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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| H1378.2 | Quest for king's joy and woe. (King tells of adventures in which his brothers are all killed. They were a joy to him but their death a woe.) Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 17. |
| H1353 | Quest for Life Index. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1396 | Quest for light-giving child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1361 | Quest for lion's milk. *Type 590; BP III 2; *Wesselski Märchen 242 No. 53; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "lait"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1332.6 | Quest for liver of thunder and heart of dragon. Chinese: Graham. |
| H1385.9 | Quest for lost (stolen) family. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1386.3 | Quest for lost bird. *Type 480; Roberts 131. |
| H1385.8 | Quest for lost brother(s). Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 452*; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; German: Grimm Nos. 9, 25, 49, 60, 85, 96; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1386.4 | Quest for lost ecclesiastical rule. Irish myth: Cross (H1382.3). |
| H1385.7 | Quest for lost father. (Cf. H1216.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1385.7.1 | Quest for lost grandfather. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1386.1 | Quest for lost horn. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1346 | Quest for lost magic mirror. *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 203; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1386 | Quest for lost object. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| H1385 | Quest for lost persons. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| H1385.10 | Quest for lost prince (king). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1385.6 | Quest for lost sister. Type 47; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1385.11 | Quest for lost uncles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.5.1 | Quest for lotus flower. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1376.9 | Quest for luck. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.3.1.1 | Quest for magic apple. (Cf. D981.1.) *Type 590; BP III 1. |
| H1336 | Quest for magic cauldron. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 192; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1333.4 | Quest for magic chestnut. N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 149 No. 24, 201 No. 41, 504 No. 109. |
| H1324.1 | Quest for magic healing lantern. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1342 | Quest for magic iron rod. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 234. |
| H1341 | Quest for magic lantern. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1320.1 | Quest for magic objects. Chinese: Graham. |
| H1332.5 | Quest for magic pigskin. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1333.2.4 | Quest for magic rice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1352 | Quest for magic ring. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1345 | Quest for magic spear (sword, etc.). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1351 | Quest for magic stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.2.2 | Quest for magic tobacco. N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 81 No. 2, 580 No. 117. |
| H1342.0.1 | Quest for magic wand. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1213.1.1 | Quest for man caused by sight of one of his hairs dropped by bird (or floating on river). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.3.1 | Quest for marvelous apple. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1331.1 | Quest for marvelous bird. *Type 550; BP I 503ff., III 33; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 78. |
| H1331.2 | Quest for marvelous boar (pig). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1331.3 | Quest for marvelous cattle. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1355 | Quest for marvelous cloth (garment). (Cf. H1306.) |
| H1331.6 | Quest for marvelous dog. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1333.5 | Quest for marvelous flower. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.3.0.2 | Quest for marvelous fruit with princess inside. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1359.5 | Quest for marvelous game-board. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| H1348 | Quest for marvelous gems. Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1331.5 | Quest for marvelous goat. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1359.1 | Quest for marvelous golden wood for knife handle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| H1331.4 | Quest for marvelous horse. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1359 | Quest for marvelous objects or animals—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross (H1349). |
| H1320 | Quest for marvelous objects or animals. *Type 550; Dickson 39, 50, 51; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1332 | Quest for marvelous parts or possessions of animals. |
| H1333.3.2 | Quest for marvelous pear. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| H1322 | Quest for marvelous pillar. |
| H1324 | Quest for marvelous remedy. *Types 513, 551; BP II 394; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Fahrt nach den Heilmitteln"; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 75, 204; Jewish: Neuman; Arabian: Burton Nights III 259, IX 204; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1229.3 | Quest for marvelous thing seen in dream. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.1 | Quest for marvelous tree. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1321 | Quest for marvelous water. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1386.2 | Quest for missing ring. Fb "ring" III 61a; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1275 | Quest for money (treasure) in hell. Fb "gjedebuk" I 440, "helvede" I 589a; Icelandic: Egils saga ok ásmundar 391, Boberg; Indonesian: De Vries's list 161. |
| H1359.4 | Quest for mountain of gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1332.5.1 | Quest for oil of magic pig. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1319.1 | Quest for only person who can cure certain sickness. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1213.1.2 | Quest for original of picture. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1317 | Quest for ornament (jewel, etc.) to match one already at hand. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1371.4 | Quest for ornaments bride has worn in former birth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1381.3.6 | Quest for persecuted woman. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1313 | Quest for person who can withdraw sword. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1394 | Quest for person who has not known sorrow. Clouston Tales II 323ff. |
| H1331.2.2 | Quest for pig not farrowed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1331.2.3 | Quest for pigs killed by night and revived by day. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1371.1.1 | Quest for place where sun comes up. Africa (Swahili): Büttner 113ff. |
| H1333.2.1 | Quest for plant of immortality. Babylonian: Spence 160, 178; Chinese-Persian: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 200f. |
| H1213.1 | Quest for princess caused by sight of one of her hairs dropped by a bird (or floating on river). *Chauvin VI 5 No. 182 n. 1; *BP III 31, 33; *Cosquin Contes indiens 369ff.; Chavannes III 258f. No. 470 (cf. Wesselski Archiv Orientální I 6); Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| H1381.3.7 | Quest for princess hidden by father. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1381.3.4 | Quest for princess transformed into skein of silk. Fb "silke" III 204a. |
| H1331.2.1 | Quest for purely white boar. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1381.3.8 | Quest for queen of fairies. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.3.2.1 | Quest for red pear. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 256a. |
| H1333.3.0.1 | Quest for rejuvenating fruit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1252.3 | Quest for relatives sold to the otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1331 | Quest for remarkable animal. Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 140, 141; Jewish: Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 466. |
| H1213 | Quest for remarkable bird caused by sight of one of its feathers. *Type 550; BP I 503ff., *III 33; *Chauvin VI 5 No. 182 n. 1; Köhler-Bolte I 411; Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1331.1.2.1 | Quest for remarkable bird feathers. Maori: Beckwith Myth 260, Clark 265; Marquesas: Handy 130; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1353, 13/276). |
| H1355.5 | Quest for roll of cotton driven by the wind. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.5.2 | Quest for sarai flower. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1331.9 | Quest for sheep that is a hound by night and a sheep by day. Irish myth: Cross (H1349.5). |
| H1355.3 | Quest for silken turban on tree sixteen rivers and seven seas away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1322.1 | Quest for silver pillar covered with golden flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.3.1.4 | Quest for singing apple. Köhler-Bolte I 143; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1333.1.1 | Quest for singing tree. *Type 425, 707; BP II 380ff.; Chauvin VII 98 No. 375; Tegethoff 11; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 205; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1321.5 | Quest for singing water. *Köhler-Bolte I 118. |
| H1381.4 | Quest for son of sinless couple. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1331.1.4 | Quest for speaking bird. Makes all other birds sing with him. *Chauvin VII 97 No. 375 n. 2; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 138, 141; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| H1346.1 | Quest for stolen mirror. *Type 434. |
| H1385.1 | Quest for stolen princess. *Types 301, 408, 506; Aarne FFC XXIII 126; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1213.2 | Quest for strong man caused by sight of his handiwork. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1284 | Quest for sun for answer to questions. *Type 460, 461; BP I 292; **Aarne FFC XXIII 115ff.; N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Thompson CColl II 387ff. |
| H1337 | Quest for sword of light. Malone PMLA XLIII 433; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1371.3 | Quest for tears shed into the sea. Finnish: Kalevala rune 41. |
| H1376.3.1 | Quest for the anger of God. Man is so fortunate that people say that he has everything but the anger of God. He seeks it and finds it with much misfortune. *Wesselski Märchen 241 No. 50. |
| H1305 | Quest for the best of bread. Type 402; BP II 34; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1305.1 | Quest for the best of meat. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 12. |
| H1371.2 | Quest for the bottom of the sea. *Chauvin VII 83 No. 373bis n. 3. |
| H1303 | Quest for the finest of chains. Fb "kjæde" II 145. |
| H1308 | Quest for the finest of horses. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21. |
| H1306 | Quest for the finest of linen. Type 402; BP II 34; *Hdwb. d. Märchens II 150b nn. 452—502; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 72 No. 557, Espinosa Jr. No. 105; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chile: Pino Saavedra 402—405. |
| H1312 | Quest for the greatest of fools. *Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. No. 74; Herbert III 191; Christensen DF L 91. |
| H1377.3 | Quest for the hazelnuts of ay, ay, ay. (Brings hazelnuts with thorns so that the king cries "Ay, ay, ay" when he takes them.) Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 105 No. 860; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 114, *Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 470. |
| H1335 | Quest for the living harp. *Type 465B. |
| H1257 | Quest for the location of paradise. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| H1302 | Quest for the most beautiful bouquet. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bouquet". |
| H1301.1 | Quest for the most beautiful bride. Type 402; BP III 18, Fb "brud" IV 65a; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 151 (Richard Coer de Lyon); Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/109, 3/404, z-G. 13/317); Chile: Pino Saavedra 402—405. |
| H1301 | Quest for the most beautiful of women. *Fb "kone" II 263a; BP II 19, 34; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21; West Indies: Flowers 466. |
| H1319.4 | Quest for the most beautiful ring. German: Grimm No. 63. |
| H1319.3 | Quest for the most beautiful rug. German: Grimm No. 63. |
| H1311 | Quest for the richest person. Aarne FFC XXIII 127. |
| H1307 | Quest for the smallest of dogs. Type 402; BP II 34. |
| H1315 | Quest for the spring of the biggest of three rivers east of Gardariki. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1316 | Quest for the strongest. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| H1321.3 | Quest for the water of youth. *Type 551. |
| H1371.1 | Quest for the world's end. BP I 231. |
| H1305.1.1 | Quest for the worst of meat. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 12. |
| H1320.2 | Quest for things seen in dream. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1289.4.1 | Quest for thread from lotus stalks growing on Vishnu's navel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1331.1.2 | Quest for three feathers of marvelous bird. *Type 550; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 299 No. 17, 304 No. 29. |
| H1273.2 | Quest for three hairs from devil's beard. *Type 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 126, 131. |
| H1312.1 | Quest for three persons as stupid as his wife. *Type 1384; BP I 335, II 440; Christensen DF L 35. |
| H1337.1 | Quest for Thunder Sword. Africa (Swahili): Büttner 113ff. |
| H1361.1 | Quest for tiger's milk. India: Thompson-Balys; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| H1376.5 | Quest for trouble. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 871*; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes I 384 No. 113; West Indies: Flowers 466—470. |
| H1383 | Quest for unknown animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1381.7 | Quest for unknown bridegroom who has certain name and is only son among seven children of father. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1381.2 | Quest for unknown father. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1382.2.1 | Quest for unknown lines of poem. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1382.1 | Quest for unknown magic words. Hero seeks them on the heads of swallows, the necks of swans, the backs of geese, and the tongues of reindeer. Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| H1382 | Quest for unknown objects or places. Kittredge Gawain 5ff. |
| H1381.1 | Quest for unknown parents. Dickson 25, 183; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| H1381 | Quest for unknown person. |
| H1383.1 | Quest for unknown puppy-hound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1381.6 | Quest for unknown son. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1382.2 | Quest for unknown story (epic). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1381.3.1.2.1 | Quest for unknown woman whose picture has aroused man's love. (Cf. H1381.3.1.1.1.) Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys (T11.2). |
| H1381.3 | Quest for unknown woman. (Cf. H1385, M55.) |
| H1382.3 | Quest for unknown wonder. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1381.2.1.1 | Quest for unknown, vanished beloved. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga Eyst. ch. VIIIff., Boberg. |
| H1348.2 | Quest for unpierced pearls. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1385.2 | Quest for vanished daughter. Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 34 n. 3; Hindu: Tawney II 166; West Indies: Flowers 470f. |
| H1385.4 | Quest for vanished husband. *Types 425, 890; Tegethoff 42; Icelandic: Boberg; Italian: Basile Pentamerone V Nos. 3, 4; India: *Thompson-Balys; Oceanic: Beckwith Myth 169ff. |
| H1385.5 | Quest for vanished lover. (Cf. H1381.2.1.1.) *Type 432; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 59, 61 Nos. 425D, 445A; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 2; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1385.3 | Quest for vanished wife (mistress). *Type 400; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Hindu: Tawney I 407ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Oceanic: Dixon 70—72 (New Zealand, Mangaia, Nieue, Chatham Island, Hawaii, New Britain, Admiralty Islands), 139 (New Hebrides), 220 (Indonesia), De Vries's list No. 221 (Indonesia); Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 222, III 75, Rink 145, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 180. |
| H1385.3.1 | Quest for vanished wife and son. Husband seeks wife and son in many countries. Nouvelles de Sens No. 12. |
| H1332.2 | Quest for vulture's egg figured with golden letters. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1321.1 | Quest for Water of Life (water which will resuscitate). *Types 550, 707; *BP II 394; MacCulloch Childhood 52ff.; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 72, 257. |
| H1361.4 | Quest for wild dog's milk. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| H1376.8 | Quest for wisdom. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| H1397.1 | Quest for witch stepmother. (Cf. S31.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1361.3 | Quest for wolf's milk. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| H1381.3.5 | Quest for woman exactly like another. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1333.5.0.4 | Quest for wonderful but man-killing flower. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1363 | Quest for wonderful but vicious horse. |
| H1378.1 | Quest for wood neither crooked nor straight. (Sawdust.) Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 25. |
| C991 | Quest imposed for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1274 | Quest in hell for three dragon feathers. (Cf. B11.) Fb "helvede" I 589a. |
| H1266 | Quest of a deity. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1236.1 | Quest over path bristling with sharp points (knives, axes, etc.). Irish myth: Cross; Finnish: Kalevala rune 17. |
| H1236.2 | Quest over path guarded by dangerous animals. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Am. Indian (Quiche): Alexander Lat. Am. 174. |
| H1236.4 | Quest over path guarded by giant. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1236.3 | Quest over path guarded by hags. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1289.1 | Quest to animal realm. (Cf. B220.) |
| H1245 | Quest to be accomplished in one day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1289.2 | Quest to Bjarmaland. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| H1285.1 | Quest to bring Soma (a wizard woman) from across the seven seas to a wedding. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1277 | Quest to confines of hell for blood of sorceress. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 188. |
| H1278 | Quest to devil for answer to riddle questions. (Cf. H1282, H1283, H1284, H1292.) German: Grimm Nos. 29, 125. |
| H1273 | Quest to devil for objects. |
| H1273.1 | Quest to devil in hell for return of contract. *Type 756B; BP III 465; *Plenzat Die Theophiluslegende in den Dichtungen des Mittelalters (Berlin, 1926); Irish: Beal XXI 311, O'Suilleabhain 33. |
| H1289 | Quest to different other realms. |
| H1224 | Quest to distant king for military aid. Africa (Fulah): Frobenius Atlantis VI 182ff. No. 4. |
| H1393 | Quest to distant sage for advice. *Wesselski Arlotto II 240 No. 133. |
| H1286.0.1 | Quest to fairyland at bottom of lake. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1286.2 | Quest to fairyland for magic object. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1286.1 | Quest to fairyland for precious jewel. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1281 | Quest to Fortune to seek fortune. *Type 460B; Aarne FFC XIII 124; India: *Thompson-Balys. Cf. Patch PMLA XXXIII 630. |
| H1289.3 | Quest to giant's land. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 91ff., Boberg. |
| H1263 | Quest to God for fortune. *Types 460A, 460B; *Aarne FFC XXIII 124, 127; West Indies: Flowers 462—466. |
| D859.2 | Quest to hell for magic object. Aarne FFC XXIII 130, JSFO XXVII 48.—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1273.1.1 | Quest to hell for return of contract from deceased rich man. *Köhler-Bolte I 133; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 58. |
| H1289.3.1 | Quest to land of cannibal giants. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1289.1.2 | Quest to land of snakes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1289.5 | Quest to land where every raja dies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1289.1.1 | Quest to lions', elephants', and serpents' land for green stone. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1276 | Quest to lower world for lost words. Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| H1270 | Quest to lower world. Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 323; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/276). |
| H1283 | Quest to moon for answers to questions. Type 702*; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 143. |
| H1282 | Quest to morning star for answers to questions. Type 702*. |
| H1285 | Quest to Mother of Time for answers to questions. Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| H1252.1 | Quest to other world for ancestor. Babylonian: Spence 170. |
| H1252 | Quest to other world for relative. |
| H1251 | Quest to other world for samples of magic animals' food. Type 471. |
| H1252.2 | Quest to other world to take letters to dead relatives. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1265 | Quest to Paradise to get oil to anoint dying father's body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1284.1 | Quest to place where sun sets. Chinese: Graham. |
| H1288 | Quest to Plain of Wonders. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1223.1 | Quest to recover one's honor through feats. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1289.4 | Quest to see deity. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1287 | Quest to submarine monastery. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1287.1 | Quest to submerged island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1252.1.2 | Quest to the other world to learn whether father is in heaven or hell. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1252.1.1 | Quest to the other world to receive news of ancestor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1260 | Quest to the upper world. Type 465c; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; West Indies: Flowers 462. |
| H1289.6 | Quest to the world of rakshasas. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1223 | Quest to undertake feats of valor. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1264 | Quest to upper world for fire. Papua: Ker 77; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 74 No. 16. |
| H1227 | Quest undertaken before hero will marry. Malone. PMLA XLIII 401. |
| H1228 | Quest undertaken by hero for vengeance. |
| H1228.1 | Quest undertaken by hero to avenge his king. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1229.1 | Quest undertaken by hero to fulfill promises. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| H1261 | Quest: a crown from heaven. BP III 268. |
| H1388 | Quest: answer to certain question. De Vries FFC LXXIII 43ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1262 | Quest: God to be brought from heaven. Type 465c. |
| H1376.3 | Quest: learning what anger is. (Cf. H1394.) BP I 37. |
| H1376.1 | Quest: learning what death is. *BP I 29. |
| H1376.2 | Quest: learning what fear is. *Type 326; BP I 22; Fb "ræd". |
| H1376.2.1 | Quest: learning what fear of Death is. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| H1200 | Quest. |
| H1292.13 | Question (on quest): Have you see my prince? French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| H1292.11 | Question (on quest): How can ants secure longer life? (Answer: by doing without wings.) Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| H1292.10 | Question (on quest): How can mice rid themselves of cats? (Answer: tie on bell.) Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| H1292.5 | Question (on quest): How can the girl thus far avoided by suitors marry? (Various answers.) Types 460, 461; Aarne FFC XXIII 149; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 50, Beal XXI 318. |
| H1292.9 | Question (on quest): When will a certain water-animal be freed from an annoyance? (Various answers). Types 460, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 136ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.8 | Question (on quest): When will a ferryman be released from his duty? Answer: When he is able to get out of the boat and leave the oar in another's hand. Types 460, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 136ff., 139; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| H1292.12 | Question (on quest): Where does Bras-de-Fer (Ver-sous-Terre) live? French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| H1292.6 | Question (on quest): Where is the lost key? (Various answers.) Type 460, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 148. |
| H1292.7 | Question (on quest): Where is the lost princess? (Various answers.) Types 460, 461; Aarne FFC XXIII 146ff. |
| H1292.19 | Question (propounded on quest): How can a man and woman be freed from their annoyance. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.4.2 | Question (propounded on quest): How can snake be cured from blindness? Answer: By giving away his gem. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.4.3 | Question (propounded on quest): How can the cripple be healed? Answer: He must distribute his knowledge. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.4 | Question (propounded on quest): How can the prince be cured? Answer: He must remove stone which he has spit out in the church. Types 460, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 142f. |
| H1292.4.1 | Question (propounded on quest): How can the princess be cured? Answer: She must recover consecrated wafer which rat has stolen from her first communion. Types 460, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 142f.; Irish: Beal XXI 308f., O'Suilleabhain 27f.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| H1292.17 | Question (propounded on quest): Is a poor shepherd known to God? Answer: He had been a very generous god-fearing person in his last birth and God had not forgotten him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.18 | Question (propounded on quest): When can certain structure be finished? Answer: When king's daughter marries. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.15 | Question (propounded on quest): Why can't the child talk or the dog bark? Chinese: Graham. |
| H1292.14 | Question (propounded on quest): Why can't the dragon king ascend to the sky? Chinese: Graham. |
| H1292.3 | Question (propounded on quest): Why do the live stock die? (Various answers.) Types 460, 461; Aarne FFC XXIII 150; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| H1292.20 | Question (propounded on quest): Why does kingdom go well by day and burn by night? India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.2.1 | Question (propounded on quest): Why does no one desire to eat fruits of a certain tree? Answer: Tree in its last birth had been a very learned man who gave his knowledge away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.1.1 | Question (propounded on quest): Why does no one ever drink water of two certain wells? Answer: In their last birth they had been two Brahman women and whenever they wanted to give alms they gave only to each other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1292.2 | Question (propounded on quest): Why does not a certain tree flourish? Answer: Gold is hidden under it (or a serpent is under its roots). Types 460, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 133, 136; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 256a n. 13; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| H1292.1 | Question (propounded on quest): Why has spring gone dry? Answer: Animal to be removed from its water-vein. Types 460, 461; *Aarne FFC XXIII 144f.; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 345b. n. 120; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1292.16 | Question (propounded on quest): Why is the cow so severely beaten every day by her calf? Answer: in her last birth she had been the young of her present calf and had treated it the same way. India: Thompson-Balys. |
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