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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
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| M341.2.5 | Prophecy: death by horse's head. Man is killed in that way. **Taylor MPh XIX 93ff.; Krappe PSASS XVII (1942-43) 20ff.; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.2.11 | Prophecy: death by lightning. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 932*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 932*; Russian: Andrejev No. 932*; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 62 No. 449*. |
| M341.2.14 | Prophecy: death by means of bone. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 8, III No. 3, V No. 5. |
| M341.2.1 | Prophecy: death by mistletoe. *Frazer Golden Bough X—XI (Balder the Beautiful); Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M341.2 | Prophecy: death by particular instrument. In spite of all precautions the prophecy is fulfilled. *Basset 1001 Contes II 209; *Krappe Scandinavian Studies 16 (1942) 20—35; Irish myth: *Cross, India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| M341.2.0.1 | Prophecy: death by particular weapon. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M341.2.8 | Prophecy: death by poison. Greek: Fox 108 (Pelias and Aeson). |
| M341.2.2 | Prophecy: death by storm. *Type 932*. |
| M341.2.10.1 | Prophecy: death by tiger. Tiger-shaped cake becomes tiger and kills man in spite of all precautions. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.6 | Prophecy: death by wolf. Killed by a wolf claw (or by a cat transformed to wolf). Type 333*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 166*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 94. |
| M341.2.10 | Prophecy: death from bite of stone lion. Man killed by scorpion concealed in the statue. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 827; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.9 | Prophecy: death from hands of man with one sandal. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 94 n. 1 (Jason); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.21 | Prophecy: death from snakebite. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.16 | Prophecy: death from thorns in rice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.10.2 | Prophecy: death from tiger. Tiger picture comes to life and kills man. India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 51 No. 30, 58 No. 33. |
| M341.2.18 | Prophecy: death in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M341.3.1 | Prophecy: death in Jerusalem. Man dies in Jerusalem Chamber. **R. Meyer Gerbertsagnet 89ff.; *Liebrecht Zur Volkskunde 48; Graf Nuova Anthologia (1890) 239; *Fb "lys" II 483b; Alphabet No. 50. |
| M341.3 | Prophecy: death in particular place. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.1.5.1 | Prophecy: death in ten years. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.1.2.4 | Prophecy: death in three years and three months. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.2.1 | Prophecy: death of king (before the morrow). Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M362 | Prophecy: death of ruler to insure victory. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M341.1.1.4 | Prophecy: death on entrance to the marriage chamber. Moreno Esdras (N389). |
| M358.1.1 | Prophecy: death on journey. (Cf. M341.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M341.3.4 | Prophecy: death on seashore. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.1.2 | Prophecy: death on seventh day of marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.4.3.1 | Prophecy: death on twenty-first birthday. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.1 | Prophecy: death on wedding day. Type 333*; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.2.12 | Prophecy: death through future husband. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 157 n. 4. |
| M341.2.13 | Prophecy: death through spindle wound. *Type 410; *BP I 434. |
| M341.1.4.3 | Prophecy: death when twenty-five years old. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 62 No. 449*. |
| M341.1.5 | Prophecy: death within certain period. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M341.1.2.3 | Prophecy: death within two months. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 103. |
| M341.1.1.1 | Prophecy: death within year after marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M369.2.5 | Prophecy: descendant of mistress shall serve that of handmaid. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M356.1.4 | Prophecy: destruction of fortress. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M341.3.3 | Prophecy: drowning in particular stream. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M341.1.2 | Prophecy: early death. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.5 | Prophecy: either youth or mother will die. Prato RTP IV 178. |
| M356.5 | Prophecy: end of Round Table for Arthur's knights. English romance: Malory XI 2. |
| M365 | Prophecy: eternal peace in an early death or long troublesome life. (Cf. M369.7.) Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Achilleus". |
| M356.4 | Prophecy: evil to come to country. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 88; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M357.1 | Prophecy: fiery bolt from a dragon to kill world population. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M356.1.3 | Prophecy: first side to slay in battle will be defeated. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M364.1.1 | Prophecy: founding of church at certain place by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M324 | Prophecy: future Golden Age. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M310.1 | Prophecy: future greatness and fame. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M311 | Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.) Gaster Exempla 229 No. 242 (Moses); Wells 103 (Alliterative Alexander Fragment); Loomis White Magic 16f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Danish: Grundtvig No. 42; Icelandic: Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 24 n. 1 (Zeus and Mitis), Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Achilleus"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M326 | Prophecy: future success as hunter. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 343. |
| M345.1 | Prophecy: girl shall have a hundred lovers, shall marry her servant and die from spider's bite. This happens. *Basset 1001 Contes II 208. Cf. Gaster Exempla 246 No. 341; Chauvin VIII 104 No. 80. |
| M365.3 | Prophecy: girl will be perfect in love but will die in a desert overcome by separation from her love. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M314.0.1 | Prophecy: girl will be queen. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 539. |
| M325 | Prophecy: glory and prosperity for a people. Greek: Aeschylus Eumenides 920; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M364.3.2 | Prophecy: great numbers (three) to be saved through virtue of saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M365.1 | Prophecy: hero may win fame but die early. Chooses fame. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M366 | Prophecy: hero may win lady's love but die early. Chooses this rather than long life without her. Icelandic: Völsunga saga 53. |
| M397 | Prophecy: hunters will encounter certain wild boar. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M369.2.4 | Prophecy: if the raja marries certain girl he will prosper. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M367 | Prophecy: immunity from certain types of death. |
| M341.2.17 | Prophecy: king to be slain by certain spear unless it is given when demanded. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M314.2 | Prophecy: king will be succeeded by the son whom he shall see next. Sends for elder son, who delays and is preceded by younger son. Elder son is slain next day; younger son becomes king. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M369.9 | Prophecy: king will have head pounded by strange queen. Due to peculiar set of circumstances this happens. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M311.1 | Prophecy: king's grandson will dethrone him. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 167, *Cross; Babylonian: Spence 157. |
| M341.2.26 | Prophecy: king's son to die for lack of water. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 598. |
| M321 | Prophecy: long life. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M356.1.1 | Prophecy: loss of battle (combat). Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M369.2.2 | Prophecy: lovers not destined to meet in life will never part after death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M314 | Prophecy: man (child) will become king. (Cf. M311.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.1.4.4 | Prophecy: man shall hang himself when he is thirty years old. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M341.2.25 | Prophecy: man to be swallowed up by earth at the foot of his stairs. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1220. |
| M345.2 | Prophecy: man will deceive many women. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M315 | Prophecy: man will eat magic salmon and gain knowledge. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M312.8 | Prophecy: man will make sun and moon stand still. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M369.2.3 | Prophecy: marriage when one is twelve years old. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M396 | Prophecy: meeting will take place only after death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M364.8 | Prophecy: miraculous removal of saint's bones. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M343.0.2 | Prophecy: mother will be killed by children. S. A. Indian (Kaigua): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 139. |
| M343.2 | Prophecy: murder by grandson. Greek: Fox 33 (Perseus). |
| M343.3 | Prophecy: murder by nephew. Irish myth: *Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 428. |
| M343.1 | Prophecy: murder by son-in-law. *Krappe Balor 11 n. 37; Greek: Fox 119 (Pelops). |
| M312.9 | Prophecy: no people or king will be able to stand up against hero. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M318 | Prophecy: no snakes in Ireland. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M318.1 | Prophecy: no snakes in Israel. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M312.2 | Prophecy: parents will humble themselves before their son. (Vaticinium.) *Type 517; *BP I 324; Köhler-Bolte I 145, 430; *Wesselski Märchen 221 No. 35; Campbell Sages cxii; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M341.6 | Prophecy: person foretells own death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M322 | Prophecy: person will avenge his own death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M359.5 | Prophecy: poverty from birth. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M310.1.1 | Prophecy: preeminence of man's descendants. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M359.2 | Prophecy: prince's marriage to common woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M369.2.1.2 | Prophecy: princess will marry a bastard. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M368 | Prophecy: punishment for misappropriation of property. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M317 | Prophecy: race will never be without an illustrious woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M364.6 | Prophecy: rainbow will appear at saint's death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M364.2 | Prophecy: remission of tax through endeavor of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M359.7 | Prophecy: rich man will have a son but the son will marry a poor girl. Chinese: Graham. |
| M364.3 | Prophecy: saint will succeed in conversion. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M364.1 | Prophecy: saint's monastery will be persecuted. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M369.7.3 | Prophecy: sex of unborn child. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M364.3.1 | Prophecy: sinners going to heaven are to be numbered by hairs in saint's chasuble. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M341.2.7.1 | Prophecy: sinners to be burnt by fire on Doomsday. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M395 | Prophecy: son of certain name will become king; all sons given the name. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M312.2.1 | Prophecy: son to be more powerful than father. Greek: Grote I 173. |
| M314.1 | Prophecy: son who catches certain fawn will become king. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M312.0.5 | Prophecy: son will tie father to a horse's leg and strike him fifty blows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M342.2 | Prophecy: son-to-be to destroy lineage. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 108. |
| M316 | Prophecy: strength to be gained when milk is drunk from hero's skull. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M312.4 | Prophecy: superb beauty for girl. Type 709; Africa (Thonga): Junod II 266ff., (Ekoi): Talbot 401. |
| M341.2.4 | Prophecy: three-fold death. Child to die from hunger, fire, and water. It so happens. *Jackson The Motive of the Threefold Death in the Story of Suibhne Geilt (Essays and Studies Presented to Eoin MacNeill 535—550); Irish myth: *Cross; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 96; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| M359.4 | Prophecy: torture "with varied tortures." Irish myth: Cross. |
| M356.3 | Prophecy: unborn (new-born) child (girl) to bring evil upon land. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M364.7.4 | Prophecy: unborn child shall be nun. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M311.3 | Prophecy: unborn child to be a saint. Loomis White Magic 17f.; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 327, O'Suilleabhain 74. |
| M355 | Prophecy: unborn child to be blind, deformed, sickly, etc. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M311.4 | Prophecy: unborn child to become king. (Cf. M314.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M359.3 | Prophecy: unborn child to kill enemy in revenge. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M311.6 | Prophecy: unborn child will be prophet. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M364.5 | Prophecy: vicinity in which saint lost tooth will be deserted by heathen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M323 | Prophecy: victory against great odds. Irish myth: Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 183. |
| M312.1 | Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor boy. *Types 461, 930; **Aarne FFC XXIII; **Tille Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 22a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M312.1.1 | Prophecy: wealthy marriage for poor girl. *BP I 288; *Aarne FFC XXIII 110. |
| M359.1 | Prophecy: weapons with which man is killed will recount deed to his son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M341.2.20 | Prophecy: wholesale slaughter to be inflicted by colossal wheel rolling over Europe. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M343.4 | Prophecy: wicked couple to be killed by own child. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M363.2.1 | Prophecy: woman to be ancestress of David and the Messiah. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M345.1.1 | Prophecy: woman will have many lovers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M357 | Prophecy: world catastrophe. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 501. |
| M314.3 | Prophecy: younger son will succeed to throne. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M312.2.2 | Prophecy: youngest brother to rule over his brethren. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| B122.0.4 | Prophesying parrot. India: *Thompson-Balys, Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1038. |
| M302.1 | Prophesying through knowledge of animal languages. Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 116; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 87 n. 3. |
| N847 | Prophet as helper. Moreno Esdras (N829); Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M301.0.1 | Prophet destined never to be believed. Greek: Fox 179 (Cassandra); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.4.3.1 | Prophet locates lost child. Greek: *Grote I 206. |
| M301.0.2 | Prophet speaks six nights each year. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B140 | Prophetic animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B143 | Prophetic bird. (Cf. B172.)—*Types 516, 517; BP I 322f., 323 n. 1; Rösch FFC LXXVII 116; Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Angang" I 428; India: *Thompson-Balys.—Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 266 No. 73. |
| B141.5 | Prophetic cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B141 | Prophetic domestic beasts. |
| D1812.3.3.5 | Prophetic dream allegorical. (Cf. D1812.3.3.0.1., V515.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.6 | Prophetic dream induced by eating meat of bull. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.3 | Prophetic dream induced by incantation. (Cf. D1799.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1812.3.3.4 | Prophetic dream loses force after a year. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B144 | Prophetic fish. (Cf. B175.) |
| B142.1 | Prophetic fox. Chinese: Werner 370. |
| M300.3 | Prophetic gift received from another prophet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B141.1 | Prophetic goat. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 53 No. 2. |
| B142.3 | Prophetic hart. Alphabet of Tales No. 416. |
| B141.2 | Prophetic horse. *Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 156ff.; *Malten Jahrb. d. Kaiserl. deutschen archäologischen Inst. XXIX (1914) 179ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Iliad Book XIX line 407. |
| B142.2 | Prophetic jackal. |
| B142.4 | Prophetic lion. German: Grimm No. 67. |
| B145 | Prophetic reptile. |
| B145.2 | Prophetic snake. Greek: Iliad Book II, lines 308—319. |
| B145.1 | Prophetic tortoise. Chinese: Ferguson 100. |
| B142 | Prophetic wild beasts. |
| B145.3 | Prophetic worm. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 68. |
| M301 | Prophets. **E. Bass Die merkmale der israelitischen Prophetie nach der traditionellen Auffassung des Talmud (Berlin, 1917); *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 66—100; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| H540 | Propounding of riddles. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H336.1 | Prospective father-in-law requires that suitor for his daughter's hand visit foreign country (otherworld?) to learn feats of arms. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| L291 | Prosperity forever or for a day? King asks prince whether he has secret of prosperity forever or a day. Prince says "forever" and is captured. Later his wife, asked same question, says "for a day" and is honored. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K347.1 | Prostitute claims to be intended victim's daughter. Robs him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1213.2 | Prostitute frightens lover with cries of "Thief!" Gets his money. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| T453.2 | Prostitute gets advice from customer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T450.4 | Prostitute has favorite lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1581.11 | Prostitute paid with counterfeit money. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1315.5.1 | Prostitute poses as noble woman. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| U129.2 | Prostitute will deceive new lover as always. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q244.3 | Prostitute with venereal disease sent to lecherous king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E501.5.1.2 | Prostitutes pursued in wild hunt. (Cf. E501.2.4.) Plischke 65. |
| J1351.1 | Prostitutes wander. A woman having given her cook leave of absence for the next day asks her what day it is. "Saturday." "No, it is the day on which the prostitutes wander." The cook: "Yes, from one prostitute to another. Today I am with you, tomorrow with your sister." *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 160. |
| T450 | Prostitution and concubinage. *Encyc. Religion Ethics III 809 s.v. "concubinage"; *Penzer X 272 s.v. "prostitution", X 288 s.v. "sacred prostitution"; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 218; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q243.1 | Prostitution punished. |
| T450.3 | Prostitution to avoid starvation. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| W45.1 | Prostrate soldier asks his enemy to stab him in the chest instead of the back in order to save his honor. The captor frees him and the two become friends. Spanish: Childers. W100—W199. |
| D611 | Protean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to beg.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 310 n. 117d. |
| D612 | Protean sale: man sells youth in successive transformations.—*Type 325; *BP II 60ff.; *Cosquin études 567ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; *Kittredge Witchcraft 184 n. 98—Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F420.4.1.1 | Protean transformation of water-spirit. Greek: Fox 87, 122 (Nereus, Thetis), Frazer Apollodorus II 67 n. 6; Slavic: Máchal 270. |
| J1965 | Protected by the needle. In a storm on the ice, numskulls stick needles into the ice to keep from blowing away. Type 1279. |
| J2442 | Protecting as the stork does. Man has had stork protect him from rain by covering him with his wing. Man tries to protect his wife from rain with his arm. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2105 | Protecting the prince's slumber. To keep croaking frogs from disturbing him, the fools shoot at the frogs all night. Type 1329*. |
| F493.3 | Protection against pestilence spirit. |
| F471.1.2 | Protection against the nightmare (alp). *Fb "mare" II 551. |
| G272 | Protection against witches. |
| E443.0.2 | Protection during ghost-laying ceremony. England: Baughman. |
| G272.5 | Protection from witch by spitting. Fb "heks" I 581b; England, Ireland: Baughman. |
| V20.1 | Protection of sinners by confession. *Crane Vitry 245 No. 261, 246f. No. 263; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| L450 | Proud animal less fortunate than humble. |
| L413 | Proud inscriptions sole remains of powerful king. *Chauvin V 33 No. 16; Spanish Exempla: Keller. Cf. Shelley's "Ozymandias". |
| L411 | Proud king displaced by angel. (King in the bath.) While the king is in the bath (or hunting) an angel in his form takes his place. The king is repulsed on all sides until he repents of his haughtiness. *Type 757; **Varnhagen Ein indisches Märchen auf seine Wanderung durch die asiatischen und europäischen Literaturen (Berlin, 1882); Chauvin II 161 No. 51; *Wesselski Märchen 237 No. 49; Hibbard 58ff.; *Herbert III 202; *Oesterley No. 59; *Andraea Anglia Beiblatt XIII 302; *von der Hagen III cxv; bin Gorion Born Judas III 47ff., 299f.; *Goebel Jüdische Motive im Märchenhafte Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 89ff. — Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Icelandic: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| L416.1 | Proud king humbled when imprisoned by enemies. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| L410.1 | Proud king humbled: realizes that pomp, possessions, power are all of short duration. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| L419 | Proud ruler (deity) humbled—miscellaneous. |
| L410 | Proud ruler (deity) humbled. |
| J2331.1 | Proud sheriff has only nine farmers in his jurisdiction. *Wesselski Bebel I 139 No. 46. |
| J1333 | Prove me a liar. Beggar: "Good day, you stingy fellows." They: "We are not stingy fellows." Beggar: "Then give and prove me a liar." Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 202 No. 397. |
| Z64.1 | Proverb: one man for worship, two men for cultivation of a field, three men for a journey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z62 | Proverbial simile. |
| J171.3.2 | Proverbial wisdom: "Seek to win over the accuser, so that he causes you no annoyance." Jewish: Neuman. |
| J171 | Proverbial wisdom: counsels. (Cf. B82.6.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 213f., 216ff., 248f.; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J701 | Provision for the future. |
| D2105 | Provisions magically furnished. (Cf. D1470.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; German: Grimm Nos. 90, 121, 179; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 229, 325, 422, 454, Holm 40; Rasmussen I 239, 374, III 51, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 63, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM 245; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484, (Toba) ibid. (1) 368; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 115 No. 9, (Ibo): Thomas 119. |
| D2105.2 | Provisions provided by messenger from heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2105.1 | Provisions provided in answer to prayer. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1470.2 | Provisions received from magic object. |
| D1470.2.1 | Provisions received from magic tree. (Cf. D950.) Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm No. 123 (food and beds in tree); India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 217 (cattle emerge from tree when it is cut). |
| J510 | Prudence in ambition. |
| J530 | Prudence in demands. |
| K119.2 | Pseudo-magic acorns: to protect holder's pigs. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K135 | Pseudo-magic animals sold. Köhler-Bolte I 324; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K115.1.3 | Pseudo-magic charm (letter): to ward off plague. Obscene contents. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K135.1 | Pseudo-magic dog (goat) sold. |
| K112 | Pseudo-magic food-producing object sold. |
| K111.4 | Pseudo-magic formula for making gold sold to king. Gold required for its manufacture carried off by manufacturer. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K115 | Pseudo-magic healing objects sold. |
| K115.1.4 | Pseudo-magic letter (charm): to aid in engendering offspring. Obscene contents. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K115.1.2 | Pseudo-magic letter is found to contain insulting remarks. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K249.3 | Pseudo-magic money-dropping ass beaten to death by buyer; cheat says: "Return my ass, I shall return your money." India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K114 | Pseudo-magic oracular object sold. *Type 1535; *BP II 18; *Fb "Spеmand". |
| K115.3 | Pseudo-magic potion: to induce pregnancy. Found to contain snake's eggs. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K113 | Pseudo-magic resuscitating object sold. Dupe kills his wife (mother) and is unable to resuscitate her. *Type 1535, 1539; BP II 10; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 275. |
| K111 | Pseudo-magic treasure-producing objects sold. India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 178f. |
| K111.3 | Pseudo-magic wealth-providing bag sold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1016 | Pseudo-scientific explanations of the flood. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684; Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 267. |
| J1142 | Pseudo-scientific methods of detecting. *Penzer Poison-Damsels 75ff. |
| J1772.4.1 | Pubic hair of ardent husband's wife thought to be calf's tail by peasant in tree. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 12. |
| G362.2 | Pug-nosed ogre. Eskimo: Alexander N. Am. 7. |
| P672 | Pulling a man's beard as an insult. E. Hinojosa Homenaje a Menéndez y Pelayo I 568ff.; R. Menéndez Pidal Cantar del Mio Cid II 498; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J2161.2 | Pulling on the shirt. The shirt is sewed together at the neck. The man's head is cut off so that the shirt can be put on him. *Type 1285; *Fb "skjorte" III 269a; Clouston Noodles 209; Christensen DF L 49. |
| P678 | Pulling out hair as sign of grief. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (P673.1). |
| J2412.2 | Pulling out the eye so that the pain will cease. He has had a tooth pulled and the pain ceased. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 244 No. 136. |
| Z41.8 | Pulling the needle out of the seamstress's hand. Final formula: That was just what the cat was waiting for—it sprang to devour the mouse, the mouse to tear the spider's web, the spider to entangle the dog, the dog to eat the goat, the goat to gnaw the rushes, the rushes to grow in the stream, the stream to quench the fire, the fire to burn the stone, the stone to beat the axe, the axe soon pulled out the needle that was stuck in the seamstress's hand. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2005*. |
| Z49.9 | Pulling up the turnip. Final formula: The mouse holds onto the cat, the cat holds onto Mary, Mary holds onto Annie, Annie holds onto grandmother, grandmother holds onto grandfather, grandfather holds onto the turnip—they all pull and pull it out. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2008*; Russian: Andrejev No. 1960G*. |
| V117 | Pulpits. |
| J1772.1 | Pumpkin thought to be an ass's egg. Numskull thinks he has hatched out an ass's egg. He thinks that the rabbit which runs out is the colt. *Type 1319; *BP I 317ff.; *Köhler-Bolte I 323; *Clouston Noodles 38; *Fb "æg" III 1142a; *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 249 No. 163; Christensen DF XLVII 208 no. 63. — Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 324 No. 157; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oeuf", "âne" "lièvre"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| J2013.3 | Pumpkin tied to another's leg. A numskull ties a pumpkin to his leg at night so that he shall know himself in the morning. Someone ties the pumpkin to another's leg and the numskull is not sure of his identity next morning. Clouston Noodles 7. |
| J2108 | Punishing the dog by feeding him. A man is bitten by a dog. On the advice of an old woman he rubs bread on the wound and gives it to the dog. All dogs will bite him if they thus get double reward. Wienert FFC LVI 85 (ET 520), 116 (ST 265); Halm Aesop No. 221. |
| Q223.13.2 | Punishment (fine) for not giving benediction on finished work. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q570 | Punishment and remission. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C994 | Punishment by adhesion for breaking tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 465. |
| Q552.13.0.1 | Punishment by arrows of fire from heaven. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q467 | Punishment by drowning. (Cf. Q552.19.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| Q243.0.1 | Punishment by extinction of royal line for sexual incontinence. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q462.2 | Punishment by hanging up by the feet. Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 179. |
| Q418 | Punishment by poisoning. (Cf. S111.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q404 | Punishment comes in seventh generation. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J1182 | Punishment escaped by discomfiting condemner. |
| Q589 | Punishment fitted to crime—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q580 | Punishment fitted to crime. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 570. |
| Q265.2 | Punishment for (undeserved) satire. (Cf. Q558.8.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q251.1 | Punishment for abortion. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 918. |
| Q244.1 | Punishment for attempted rape. (Cf. Q411.2.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
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