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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
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| E613.3 | Reincarnation as hawk. (Cf. D152.1.) Tobler 97; Irish myth: Cross. |
| E613.9 | Reincarnation as heron. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E649.1 | Reincarnation as hill. Head made into hill. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E649.3.1 | Reincarnation as hoe-handle. Back made into hoe-handle. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E649.3 | Reincarnation as hoe. Feet made into hoe. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E611.1 | Reincarnation as horse. (Cf. D131.) Gaster Exempla 248 No. 349; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 851. |
| E612.9 | Reincarnation as hyena. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E614.5 | Reincarnation as iguana. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 267. |
| E616 | Reincarnation as insect. Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 331ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E612.10 | Reincarnation as jackal. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera 267, 1034, 1131. |
| E618.1 | Reincarnation as leech. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E612.1 | Reincarnation as lion. Hindu: Keith 121 (Vishnu). |
| E614.2 | Reincarnation as lizard. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 813; Tonga: Gifford 108. |
| E631.1.3 | Reincarnation as lotus. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 527. |
| E646 | Reincarnation as meteor. S. A. Indian (Gran Chaco): Belaieff BBAE CXLIII (1) 380. |
| E645 | Reincarnation as mineral. |
| E612.7 | Reincarnation as mongoose. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E612.12 | Reincarnation as monkey. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 996, II 27, 471, 519, 847, 939. |
| E632 | Reincarnation as musical instrument. The Singing Bone. A musical instrument made from the bones of a murdered person, or from a tree growing from the grave, speaks and tells of the crime. *Type 780; **Mackensen FFC XLIX; BP I 260, II 532; *Fb "streng" III 603a, "harpe" I 559b, IV 201b, "ben" IV 32b; Child I 121—135, 494, IV 449; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "os"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| E649.4 | Reincarnation as mussel shell. Ears made into mussel shell. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E612.14 | Reincarnation as otter. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 267. |
| E613.2 | Reincarnation as owl. Tobler 97; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E613.12 | Reincarnation as parrot. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 266, 578, II 247, 572, 730f., 1122, 1173. |
| E613.8.1 | Reincarnation as partridge. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 226. |
| E613.11 | Reincarnation as peacock. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1052, II 671. |
| E631.5.2 | Reincarnation as peanut plant. S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| E613.6.1 | Reincarnation as pigeon. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 520, 557. |
| E631.5 | Reincarnation as plant. |
| E606.1 | Reincarnation as punishment for sin. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q551.5 | Reincarnation as punishment. (Cf. E600, Q584.3.) India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 222, 342, 424, 479, 597, 740, 1148, II 355, 670, 691, 792, 918, 1028, 1272. |
| E692 | Reincarnation as punishment. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E613.8 | Reincarnation as quail. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 816, 986, 1065. |
| E644 | Reincarnation as rainbow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E612.13 | Reincarnation as rat. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 290, 1885. |
| E613.7 | Reincarnation as raven. England: *Baughman. |
| E614 | Reincarnation as reptile. |
| E617.1 | Reincarnation as salmon. (Cf. B124.1, D176.) Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, II 15. |
| E642.0.1 | Reincarnation as salt. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E629.1 | Reincarnation as scorpion. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E612.6 | Reincarnation as seal. (Cf. D127.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, III 56. |
| E617.3 | Reincarnation as shark. Solomon Islands: Beckwith Myth 13. |
| E613.1.1 | Reincarnation as sheldrake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E643 | Reincarnation as smoke. |
| E614.1 | Reincarnation as snake. (Cf. D191.) Fb "sjæl" III 214a; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 339ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 857; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 166f. |
| E642 | Reincarnation as stone. |
| E613.4 | Reincarnation as swallow. (Cf. D151.1.) Fb "pebersvend" II 795a.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 15 No. 83; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 147 No. 50. |
| E631.5.1 | Reincarnation as tobacco plant. Chinese: Graham; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E614.4 | Reincarnation as tortoise. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 267. |
| E636 | Reincarnation as water. (Cf. D283.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E616.4 | Reincarnation as weevil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E617.4 | Reincarnation as whale. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115. |
| E641 | Reincarnation as whirlwind. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 414 No. 12. |
| E612 | Reincarnation as wild animal. Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 325ff. |
| E612.2 | Reincarnation as wolf. Fb "pebersvend" II 795a (werwolf); Irish myth: Cross. |
| E618 | Reincarnation as worm. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 222. |
| E607.4 | Reincarnation by fasting. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E693 | Reincarnation for revenge. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E605 | Reincarnation in another human form. *M. Bloomfield Proc. Am. Philosophical Soc. LVI 1ff.; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E602 | Reincarnation in form determined at death. India: Thompson-Balys, Tawney II 145. |
| Q584.3 | Reincarnation in form fitted to crime. (Cf. Q551.5.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 50, 829, 1020, II 706, 1050, 1357. |
| E630 | Reincarnation in object. |
| E631 | Reincarnation in plant (tree) growing from grave. (Cf. E632, D1610.2.) Type 510; BP I 187; *Cox 477 n. 7; *Fb "sjæl" III 214b, "blod" IV 49a, "juletræ" II 57a; Saintyves Contes de Perrault (Paris, 1923) 36ff., 141ff.—English: *Child V 481. s.v. "grave", V 491 s.v. "plants"; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres", "cadavre", "tombeau"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 298 No. 7, 311 No 41; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 92 No. 780B*; Greek: Fox 198 (Adonis), 201 (Pyramus and Thisbe); Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 6; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 2 Nos. 12, 13; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: Dixon 238, De Vries Volksverhalen I 300; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 50f.; Papua: Ker 131; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Cushing 183, (Kato): Goddard UCal V 219 n. 1; Amazon: Alexander Lat. Am. 294; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 147, (Ekoi): Talbot 133. |
| E631.6 | Reincarnation in tree from grave. Japanese: Ikeda; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 376; Papua: Ker 92. Cf. Virgil Aeneid III 22ff. |
| Q551.5.1 | Reincarnation into degraded form as punishment. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E613.0.4 | Reincarnation of drowned persons as birds. Dh III 482. |
| E613.0.6 | Reincarnation of girl eaten by tiger as bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E613.0.1 | Reincarnation of murdered child as bird. *Type 720; *BP I 422; *Fb "fugl" I 380b; English: Child I 126, 180f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa: Werner African 211, (Basuto): Jacottet 56. |
| E613.0.3 | Reincarnation of old maids as birds. Dh III 485; Fb "pebersvend" II 795a. |
| E645.1 | Reincarnation of slain boy as gold and silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E613.0.2 | Reincarnation of unbaptized child as bird. *Fb "udøbt" III 960a; *Dh III 484. |
| E606.2 | Reincarnation to complete unfinished work. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E649 | Reincarnation to object—miscellaneous. |
| E605.1 | Reincarnation with change of sex. *Penzer VII 230; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E657 | Reincarnation: animal to god. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 828. |
| E656 | Reincarnation: animal to man. India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 57, 96. |
| E691 | Reincarnation: animal to object. |
| E658 | Reincarnation: animal to other animal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E671.1 | Reincarnation: body becomes marble wall; robe, grass; eyes, pools, etc. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E610.1.1 | Reincarnation: boy to bird to boy. Boy returns as bird, who later becomes the boy. *Type 720; *BP I 422. |
| E605.6 | Reincarnation: common man becomes prince. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E601 | Reincarnation: former lives remembered. Jewish: *Neuman, *Penzer X 154 s.v. "Former births"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E605.2 | Reincarnation: god reborn as man. Icelandic: Olrik Kilderne til Sakses Oldhistorie I (1892) 30ff., 60ff., Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys, Keith 168; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 907, 1258; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 119; Marquesas: Handy 109; N. A. Indian (Mandan): Curtis N. A. Indian V 39ff. |
| E671 | Reincarnation: man - object - object. |
| E648.2 | Reincarnation: man - woman - stone image. Korean: Zong in-Sob 76. |
| E611.1.1 | Reincarnation: man as horse-head. Hindu: Keith 121 (Vishnu). |
| E653 | Reincarnation: man as nature spirit. |
| E653.2 | Reincarnation: man as tree spirit. (Cf. F441.2.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 445, 940, II 507, 820, 952. |
| E653.1 | Reincarnation: man as water spirit. (Cf. F420.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 421. |
| E605.3 | Reincarnation: man becomes god. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 212. |
| E605.4 | Reincarnation: man becomes spirit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E610.1 | Reincarnation: man to animal to man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E610.1.2 | Reincarnation: man to fish to man. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, II 151. |
| E648 | Reincarnation: man-object-man. In most of the versions of E632 (Reincarnation as musical instrument) the hero (heroine) finally comes back to life in his usual form. See also BP II 126f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E690 | Reincarnation: miscellaneous. |
| E650 | Reincarnation: other forms. |
| E605.5 | Reincarnation: prince becomes common man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E691.1 | Reincarnation: snake into flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E605.2.1 | Reincarnation: spirit reborn as man. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 57. |
| E648.1 | Reincarnation: woman - bird - nettles - stone - woman. Chinese: Graham. |
| E605.1.1 | Reincarnation: woman reborn as man. Chinese: Werner 256. |
| E600 | Reincarnation. Return from the dead in another form. India: Penzer X 336 s.v. "Transmigration", *Cowell Jataka Index s.v. "Bodhisatta" and "Rebirth", Keith 100, *Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: *Cross, Nutt "The Irish Vision of the Happy Otherworld and the Celtic Doctrine of Rebirth" in K. Meyer Voyage of Bran; Icelandic: *Boberg; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 321ff.; Jewish: *Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 473; Chinese: Werner 314; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 337 n. 216a, Alexander N. Am. 280 n. 18; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 359, (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, III 171, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 639; S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 109. |
| D1380.26 | Reindeer hose from corpse protect women. (Cf. D1062, D1278.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 173. |
| J1581.2 | Reinforcement of the request for alms. A clown asks for alms and receives nothing. He then throws pellets made of herbs at the steward, saying that there is great power in words, herbs, and stones: he has tried two of them and plans to try the third. He is given alms. Wesselski Mönchslatein 20 No. 14. |
| K1911.3 | Reinstatement of true bride. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T104.1 | Rejected suitor wages war. (Cf. T75.2.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| T75.2.1 | Rejected suitors' revenge. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| S446 | Rejected wife asks to take away only what she brought. Type 887; Chinese: Graham. |
| E758 | Rejoicing at arrival of rich man in heaven. Event so rare as to cause rejoicing. Poor man enters unnoticed.—Type 802; BP III 274; Fb "rig" III 55a; Hdwb. d. Märch. I 351a s.v. "Burli im Himmel". |
| D1338.3.1 | Rejuvenation by apple. Golden apples of youth. (Cf. D981.1.) —*Chauvin VI 74 No. 239.—Icelandic: Boberg (Idhunn). |
| D1887 | Rejuvenation by bathing. Irish myth: *Cross; Hindu: Keith 87, 141. |
| D1889.7 | Rejuvenation by being reborn. Man in fish form eaten and reborn. (Cf. T511.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1885 | Rejuvenation by boiling. (Cf. D1865.) *Fb "ungdom" III 979ab. —Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rajeunissement"; Greek: Fox 114, Frazer Apollodorus I 121 n. 4. |
| D1886.1 | Rejuvenation by burning and throwing bones into tub of milk. (Cf. D1338.4.) England: Child I 507b. |
| D1886 | Rejuvenation by burning. *Type 753; *BP III 198 (Gr. No. 147); *FB "ungdom" III 979; *Dh II 154, 162ff., 288; *Bolte Herrigs Archiv CII 241—266, CIV 355; Köhler-Bolte I 298; *Carl-Martin Edsman Ignis Divinus: Le feu comme moyen de rajeunissement et d'immortalité (Publications of the New Society of Letters No. 34, Lund 1949).—Icelandic: Ritterhaus 338; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "four"; German: Hartung Zs. f. Vksk. VII 89, Piger ibid. X 84; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 121 n. 4; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1889.6 | Rejuvenation by changing skin. Penzer IX 48 n.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 227; Africa (Congo): Grenfell (Baluba) 814f., (Wachaga): Gutman 120. |
| D1889.10 | Rejuvenation by conjuring. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 272, 322, III 248, Rink 238. |
| D1885.1 | Rejuvenation by dismemberment and boiling. (Cf. D1884.) Girard de Rialle RTP I 74; *Fb "ungdom" III 979ab; Greek: Grote I 110. |
| D1884 | Rejuvenation by dismemberment. (Cf. D1885.1.) *Dh II 154; BP III 198 n. 3; Gaster Thespis 266, 300. |
| D1889.9 | Rejuvenation by drinking from magic horn. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1882.2 | Rejuvenation by fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1338.3.3 | Rejuvenation by fruit of magic tree. (Cf. D950.)—Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1338.3 | Rejuvenation by fruit. (Cf. D981.)—*Chauvin VI 74 No. 239; BP II 147.—India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VI 216. |
| D1889.5 | Rejuvenation by going to other world and having digestive tract removed. Chinese: Hartland Science 178. |
| D1338.2.1 | Rejuvenation by juice of plant. (Cf. D974).—*Dh II 154.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1889.11 | Rejuvenation by jumping over cliff. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 403. |
| D1889.2 | Rejuvenation by looking into mirror. (Cf. D1163.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1338.12 | Rejuvenation by magic feather. (Cf. D1021.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1338.9 | Rejuvenation by magic honey. (Cf. D1037.) Hindu: Keith 158. |
| D1338.11 | Rejuvenation by magic manure dust. (Cf. D1026.) Chinese: Graham. |
| D1338.8 | Rejuvenation by magic oil. (Cf. D1244.)—Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 328. |
| D1338.13 | Rejuvenation by magic rice. (Cf. D973.1.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1338.10 | Rejuvenation by magic tub. (Cf. D1171.14.)—Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1338.2 | Rejuvenation by plant. (Cf. D965.)—*Chauvin VI 74 No. 239.—Babylonian: Gilgamesh-epos XI 282ff. (eaten by serpent); Gaster Oldest Stories 51. |
| D1889.1 | Rejuvenation by reading in book. (Cf. D1266.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1889.8 | Rejuvenation by riding surf. Marquesas: Beckwith Myth 502, Handy 60. |
| D1338.5 | Rejuvenation by ring. (Cf. D1076.)—Hartland Science 204; Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1882.1 | Rejuvenation by saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1889.4 | Rejuvenation by smelling apple. (Cf. D981.1, D1338.3.1.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1889.3 | Rejuvenation by song of pelican. (Cf. D1275.) Fb "ungdom" III 979b. |
| D1882 | Rejuvenation by supernatural person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1338.6 | Rejuvenation in magic mill. (Cf. D1263.)—Dh II 155. |
| H1233.2 | Relation as helper on quest. |
| E727 | Relation of body to soul. |
| F460.4 | Relation of mountain-men and human beings. |
| A787 | Relation of the planets to human life. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P260 | Relations by law. |
| H795 | Relationship riddles arising from unusual marriages of relatives. *Köhler-Bolte I 218; Hertz Abhandlungen 416; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| H934 | Relative assigns tasks. (Cf. H912—H914.) |
| J99.1 | Relative pleasures of sexes in love taught by parable. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K3.1 | Relative substitutes in contest. Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 32 No. 16. |
| T131.1 | Relative's consent to marriage necessary. |
| G61 | Relative's flesh eaten unwittingly. *Type 720; BP I 412ff.; *MacCulloch Childhood 283ff.; *Cosquin études 394; *Fb "menneskekjød" II 579b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Fox 70, 119, 120 (Prokne and Tereus, Tantalus, Thyestes); Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 573; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Ikeda; Oceanic (Indonesia, New Zealand, Molucca): Dixon 58, 195, 229f.; Indonesian: De Vries's list Nos. 227, 228; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 106, 128, 160, 286, 447, Holm 43, 90, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 215, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 627, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 229; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 300 nn. 97, 98 and 340 n. 226; S. A. Indian (Baikairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 303; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 20, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 402 No. 2, 405 No. 4, (Kaffir): Theal 100, (Angola): Chatelain 191 No. 24, (Thonga): Junod 217, (Fjort): Dennett 82 No. 19, (Benga): Nassau 105 No. 8, (Basuto): Jacottet 260 No. 38, 276 No. 41; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 314 No. 54, Remus 165 No. 34; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 73 n. 3. |
| B691 | Relatives kill animal-husband but wife throws herself into pyre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M429.3 | Release from curse by burning animal in straw pile. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M429.1 | Release from curse by burning vomit. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M429.4 | Release from curse by heating the colter of the plow in the stove. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M429.5 | Release from curse by pricking louse and hanging it on wall. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M429.6 | Release from curse by putting a five cent piece in the churn. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M429.7 | Release from curse by putting a piece of silver in the gun. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M429.2 | Release from curse by putting pins around horse's heart and then boiling it. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M421 | Release from curse with birth of child. Penzer VIII 59 n. 2. |
| P512.1 | Release from execution at a woman's request (by marriage to her). *Taylor JAFL LX 185. |
| Q174.1 | Release from hell as reward for repentance. (Cf. Q36.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B375 | Release of animal by hunter (fisher). Africa (Angola): Chatelain 159 No. 19 (deer).—German: Grimm No. 60, 191.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V143.2 | Relics (images) carried away return to their original church. *Loomis White Magic 48. |
| V221.0.1 | Relics of saint cure disease. Alphabet Nos. 398, 432; *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| J1874 | Relieving the beast of burden. |
| B250 | Religious animals. Günter Christliche Legende des Abendlandes 80ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 334; Jewish: Neuman. |
| V380 | Religious beliefs—miscellaneous. |
| V300 | Religious beliefs. |
| V110 | Religious buildings. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V93 | Religious dancing. (Cf. A1542.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V100 | Religious edifices and objects. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V4.1 | Religious exercises weighed in balance. A son doubts whether the words spoken by the priests to whom his father has willed a sum of money is worth so much. The words are put on paper and are found to outweigh the money. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 465; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 65, 113, Beal XXI 325, 335. |
| V383 | Religious fanaticism. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V70 | Religious feasts and fasts. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 198; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V210 | Religious founders. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V463 | Religious martyrdom. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman |
| V450 | Religious orders. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 384a, 389b; Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1573.2 | Religious personages tested. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V85 | Religious pilgrimages. (Cf. V84.3.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 186f. |
| Q170 | Religious rewards. *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 23; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V131 | Religious robes (vestments). *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 629c; Gaster Thespis 270f.; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V19 | Religious sacrifices—miscellaneous. |
| V10 | Religious sacrifices. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 511b; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 19—54, 496—547; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 329; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V80 | Religious services—miscellaneous. |
| V0 | Religious services. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Norwegian: Solheim 22; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A738.2.1 | Religious sun and moon. Jewish: Neuman. |
| H1573 | Religious tests. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V510 | Religious visions. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 632b; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M183 | Religious vows. (Cf. M177.) |
| J2495 | Religious words or exercises interpreted with absurd literalness. West Indies: Flowers 491; Irish: Beal XXI 333, O'Suilleabhain 105. |
| A74 | Reluctant creator. |
| F545.1 | Remarkable beard. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F575 | Remarkable beauty. (Cf. F574.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F788 | Remarkable bier. |
| F836.0.1 | Remarkable bowstring. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/127). |
| F546 | Remarkable breast. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F460.1.2, F531.1.5.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F789.2 | Remarkable candlestick. |
| F545.3 | Remarkable cheek. |
| F773 | Remarkable church (chapel, temple). Irish: O'Suilleabhain 27, Beal XXI 308; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F789.3 | Remarkable curtain. |
| X1261 | Remarkable ducks. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F542 | Remarkable ears. (Cf. F511.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F541 | Remarkable eyes. (Cf. F512.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F551 | Remarkable feet. (Cf. F517.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F545.2 | Remarkable forehead. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F687 | Remarkable fragrance (odor) of person. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F555 | Remarkable hair. (Cf. F521, F531.1.6.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F552 | Remarkable hands. (Cf. F515, F531.1.6.7, F551.4.) Japanese: Ikeda. |
| X1267 | Remarkable hawk. |
| F559.7 | Remarkable heart. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.1 | Remarkable herdsman. Sits on mountain top. Cows come from great distance at his call. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F788.1 | Remarkable jeweled bier. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F548 | Remarkable legs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| X941 | Remarkable lifter. (Cf. F624.) Canada, England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F544.1 | Remarkable lips. |
| A564 | Remarkable longevity of culture heroes. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| X1286 | Remarkable mosquitoes. |
| F544 | Remarkable mouth. (Cf. F513, F531.1.4, F531.1.6.2.) |
| F559.5 | Remarkable neck. |
| F543 | Remarkable nose. (Cf. F514.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F543.4 | Remarkable nostrils. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F500 | Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits. **DeCock Volkssage 99ff.; Chinese: Werner 386. |
| F559 | Remarkable physical organs—miscellaneous. |
| F540 | Remarkable physical organs. |
| X1546 | Remarkable pond. |
| F636.3 | Remarkable pourer of water. Makes a river. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F654 | Remarkable power of recognition. Man remembers all people he has met. (Cf. F692.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 908. |
| F651 | Remarkable power to walk directly to nearest water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F547.6 | Remarkable pubic hairs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1551 | Remarkable road. |
| F547 | Remarkable sexual organs. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F642.3.2 | Remarkable sight of sage lets him see worm in loaf. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| X1061.1 | Remarkable size of great ship. (First ed. X1031.) Type 1960H; BP II 516; U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F679 | Remarkable skill—miscellaneous. |
| F660 | Remarkable skill. *Types 653, 653*; BP III 45ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F559.4 | Remarkable skull. |
| F834.6 | Remarkable spear used as a windbreak. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 418. |
| F834.5 | Remarkable spear used to dam stream. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 418. |
| F635 | Remarkable spitter. Spits lake of soap. (Cf. F934). Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F642.1 | Remarkable star-gazer. Sees birds in nest in distant tree. *Type 653; BP III 45, *57; Köhler-Bolte I 298f; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F636.4 | Remarkable stone-thrower. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F544.3 | Remarkable teeth. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F636.2 | Remarkable thrower of chips. Makes forest. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F636.1 | Remarkable thrower of iron. Makes field full of scissors. Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 5. |
| F636 | Remarkable thrower. (Cf. F531.3.2., F624.0.1, F624.3.1, F624.8, F628.2.2, F628.4, X943.) Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1172; Hawaii: Beckwith 421; Samoa: ibid. 254. |
| F544.2 | Remarkable tongue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F556 | Remarkable voice. (Cf. X937). |
| F575.3 | Remarkably beautiful child. Jewish: Neuman. |
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