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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
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
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Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| J1289.7 | Shoemaker speaks ill of lord's rule. Lord takes his tools away from him. Shoemaker begs for them saying that he cannot carry on his business without them. Ruler: "I thought ruling was your business so I took your tools to learn shoemaking." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P453 | Shoemaker. **C. Nyrop Dania VIII 195ff.; *Sébillot Métiers No. 10; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151, 155—157, 185. |
| V67.2 | Shoes buried with the dead. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 305. |
| K341.6 | Shoes dropped to distract owner's attention. The thief drops two shoes in different places and steals a ram while the shepherd goes after the shoes. *Type 1525D; *BP III 390 n. 2; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Friends 160 No. 22; Andros Islands, Bahamas: Parsons MAFLS XIII 11 No. 9; Antigua, British West Indies: Johnson JAFL XXXIV 74 No. 33; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 86 No. 28. |
| F1015.1 | Shoes miraculously worn out. |
| F823.3 | Shoes of rat-skin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1791.5.1 | Shooting at enemy's reflection in water. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 352 n. 270c. |
| N55 | Shooting contest on wager. *Type 592; *BP II 490ff.; Spanish: Espinosa III 153. |
| H332.1.5 | Shooting contest with bride-to-be. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K31.3 | Shooting contest won by deception: bird substituted for arrows. N. A. Indian: *Boas RBAE XXXI 721, 944. |
| K31 | Shooting contest won by deception. Philippine: Fansler MAFLS VII 137; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 314 n. 142. |
| H1591 | Shooting contest. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 74. |
| K863 | Shooting game: blind man's arrow aimed. It kills his friend. (Balder's death.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| X1124.1 | Shooting off the leader's tail. (First ed. X921.8.) An old blind bear is being led by a young bear, whose tail the old bear has in his mouth. The hunter shoots off the young bear's tail and seizes it. Thus leads the old bear home. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 748; U.S.: *Baughman. |
| V231.2 | Shooting star as angel. BP III 234. |
| D1812.5.2.6 | Shooting star as good omen. (Cf. D1761.1.1.) *BP III 234. |
| A788.2 | Shooting star one that has come down to graze. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E741.1.2 | Shooting star signifies a birth. Stars are the dead. When they fall they are being reborn. At death they are replaced in the sky. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX N. 770f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 395; N. A. Indian (Mandan): Alexander N. Am. 96. |
| E741.1.1 | Shooting star signifies that someone is dying. One star for each person. At his death it falls. *BP III 235; *G. Bellucci Le stelle cadenti e le lore leggende (Perugia, 1895); *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX n. 770f.; Fb "lys" II 483a, "stjerne" III 577b.—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3906; Slavic: Máchal 273; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A788.4 | Shooting stars are star-dung. India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 624. |
| A788.5 | Shooting stars are unfaithful wives. Africa (Fang): Trilles 174. |
| A788.3 | Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K31.2 | Shooting test won by deception: proof of good sight. A man puts a dead hare under a tree and shows it to his dog. He tells people to look at the hare under the tree. At the distance no one can see it. He tells them that he will shoot it. He shoots and has his dog bring the hare. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 207 No. 417. |
| F986.5 | Shores flooded with sea-fish. Irish myth: Cross. |
| X142.4 | Short magistrate wears a high helmet. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T573.0.1 | Short pregnancy in animals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T573 | Short pregnancy. Jewish: *Neuman; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 375; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 309 n. 116; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 142, (Uru-Chipaya): ibid. 169, (Inca): Rowe BBAE CXLIII (2) 318. |
| A1325 | Short span of life for first men. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 116, 411 s.v. "Alter." |
| J2199.4 | Short-sighted economy. |
| J2173 | Short-sighted fool loses his food. |
| M20 | Short-sighted judgments. |
| J2166 | Short-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantage. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J2162 | Short-sighted use of fire. |
| J2072.3 | Short-sighted wish: all he pulls on will follow. He blows his nose and it pulls out long. *BP II 213. |
| J2072.5 | Short-sighted wish: camel wishes a long neck. Killed by jackals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2072.2 | Short-sighted wish: grain to grow without beards. Birds eat it up. *BP II 213. |
| J2072.1 | Short-sighted wish: Midas's touch. Everything to turn to gold. *BP II 213; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 180; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *775. |
| J2072 | Short-sighted wish. |
| J2171.1 | Short-sightedness in boat-building. |
| J2172 | Short-sightedness in caring for live-stock. |
| J2171 | Short-sightedness in carpentry. |
| J2183.6 | Short-sightedness in case of fire. Christensen DF XLVII 200 nos. 34-35. |
| J2175 | Short-sightedness in dealing with children. |
| J2161 | Short-sightedness in dressing. |
| J2171.2 | Short-sightedness in roofing. |
| J2164 | Short-sightedness in rowing. |
| U250 | Shortness of life. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J1323 | Should have brought him drink. Drunkard's wife takes him when he is drunk to a tomb and, masking as a ghost brings him food. "If you had known me better you would have brought me drink." Wienert FFC LVI 38; Halm Aesop No. 108. |
| N784 | Shouting after bathing: adventures follow. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 88. |
| J2465.3.1 | Shoving the child. Numskulls, told to shove the boy along if he is lazy about weeding, do so with their weeding-knives and kill him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1284.1 | Show me how it is done. Wronged woman thus addresses ruler, who is indifferent to insults directed at him. She wishes to be shown how to bear insults. This rebukes him. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| D2143.1.6 | Shower from magic anvil. (Cf. D1469.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.4.1 | Shower of blood for three days and three nights. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F962.4 | Shower of blood. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Marquesas: Handy 65. |
| D1566.1.5 | Shower of fire from magic anvil. (Cf. D1202.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.6 | Shower of food. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1469.3 | Shower of gems from magic anvil. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F960.1.1.2 | Shower of gold and silver rains upon king's ship at birth of his children. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F962.6.3 | Shower of honey. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2101.2 | Shower of jewels magically drawn from sky. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 445. |
| F960.1.2.1.1 | Shower of lotuses at birth of hero. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 131. |
| F962.6.2 | Shower of manna. *Loomis White Magic 87; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F962.6.4 | Shower of oil. *Loomis White Magic 87. |
| Q475.2 | Shower of pitch as punishment. Roberts 208. |
| F962.8.1 | Shower of silver (money). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F962.6.1 | Shower of wheat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2105.6 | Showers of grain called down. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 654. |
| A2211.5 | Shrew blows nose into snout. Sent after fire, he finds but a little which he tries to revive by hard blowing.—Fang: Nassau 234 No. 3. |
| A2233.1.3 | Shrew refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2468.1.)—Dh III 323f.; cf. Type 55.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 15 No. 80; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3098, Legends Nos. 183—191. |
| T251.2.1 | Shrew tamed by setting another shrew against her. Crane Vitry 218 No. 200; Herbert III 16. |
| T251.2.5 | Shrewish wife driven from home but when in danger, runs to husband and receives protection. She is a good wife thereafter. Africa (Congo): Grenfell 819. |
| T251.8 | Shrewish wife gives husband heating every morning. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B242.1.5 | Shrike as king of birds. Madagascar (Merina): Renel Contes de Madagascar II 160ff. No. 100. |
| F991.4 | Shrine bleeds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V221.0.1.3 | Shrine of saint carried around to suppress pestilence. *Loomis White Magic 105. |
| V113 | Shrines. (Cf. C51.1.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 546a; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B524.1.8 | Shut in with elephants, blackbird orders ants to burrow themselves into the elephants' brains. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M301.21 | Sibyl as prophet. Writes on leaves blown about by winds. (Cf. M302.8.) Greek: *Grote I 307. |
| G271.9 | Sick child from witchcraft is put on anvil; smith strikes violently but brings hammer down gently, three times. England: Baughman. |
| K2129.2 | Sick crew accused of being magicians so that nobody wants to have anything to do with them. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk III 435. |
| L311.1 | Sick hero overcomes antagonist. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| T81.5 | Sick lover dies from exertion of embracing beloved. Heptameron No. 50. |
| K231.3.5 | Sick man offers deity 100 bulls for recovery. When reminded that he does not own so many bulls he explains that he doesn't expect the deity to come to enforce payment. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| V39.8 | Sick men die and go to hell because they hesitate to take sacrament. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| H175.3 | Sick prince's pulse beats violently when his loved one passes by. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| N335.2.1 | Sick queen lying under red satin carried off by bird who thinks it is red meat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2412.6 | Sick woman hung in well to cool off: drowned. Fool has cooled objects thus. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N411.2.1 | Sickle as only inheritance. *Type 1650; *BP II 69ff. |
| J2514 | Sickle bought at great cost given back. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man and is thereupon given back to the original owner. *Type 1202; *BP II 72 n. 1. |
| J1881.1.6 | Sickle laid in field and told to cut grain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1865.1 | Sickle punished by being tied in top of a tree. The men hang themselves in the attempt. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| J1865 | Sickle punished by drowning. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man. It is drowned. *Type 1202. |
| N411.2 | Sickle sold for fortune in land without sickles. *Types 1650, 1202; *BP II 69ff., 72 n. 1. |
| E772 | Sickle with life in it. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animisme". |
| F950.4 | Sickness (madness) cured by coition. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 55, 90; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J1891.1 | Sickness ascribed to quarreling wines. A man has drunk so much of various wines that he is sick. He says to the wines, "Have peace among yourselves and don't quarrel or I'll throw you out the window." *Wesselski Bebel II 102 No. 14. |
| F950.1 | Sickness cured by napkin of Veronica. English: Wells 156 (Temporale). |
| D2064.2 | Sickness of princess dependent on witch's fire. When fire is high, princess is very sick. Princess recovers when fire is put out. (Cf. D2065.4.) Köhler-Bolte I 335. |
| C949 | Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C940 | Sickness or weakness for breaking tabu. Fb "sygdom" III 699a.—Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 375; S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 173. |
| Z112 | Sickness personified. *Fb "sygdom" III 699a; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 175 No. 117. |
| D2064.3 | Sickness transferred to animal. Fb "sygdom" III 609b; England: Baughman. |
| G272.6 | Sieve as protection against witches. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650. |
| F952.0.1 | Sight miraculously restored while poet writes hymn (poem). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1515.4.5 | Sight of brass serpent as antidote for snakebite. (Cf. D1268.3.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| E561.1 | Sight of dead woman spinning drives people insane. *Fb "spinde" III 492a. |
| J51 | Sight of deformed witches causes man to release wife from spinning duty. They tell him that their deformity has come from too much spinning. *Type 501; *BP I 109ff. (Gr. No. 14); **Von Sydow Tvе Spinnsagor. |
| F363.3 | Sight of fairies fatal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V131.1 | Sight of holy fringe on garment restrains a man from fornication and reforms the harlot. Gaster Exempla 192f. No. 35; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D2062.2.2 | Sight of holy person causes blindness. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1311.4.0.1.1 | Sight of magic twigs gives foreknowledge of day's events. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1331.2.5 | Sight of magic wheel causes blindness. (Cf. D1207.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1812.5.1.9 | Sight of mermaid bad omen. Child V 488 s.v. "mermaid". |
| B81.13.3 | Sight of mermaid bathing makes man immortal. England: Baughman. |
| T286 | Sight of mistress's ring causes husband to withhold himself from his wife. English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem). |
| D2006.2 | Sight of old home reawakens memory and brings about return from other world. Hartland Science 200.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 330 n. 193; *Thompson Star Husband; Melanesia: Codrington 365. |
| D1812.5.1.10 | Sight of phantom ship a bad omen. Fb "skib". |
| K774.2 | Sight of unclothed women calms rage of youthful hero. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E501.18.7 | Sight of wild hunt blinds person. Plischke 70. |
| E501.18.10 | Sight of wild hunt causes death. Schweda 32; Ireland: Baughman. |
| E501.18.9 | Sight of wild hunt causes one to stick axe or knife in foot. Plischke 71. |
| E501.18.8 | Sight of wild hunt causes swelling of head. Plischke 71. |
| E501.18.6 | Sight of wild hunt renders person insane. Plischke 70. |
| K774.1 | Sight of women's breasts used to appease enemies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T336 | Sight or touch of woman as source of sin. Alphabet Nos. 16, 527, 732, 776; Scala Celi 121b, 156b Nos. 666, 874; Mensa Philosophica No. 104; Herbert III 343, 434; Spanish Exempla: *Keller. |
| Q161.1 | Sight restored as reward. (Cf. F952, Q42.6.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B516 | Sight restored by animal. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 31, Rasmussen I 312, III 203, Rink 100, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 169, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 169, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 626. |
| T595 | Sign hung out informing brothers whether mother has borne boy or girl. *Type 451; BP I 70ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8. |
| D1291.2.1 | Sign in stars as portent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z175 | Sign language. Message delivered by means of the fingers, etc. *Penzer I 80 n. 1; *Chauvin V 145, VIII 126 No. 112; Benfey Germania IV 482ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 513; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H611.2 | Sign message sent by girl to enamored prince; interpreted by prince's friend. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1567.8 | Sign of cross brings water from rock. (Cf. D1766.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| V342 | Sign of cross intimidates Jews. Type 1709*. |
| V86.1.1 | Sign of cross prevents child from being stolen from cradle. Fb "kors" II 285f. |
| V86.1.2 | Sign of cross prevents garment from burning. Alphabet No. 232. |
| V86.1 | Sign of cross protects from injury. |
| F493.5 | Sign of great plague: sky seems afire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N394.1 | Sign of prisoner's reprieve changed by wind. A flag to be flown in certain way, but wind catches it just at the wrong moment so that prisoner is executed. Korean: Zong in-Sob 61 No. 34. |
| D1766.6.3 | Sign of the cross enables person to relate marvel. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1766.6.4 | Sign of the cross made over beer protects against poison. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1766.6.2 | Sign of the cross made over sword (knife) endows it with magic powers. Irish myth: *Cross; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 82, 87. |
| D1563.1.3 | Sign of the cross makes barren land fruitful. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G271.2.1 | Sign of the cross marked on bewitched object breaks witch spell. (Cf. G273.1.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| V86 | Sign of the Cross. Encyc. Rel. Ethics VI 539b; Fb "kors" II 274; Scala Celi 67b—71b Nos. 373—404 passim. |
| K358 | Signal for theft given in foreign language. Nouvelles Récréations No. 84. |
| M369.5.1 | Signs before destruction of Jerusalem. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1075.1 | Signs before the birth of Antichrist. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1002.2 | Signs before the Day of Judgment. **Heist Fifteen Signs Before Doomsday (East Lansing, Michigan, 1952).—Irish myth: Cross. |
| T579.8 | Signs of pregnancy. |
| J1141.8 | Silence points to guilt. Important man quarrels with commoner. Asks bystanders: "Who is right?" Silence. Newcomer states that the important man is wrong. "Had he been right the others would have said so." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| C405 | Silence preserved in fairyland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1741.3 | Silence under punishment breaks power of enchantment. Fb "prygle" II 881. |
| J2511.1.2 | Silence wager: man and wife taken for dead. Stand up when king offers reward for information about their death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| L124.2 | Silent hero. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F569.3 | Silent person. |
| H343.2 | Silent princess gives right answer when talking monkey is given wrong one by suitor-prince. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F569.3.1 | Silent princess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T272.1 | Silent wife brought to speech by dangers to her husband. (Cf. F954.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F813.3.4 | Silk handkerchief concealed in a nut. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B103.4.1.1 | Silver and gold run from cod's mouth. Type 1654*. |
| F813.1.2 | Silver apple. Fb "træ" III 867a, "frugttræ" I 376b, "æble" III 1135b; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F841.1.9 | Silver boat. *Loomis White Magic 91; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1385.4 | Silver bullet protects against giants, ghosts, and witches. (Cf. D1096.3.) Fb "sølvknap", "sølvkugle".—Japanese: Ikeda; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 644. |
| B102.5.1 | Silver calf. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 85. |
| F771.1.2 | Silver castle. Köhler-Bolte I 412; *Fb "slot" III 377a; Persian: Carnoy 335. |
| D1620.2.2.1 | Silver cock, sitting on a flower, crows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F852.3 | Silver coffin. Type 709; *Böklen Sneewittchenstudien 115. |
| A1433.2.1 | Silver coins from pumpkin received from fishes. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B731.12 | Silver fish with gold fins. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F169.4 | Silver fishnet in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F555.2 | Silver hair. *Type 533; BP II 275. |
| D1671 | Silver in chain increases in fire. (Cf. D1078.) English: Wells 97 (Chevalere Assigne). |
| F521.3.4.1 | Silver king with silver attendants. Is on a silver horse accompanied by silver cock, bird, and dog. Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 96. |
| D1469.9 | Silver leaps into wine pitcher. (Cf. D1171.4.) Chinese: Graham. |
| D2103 | Silver magically produced. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F752.2.1 | Silver not to be taken from mountain of silver on Sabbath. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F841.2.3 | Silver oar. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "avirons". |
| F813.4 | Silver pear. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 256a n. 9. |
| D1364.26 | Silver rods cause magic sleep. (Cf. D1254.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F823.4 | Silver shoes. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 230f. |
| E64.1.1.1 | Silver stick kills; gold one restores to life. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F811.1.2 | Silver tree. Köhler-Bolte I 412; Patch PMLA XXXIII 624 n. 82; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F830.1 | Silver weapon. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F233.2 | Silver-colored fairy. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "argentine". |
| B731.5 | Silver, gold, and diamond birds. Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 162. |
| J1805.1 | Similar sounding words mistaken for each other. Nouvelles Récréations No. 46. |
| P427.0.4 | Simon Magus as druid. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V466 | Simony. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B31.5 | Simorg: giant bird.—Chauvin VII 12; Malone PMLA XLIII 404. |
| J1217.2 | Simple holy man puts philosopher out of countenance when he says to him that wisdom came before learning. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.13.5 | Simple-minded devil indicates how he can be driven away. (Cf. G303.16.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1883.1 | Simpleton addresses a field of reeds. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1959.1 | Simpleton drives goats into a well, because he thinks it would be cooler for them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1819.2 | Simpleton sleeping in cold room breaks window to let the cold out. (Cf. J2123.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| J1791.7.1 | Simpleton thinks his reflection in jar of melted butter is thief; strikes at the jar and breaks it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1919.6 | Simpleton's ignorance of anatomy leads him to share his wife with a priest. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| L141.2 | Simpleton's naive answer to robbers makes them think he knows their secret. They share their loot with him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D2071.1.3 | Simulated change of sex to baffle Evil Eye. Penzer IX 163. |
| T589.7.1 | Simultaneous birth of (domestic) animal and child. Type 303; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T589.7 | Simultaneous births. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z127.1 | Sin personified as the goddess Venus with her train of nymphs. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Z127 | Sin personified. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 616. |
| V462.0.2 | Since salvation is predestined, asceticism deemed useless. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V21.1 | Sincere confession miraculously obliterated as sign of forgiveness. *Crane Vitry 266f. Nos. 301, 302; Alphabet Nos. 205, 209; Scala Celi 44b, 46a, 55a, 56b, 85b, 104a Nos. 251, 258, 308, 316, 493, 561; Ward II 663 No. 12; Herbert III 259, 380, 432, 469. |
| V229.12 | Sinful beauty is converted and spends the end of her life doing penance (Mary Magdalene, Mary of Egypt, and Thais). *Loomis White Magic 109f. |
| Q486.1.1 | Sinful city burnt as punishment. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (Q488), Neuman. |
| J1551.3 | Singer repaid with promise of reward: words for words. *Fischer-Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 211; Nouvelles Récréations No. 3; Hindu: Penzer V 132. |
| B214.1 | Singing animal. |
| D1615.3 | Singing apple. (Cf. D981.) *Köhler-Bolte I 143; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "pomme". |
| B214.1.2 | Singing boar. Irish myth: Cross (B211.5.1). |
| B214.1.3 | Singing cat. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.1 | Singing cow. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.8 | Singing crab. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B214.1.4 | Singing dog. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 363. |
| B214.1.12 | Singing elephant. Africa (Nyang): Ittman 49. |
| B214.1.6 | Singing fox. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.7 | Singing frog. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1615.7 | Singing head. (Cf. D992.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1615.9 | Singing heavens and earth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B214.1.11 | Singing hippopotamus. Africa (Nyang): Ittman 49. |
| B214.1.5 | Singing lion. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1541.1.8 | Singing magic hymn raises storm. (Cf. D1275.3) Korean: Zong in-Sob 66. |
| F755.2 | Singing mountain. N. A. Indian (Creek): Alexander N. Am. 71. |
| B214.1.9 | Singing mouse. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B251.8.1 | Singing of birds ceases at time of revelation. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1310.7 | Singing of wave gives supernatural information. (Cf. D911.1.) —Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1615.6 | Singing rice-pot. (Cf. D1171.1.) Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 348. |
| J1885 | Singing snails rebuked. A boy roasts snails and they make noise in cooking. "Wretches, your house burns and yet you sing!" Wienert FFC LVI 65 (ET 291), 135 (ST 413); Halm Aesop No. 214. |
| B214.1.10 | Singing snake. |
| D1615.5 | Singing snowshoes. (Cf. D1065.3.) Menomini: Skinner JAFL XXVII 98. |
| D1612.6.1 | Singing tree when touched wakes master. (Cf. D950, D1615.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1615.1 | Singing tree. (Cf. D950.) *Type 707; *BP II 380ff.; Fb "træ" III 867a; Chauvin VII 98 No. 375; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 120, *Cross. |
| D1615.4 | Singing water. (Cf. D1242.1.) *Type 707; *BP II 380; Köhler-Bolte I 118; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B264 | Single combat between animals. Wienert FFC LVI 48.—Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 116.—Icel.: *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A162.7 | Single combat between gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17, 206; Marquesas: Handy 109; Icel.: Boberg. |
| H1561.2 | Single combat to prove valor. *Chauvin V 21 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F610.3.4.2 | Single combat with berserk. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F541.5.1 | Single eye protrudes from forehead. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F551.5 | Single-footed people lie on their backs and shade themselves from sun with their soles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F943 | Sinking into mud in duel. Icelandic: Boberg; Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 96; Lithuanian: Leskien-Brugmann 385 No. 10, 557 No. 14; Greek: Hahn Griechische und albanesische Märchen II 273; Egyptian: Maspero Contes populaire de l'Egypte ancienne (Paris, 1882) 191; Africa: Meinhof Afrikanische 78, Frobenius Atlantis X 212. |
| Q552.2 | Sinking of earth as punishment. Irish myth: Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 18f. Nos. 164, 188; India: Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 511. |
| V21.5 | Sinner confesses before sinning and thus is pardoned. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V522 | Sinner reformed after visit to heaven and hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E411.0.4 | Sinner wanders between earth and heaven. Fb "selvmord" III 183b. |
| V525 | Sinner who thinks of God saved; devotee who thinks of worldly things goes to hell. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V21.6 | Sinner's tearmarks on written confession cause bishop to pardon his sins. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Q560.3 | Sinners endure hell tortures for one year. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q569.3 | Sinners in hell fall into mouth of devil. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q569.1 | Sinners in hell forced to sit in dark puddles up to their middles. (Cf. A689.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q569.4 | Sinners in hell painfully suspended. Jewish: Neuman. |
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