owl had stolen the Host. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J2212.1.1 | Priest to have maid at least fifty years old: gets one aged twenty and one aged thirty. Nouvelles Récréations No. 34; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1243 | Priest trapped in window and humiliated. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| V467 | Priest uses cook-book instead of breviary. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| W157.1 | Priest uses fortune dishonestly made to erect monuments to himself. Wesselski Bebel I 171 No. 10. |
| J82 | Priest walks in the mud. Congregation follows evil ways of priest. He walks in mud but they will not follow him. He thus shows them the folly of following his evil ways. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 68. |
| L361 | Priest who gives mild penances succeeds where others fail. Scala Celi 48a No. 272; Alphabet No. 183; Herbert III 505, 570; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J1263.1.3 | Priest who never reads mass. Peasants complain of his ignorance. He says that they stand so close to him that he is afraid they might memorize and then pay no attention to his reading of it. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 773. |
| Q286.2 | Priest will not bury dead unless paid in advance. Ruler has him buried alive with the corpse. (Cf. Q456.2.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| E411.2.1 | Priest's concubine cannot rest in grave. Herbert III 380; Wesselski Mönchslatein 163 No. 125. |
| Q551.2.7 | Priest's concubine is unable to rise from stone. She is finally freed by prayers and repentance. (Cf. Q243.1.) England: Baughman. |
| J2498.2 | Priest's words repeated. Man sent to priest for religious service to repeat priest's words. Keeps repeating "Who are you?" "Where do you come from?" India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G271.2.4 | Priestly exorcism for witch. England: Baughman. |
| J1741 | Priests (schoolmasters) ignorant of Latin. |
| J1511.18 | Priests say dying woman's unfulfilled request for mangoes must be paid in golden mangoes to them. Priests burned with iron since she had asked to be cauterized. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K476.4.1 | Priests substitute gilded images of calves for those of solid gold. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A654 | Primary elements of universe. (Earth, air, fire, water, etc.).—Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Werner 84. Cf. the early Greek philosophers. |
| J811.5 | Prime minister bribes priest to persuade king that ocean of milk he wishes sought for had curdled. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A605 | Primeval chaos. *Sayce Encyc. Religion and Ethics III 363 s.v. "Chaos". —Greek: Roscher I 871 s.v. "Chaos"; Icel.: De la Saussaye 340f.; Jewish: Neuman; Egyptian: Müller 47; Babylonian: Spence 71; Japanese: Anesaki 222.—Pima: Alexander N. Am. 177; Mixtec: Alexander Lat. Am. 86; Marquesas Is.: Dixon 10 n. 13; Maori: ibid. 6ff.; Nias Is.: ibid. 167; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 42; Tahiti: Henry 336, 340. |
| A605.2 | Primeval cold. Icel.: Boberg. |
| A1211.8 | Primeval crab pulls first five living creatures out of his side. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A605.1 | Primeval darkness. S. Am. Indian (Guaraní): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 312; Africa (Luba): Donohugh Africa V 180. |
| A856.1 | Primeval earth hardened by wind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A955.3.2.1 | Primeval hero moves islands into their present position. *Frazer Pausanias II 48.—Japanese: Anesaki 248ff., Ikeda; Marshall Is.: Davenport 222. |
| A1277.2 | Primeval human pair allowed to bear all children they wish. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 67. |
| A1270.1 | Primeval human pair live in innocence. Tonga: Gifford 15. |
| A1211.6 | Primeval human pair spring from two drops of urine of creator (woman from half-drop). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1234.1.1 | Primeval human pair spring from womb of Mother Earth. (Cf. A1270.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1279 | Primeval human pair—miscellaneous. |
| A1270 | Primeval human pair. India: *Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Apapocuva-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. 144, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359. |
| A810.2 | Primeval water to subside in a specified time. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 55. |
| A810 | Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water.—**Dh I 1—89 passim; Gaster Oldest Stories 69.—Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 325—26; Finnish: Kalevala rune 1; Egyptian: Müller 48; Babylonian: Spence 71; Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 313ff.; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 786; India: *Thompson-Balys.—Batak: Voorhoeve Oversicht 63ff.; Marquesas: Handy 122; Marshall Is.: Davenport 221; Oceanic: Dixon 8 n. 7 (Maori), 18f. (Samoa), 20 (Society Is., Tonga), 105 (Admiralty Is., Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia), 157 (Minahassa), 158f. (Borneo), 248f. (Marshall Is., Yap), 270 (Arunta); Bushongo: Werner African 144, African: Stanley 5; S. Am. Indian (Guarayu): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 437.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 279 n. 29, Alexander N. Am 260 (Haida), (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 53; Mixtec: Alexander Lat. Am. 86; Quiché: ibid. 160. |
| A642.1 | Primeval woman cut in pieces: houses, etc., made from her body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1727 | Primordial animal mutilated to produce present form. Maori: Clark 50; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 135, 436, 500. |
| N711.5 | Prince (king) finds girl floating on water in basket: marries her. Hertel Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 83ff.; Penzer II 5; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 2; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S354.3 | Prince (princess) adopts exposed child. Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Wachaga): Gutmann 142. |
| H1222 | Prince a-hunting enters on quest. *Type 401; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1239.1 | Prince agrees to marry a servant girl if she will help him on a quest. Malone PMLA XLIII 400. |
| B521.3.3.1 | Prince awakened by fly on his nose in time to save himself from enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H71.7.2 | Prince born with bow of gold and string of silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T52.1 | Prince buys twig (flower) (enchanted girl) from her mother. (Cf. D212, D215.) Type 652; BP II 125; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 2. |
| J347.3 | Prince chooses exile and honor to foul life at his father's court. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| H1561.9 | Prince chooses shorter but more dangerous road. Icelandic: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H384.1.2 | Prince disguised as a madman to test bride's character. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R24.1 | Prince disguised as holy man abducts princess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1814.1 | Prince disguised as merchant seduces a queen. (Cf. K1349.3.1.) Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1812.3 | Prince disguises as another prince to woo princess. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| W11.9 | Prince donates all including a tooth. When he has nothing left he is asked for a gift. He allows man to extract a tooth from his mouth. (Father had offered reward to anyone persuading his son to have it extracted.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| H931.1 | Prince envious of hero's wife assigns hero tasks. *Type 465.—Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 170; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| R213.1 | Prince escapes from home in order to see world. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T91.6.3.1 | Prince falls in love with merchant's daughter exposed in jungle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T91.6.3 | Prince falls in love with minister's daughter. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N712 | Prince first sees heroine as she comes forth from her hiding-box. She has concealed herself until the favorable moment. *Cox 489; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P38 | Prince forfeits father's and God's blessing if he fails to claim throne. English romance: Malory I 4. |
| P34 | Prince imprisoned as hostage for safety from king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C13.1 | Prince invites angel to wedding. Taken to other world.—*Child V 290a. |
| F302.11 | Prince married to a she-monkey (really queen of the fairies). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T72.2.1 | Prince marries scornful girl and punishes her. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P31 | Prince must learn a trade. (Cf. P51.) *Chauvin VI 74 No. 239. |
| C611.1.1 | Prince not to be given eighth key until after he has ruled for five years. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J412.1 | Prince of democratic tastes chosen. King asks three sons what kind of bird they would prefer to be. First: an eagle, because it is ruler of birds; second: a falcon; because it is beloved by the nobles; third: a bird which flies with many others, so as to receive advice. King chooses third. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 677. |
| Q391.1 | Prince of devils gives up seat to man who goes to hell for singing worldly songs. Scala Celi 25b No. 169. |
| T67 | Prince offered as prize. |
| W133.1 | Prince penalizes cursing, although he himself curses. Wesselski Bebel I 167 No. 2. |
| S222 | Prince plans to kill wicked father for cruelty. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E251.2.2 | Prince plucks from grave of vampire a flower which later becomes a girl. *BP II 126f. |
| J414.2 | Prince prefers first love to princess he later marries. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 61 No. 445A. |
| D838.10 | Prince procures magic object from bathing fairy when he steals her clothes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J411.3 | Prince refuses to play with common children. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 165. |
| E781.1.1 | Prince regains his eyesight after theft of eyes from water maidens. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R131.11.3 | Prince rescues abandoned child. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 8. |
| S110.4 | Prince resolves to drive relatives from his domain. Kills many. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| N711.6 | Prince sees heroine at ball and is enamored. *Type 510AB; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa II 107—112, 154; Espinosa Jr. Nos. 123f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N711.4 | Prince sees maiden at church and is enamored. *Types 510AB; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 111f., Espinosa Jr. No. 119. |
| K1911.1.9 | Prince substitutes peasant girl for the king's daughter he has got for his father but with whom he himself has fallen in love. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1212.3 | Prince sulks until quest is accomplished. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F647.9.1 | Prince thinks he has slept on a beam; a hair is found on lower bedding. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K567.1 | Prince to giant: "Don't eat me up, and I'll prepare you a good dinner." India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M232 | Prince to give up life in exchange for learning a secret. Malone PMLA XLIII 405, 413. |
| M177.2 | Prince vows that he will always be servant of a goddess (Kali). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M134 | Prince vows to marry no woman unless he can beat her daily. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F591.1 | Prince who never laughs. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rire". |
| T67.3 | Prince will marry girl who will rescue him from embarrassing position. Italian: Basile Pentamerone V No. 1. |
| N331.1.2 | Prince's arrow accidentally grazes breast of merchant's wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S268.1.1 | Prince's life can only be prolonged if servant sacrifices his only son to goddess. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| V410.2 | Prince's motto: charity conquers. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R24.2 | Princely suitor in minstrel disguise carries princess away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P31.1 | Princes as smiths. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q431.5.3 | Princes banished as punishment for lewd conduct with female subjects. (Cf. Q243.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P30 | Princes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R11.1 | Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) *Types 301, 302, 311, 312; *BP I 398, 404, II 301, 317, III 434; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 544b, 547a nn. 60—79, 140—174; *Fb "brud" IV 64b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 221 No. 98; Japanese: Dixon 215 n. 17; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 167; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 341f. nn. 228, 228a, 231, 235. |
| R10.1 | Princess (maiden) abducted. (Cf. R11.1, R12.1, R13.1, R16.1, R17.1, R25.1, R31.) *Types 301, 302, 311, 312; *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 553b nn. 296—315; Feilberg Bjærgtagen (København 1910).—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "princesse"; Spanish: Espinosa II No. 133—135; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Grote I 156; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 220. |
| R111.1 | Princess (maiden) rescued from captor. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q481 | Princess (queen) compelled to keep an inn. (Cf. Q523.5.) *Type 304; BP II 503; Fb "kro" II 303. |
| R25.1 | Princess abducted through underground passage. (Cf. R10.1.) *Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 102; BP I 46ff.; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| N318.2 | Princess accidentally elopes with wrong man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H188 | Princess appears before crane (who had demanded her in marriage) and is recognized by him despite loathly disguise. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T68.3 | Princess as prize to man who saves his country. Chinese: Graham. |
| T52.7 | Princess asked for in return for sparing palace. (Cf. S222.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H341.3 | Princess brought to laughter by foolish actions of hero. *Type 571; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXVI 89 n. 1; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 3. |
| H341.3.1 | Princess brought to laughter by indecent show made in quarrel with old woman at well. Italian: Basile Pentamerone Introduction. |
| H341.1 | Princess brought to laughter by people sticking together. *Type 571; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H341.2 | Princess brought to laughter by small animals. *Type 571; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 5. |
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