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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| E714.7 | Soul (life) in left hand. Penzer I 127, VIII 109 n. 3. |
| E714.1 | Soul (life) in the blood. *Fb "blod" IV 46b, "sjæl" III 213b; Paris Zs. f. Vksk. XIII 12 n. 1; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 4; Jewish: Neuman. |
| E714.6 | Soul (life) in the breath. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 7; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Hultkrantz 179—208. |
| E714.4 | Soul (life) in the heart. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 4; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E714.5 | Soul (life) in the liver. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 4. |
| E714.7.1 | Soul (life) in thumb. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q560.2.3 | Soul (of Judas) tormented on rock in sea on certain days as respite from pains of hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E714 | Soul (or life) kept in special part of body. *Krappe in Penzer Ocean of Story VIII 107; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 117 n. 3; N. A. Indian: *Hultkrantz 166-178. |
| E722.1.2 | Soul as black or white entity. Black if condemned. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E722.1.1 | Soul as black or white spirit over coffin. Black if condemned. Can be seen by peeping between horse's ears. Fb "sjæl" III 214b. |
| E745.5.2 | Soul as bulb. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E744.2 | Soul as cloud. Tobler 87f. |
| E745.1 | Soul as feather. Tobler 51; Fb "sjæl" III 214b (shower of feathers). |
| E745.4 | Soul as flower. BP II 394; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E745.5 | Soul as fruit. |
| E745.6 | Soul as ghi (clarified butter). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E742 | Soul as light. *Type 332; Fb "sjæl" III 214b, "lys" II 482a; BP I 377ff., *388; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, Cross, Beal XXI 315, O'Suilleabhain 41; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "vie"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 24; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 82 No. 708A*; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 48; N. A. Indian: *Hultkrantz 260ff.; Africa (Fang): Trilles 133. |
| E745.4.1 | Soul as lotus flower. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E747 | Soul as mannikin (child). Frazer Golden Bough III 26ff.; Tobler 67; Meyer Germanische 66; N. A. Indian: Hultkrantz 262—266. |
| E744.1 | Soul as mist (fog). Fb "sjæl" III 214b. |
| E745.2 | Soul as needle. Tobler 51. |
| E745 | Soul as object. (Cf. E765.) N. A. Indian: Hultkrantz 268; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 11, (Greenland): Rasmussen 1 136. |
| E743.2 | Soul as reflection or image. N. A. Indian: Hultkrantz 309—316. |
| E743 | Soul as shadow. Tobler 89; Meyer Germanische 66; Fb "skygge" (1) III 347b, "sjæl" III 214b; Wundt Völkerpsychologie IV 125ff.; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 137; *Frazer Golden Bough III 77ff.; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 6, 12; Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian: Hultkrantz 257ff, 302ff. |
| E747.1 | Soul as small replica of body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E743.1 | Soul as smoke. Tobler 87; Fb "sjæl" III 214b. |
| E745.3 | Soul as straw. Tobler 51. |
| E742.1 | Soul as taper (candle). Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 313 No. 82. |
| E727.2 | Soul as vital principle. N. A. Indian: *Hultkrantz 149—179. |
| E744 | Soul as weather phenomenon. |
| E744.3 | Soul as whirlwind. Tobler 89. |
| E742.2 | Soul as will-o-the-wisp. Appears as a ball or fire or a figure in a fiery garment.—Tobler 82—86 passim; Meyer Germanische 63; Fb "ild" II 11b; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 313 No. 84; Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts; Slavic: Máchal 229ff.; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 677. |
| E722.2.1 | Soul borne away on cloud. (Cf. E754.6.) Chinese: Werner 267. |
| E722.2.2 | Soul borne away on wind. Chinese: Werner 314. |
| E752.6 | Soul bound for hell given sight of heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E750.0.1 | Soul cannot enter heaven till body is buried. (Cf. E235.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E722.3.1 | Soul cannot go far from grave. Fb "sjæl" III 214b. |
| E752.2 | Soul carried off by demon (Devil). Frazer Golden Bough III 60; *Fb "djævel" IV 99b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 464. |
| E727.1.1 | Soul curses body. (Cf. M400.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E726 | Soul enters body and animates it. *Chauvin V 287 No. 171; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 266; N. A. Indian: *Hultkrantz 149—179. |
| E714.13 | Soul fastened to spine. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E705 | Soul forgets everything at birth. Jewish: Neuman. Cf. Wordsworth "Ode on Intimations of Immortality". |
| E713 | Soul hidden in a series of coverings. This motif is combined with several others. Usually the soul will be hidden in an egg, in a duck, in a well, in a church, or a similar series. *BP III 439; MacCulloch Childhood 134; Penzer I 131; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E713.1 | Soul hidden in apple (ball) in a salmon which appears every seven years in certain fountain. (Cf. D1651.10.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E712.4 | Soul hidden in box. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E712.6 | Soul hidden in fish basket. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E712.5 | Soul hidden in pillar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E712.2 | Soul hidden in safe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E712.1 | Soul hidden in tree. *BP III 440; India: *Thompson-Balys, *Penzer V 127 n. 1. |
| E712.3 | Soul hidden in urn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E712.7 | Soul hidden in water bottle. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/174). |
| E722.2.8.2 | Soul hovers over body, reluctant to part. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E730 | Soul in animal form. (Cf. E721.1.2.4, E722.1.4, E734.2.) Bugiel RTP XVII 602; Tobler 19; England: Baughman; Icelandic: *MacCulloch Eddic 233; Montenegrin: Máchal 228; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 473; N. A. Indian: Hultkrantz 266f., 496. |
| E711.13 | Soul in arrow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.14 | Soul in axe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.2.6 | Soul in bamboo. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.15 | Soul in bird cage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.2.1 | Soul in calabash (gourd). Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 55 No. 24; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 572 No. 116. |
| E711.2.3 | Soul in chilly plant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.2.5 | Soul in coconut. India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 148. |
| E715.1.4 | Soul in crane. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.12 | Soul in dice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.1 | Soul in egg. *Type 302; *BP III 439; Krappe in Penzer Ocean of Story VIII 107; *Fb "hjærte" I 631a, "liv" II 438b, "æg" III 1141b.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oeuf"; Missouri French: Carrière; Scotch: Campbell Tales I 1ff.; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 355, 217 No. 73; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.2.2 | Soul in flower. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E738 | Soul in form of a mythical animal. |
| E736 | Soul in form of amphibian. |
| E731.7 | Soul in form of bat. Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1591; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 7. |
| E731.8 | Soul in form of bear. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E734.2 | Soul in form of bee. Type 808**; Hdwb. d. Abergl. IV 468; Tobler 37; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 473; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| E734.6 | Soul in form of beetle. Hdwb. d. Abergl. IV 906. |
| E732 | Soul in form of bird. (Cf. G251.1.1.) **Weicker Der Seelenvogel in der alten Literatur und Kunst; *Dh III 482; *Fb "fugl" I 380b, "sjæl" III 214a; *Patch PMLA XXXIII 626 n. 88; De Gubernatis Die Thiere in der indogermanischen Mythologie (Leipzig, 1874) 469ff.; Meyer Germanische 64; *Krappe Balor 95ff., Romanic Review XV 94ff.; *Penzer VI 283; *BP II 394 (Type 707); Tobler 30f.; Wimberly 44; Kruyt 175f.; J. E. Harrison Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion 199ff.; Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 322, O'Suilleabhain 99; Icelandic: *Boberg; Slavic: Máchal 229f.; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 7f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 398, 473; Egyptian: Müller 174; Jewish: *Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda; Marquesas: Handy 36; N. A. Indian: Hultkrantz 266f., 363; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 60 No. 9. |
| E731.13 | Soul in form of bull. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E734.1 | Soul in form of butterfly. Tobler 37; Meyer Germanische 63; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1627f.; Güntert Kalypso 215ff.; Frazer Golden Bough I 259.—Irish: Beal XXI 307, O'Suilleabhain 24; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "âme", "papillon"; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 7f.; Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 473; Japanese: Anesaki 337; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 266; Hawaii: Dixon 76, Beckwith Myth 148. |
| E731.2 | Soul in form of cat. Tobler 42, 47, 56. |
| E734.5 | Soul in form of cricket. Meyer Germanische 63. |
| E732.2 | Soul in form of crow. (Cf. B141.4.) Tobler 31; Fb "krage" II 285b. |
| E731.14 | Soul in form of deer. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E731.1 | Soul in form of dog. Tobler 49, 54, 68; Icelandic: Boberg; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 213. |
| E732.1 | Soul in form of dove. (Cf. E423.3.1.) Type 756B; Andrejev FFC LXIX 154; Tobler 28f.; *Crane Miraculis 93 No. 27; Alphabet Nos. 204, 269; Meyer Germanische 63; *Loomis White Magic 66; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 317, 320, 332, O'Suilleabhain 45, 99, 53; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 320 No. 35, 323 No. 133; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E738.1 | Soul in form of dragon. (Cf. B11.) Tobler 81; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E732.6 | Soul in form of eagle. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E735 | Soul in form of fish. Dh. III 482. |
| E734.7 | Soul in form of fly. Japanese: Ikeda; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 201. |
| E731.10 | Soul in form of fox. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E736.1 | Soul in form of frog. Tobler 26, 75. |
| E734.8 | Soul in form of grasshopper. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E731.5 | Soul in form of hare. Tobler 20. |
| E732.9 | Soul in form of hawk, or falcon seen in dream. (Cf. E720.1.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E741 | Soul in form of heavenly body. |
| E732.3 | Soul in form of hen. Tobler 36; Fb "sjæl" III 214a. |
| E731.12 | Soul in form of hog. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E734 | Soul in form of insect. *Krappe Balor 95 n. 8. |
| E731.11 | Soul in form of lion. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E732.4 | Soul in form of magpie. Tobler 34. |
| E731 | Soul in form of mammal. |
| E731.3 | Soul in form of mouse. Tobler 13ff.; *Fb "heks" I 581a, "høle" I 747a, "mus" II 631b; Sébillot RTP XX 189, 489; J. Grimm Kleinere Schriften VI 192ff.; Germanic: De la Saussaye 296, E. H. Meyer Germanische 64; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 7f.; Indonesia: Kruyt 176f. |
| E732.8 | Soul in form of raven. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 127—31, (1928) 91—95; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E733 | Soul in form of reptile. |
| E732.5 | Soul in form of seagull. Tobler 34; Fb "mеge" II 655b. |
| E731.6 | Soul in form of seal. *Fb "sælhund"; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 56, 172. |
| E733.1 | Soul in form of serpent. Tobler 22ff., 74; Fb "lindorm" II 433b; Meyer Germanische (1891) 63f.; Lévy-Bruhl L'âme primitive 369ff.; Kruyt 177ff.; Schreuer Zs. f. vgl. Rechtsgeschichte XXXIII (1916) 406f.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 217, Boberg; Japanese: Ikeda; Oceanic: Dixon 119; Africa: Werner African 193. |
| E734.3 | Soul in form of spider.1 Tobler 38. |
| E741.1 | Soul in form of star. (Cf. V515.1.2.) |
| E732.7 | Soul in form of swan. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E736.2 | Soul in form of toad. Tobler 25, 29; Meyer Germanische (1891) 64. |
| E734.4 | Soul in form of wasp. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 473. |
| E731.4 | Soul in form of weasel. Tobler 19; Herbert Catalogue of Romances III 209; Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 172; *E. H. Meyer Germanische 64. |
| E731.9 | Soul in form of wolf. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E711.8 | Soul in golden apple. (Cf. F813.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E711.9 | Soul in golden ball. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E714.12 | Soul in hair. Greek: *Grote I 203. |
| E714.3 | Soul in head. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 83. |
| E752.1 | Soul in jeopardy after leaving body. Fb "sjæl" III 214b. |
| E711.3 | Soul in jewel. BP III 439.—India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.4 | Soul in necklace. BP III 439.—India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.2 | Soul in plant. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.2.4 | Soul in pomegranate. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E755.3.1 | Soul in purgatory sends letter bidding his son reward one who has prayed him from purgatory. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *769. |
| E715.1.6 | Soul in raven. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 56. |
| E711.5 | Soul in sack. Fb "pose" II 864. |
| E711.11 | Soul in snow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E715.1.5 | Soul in starling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.7 | Soul in stone. (Cf. E761.5.5.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E711.10 | Soul in sword. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E711.1.1 | Soul in three separate eggs. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E721 | Soul journeys from the body. *Frazer Golden Bough III 36ff.; Penzer I 37 n. 1.—*Celtic: H. Hartmann Ueber Krankheit, Tod und Jenseitsvorstellungen in Irland (Erster Teil: Krankheit und Fairyentrückung) (Halle, 1942); Irish myth: *Cross; Norwegian: Solheim Register 16; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 289—295, 305—311; Slavic: Máchal 227; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 267; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 171, 178, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 326; N. A. Indian: Hultkrantz 241—291. |
| E711 | Soul kept in object. (Cf. E765.) *Penzer I 129ff, VIII 107; Indonesian: Dixon 237 n. 50; India: Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E722.1.3 | Soul leaves body as small point of light. England: Baughman. |
| E722 | Soul leaves body at death. India: Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: Cross. |
| E722.2.12 | Soul leaves body because of God's kiss on mouth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E722.2.11 | Soul leaves body through eye. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 144. |
| E721.8 | Soul leaves body to converse with dead. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E721.7 | Soul leaves body to visit hell (heaven). (Cf. V511.1, V511.2.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E725.1 | Soul leaves man's body and enters animal's. *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 208; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E725 | Soul leaves one body and enters another. *L. Bloomfield Proc. Am. Philosophical Soc. LVI 1; Penzer I 38; Hartland Science 227; Slavic: Máchal 228; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Hultkrantz 438—440. |
| E720 | Soul leaves or enters the body. |
| E750.4 | Soul leaves possessions on road to final resting place. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E722.1.4 | Soul leaves the body in form of bird. (Cf. E732.) England: Baughman; Korean: Zong in-Sob 30. |
| E722.2.8.1 | Soul lingers in body at death. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts, Balys Index No. 3503. |
| E701.5 | Soul of corn. Cheremis: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 241. |
| E755.4.2 | Soul of dead in a temple. Chinese: Werner 314. |
| E721.9 | Soul of embryo wanders. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E701.4 | Soul of fire. Cheremis: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 236. |
| E756.4.1 | Soul of gambler won by saint in dice game. Dice miraculously split to make higher score for saint.—Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| E754.4 | Soul of hermit who fasts to death for worldly fame would be damned but for past good deeds. Nouvelles de Sens No. 20. |
| E701 | Soul of object. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 13; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 464. |
| E721.1.2.3 | Soul of sleeper prevented from returning by burning the body. India: Thompson-Balys, *Penzer I 39 n. 2. |
| E721.1.2.2 | Soul of sleeper prevented from returning by moving the sleeper's body. (Cf E431.7.2.1.) Frazer Golden Bough III 41; Irish myth: Cross. |
| E721.1.2.4 | Soul of sleeper prevented from returning to his body when soul as bee leaves body and enters hole in wall beside which he is sleeping. (Cf. E734.2.) England: Baughman. |
| E721.1.2 | Soul of sleeper prevented from returning to his body. Frazer Golden Bough III 38; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 320. |
| E721.1.2.1 | Soul of sleeper prevented from returning when it is captured in animal form. Frazer Golden Bough III 38. |
| E701.1 | Soul of the earth. Cheremis: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 240. |
| E701.3 | Soul of tree. Feilberg Am Urquell V 88ff., 119ff. |
| E726.2 | Soul of unborn son comes out of mother's mouth (in form of stone), is kept by her, and later is given to son. (Cf. E711.7.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E701.2 | Soul of water. Cheremis: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 214. |
| G229.1 | Soul of witch leaves the body. England, U.S.: Baughman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 315 No. 124. |
| E726.1 | Soul received at birth. Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 472. |
| E722.2.8 | Soul reluctant to leave body. |
| E722.3.1.1 | Soul remains about dead body. Chinese: Graham. |
| E726.3 | Soul reunited with body. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 89. |
| E759.1 | Soul strives to be heard by the living. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E708 | Soul sustained on pleasant odors. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E722.2.10 | Soul taken away by God (angel). Jewish: Neuman. |
| E721.10 | Soul takes voyage. Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 157. |
| E722.3.3 | Soul visits places of birth, death, baptism, and burial after leaving body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E419.1 | Soul wanders and demands that a temple be built for him. Chinese: Werner 314. |
| E721.1 | Soul wanders from body in sleep. Dreams explained as experiences of the soul on these wanderings. *Frazer Golden Bough III 36ff.; Fb "sjæl" III 213a; Tobler 22, 37, 67; Herbert III 209; Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 172.—English: Guy of Warwick (EETS extra ser. XXV) lines 9358ff.; Icelandic: Boberg; Irish: Plummer clxxii, *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3520; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 93; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 473f.; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 144, 173f.; Cook Islands: Clark 81; Marquesas: Handy 81; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 56, 363; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 62; Africa (Fang): Trilles 133. |
| E722.3.2 | Soul wanders till corpse decays. Fb "lig" II 413a; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 3f.; Jewish: *Neuman; Marshall Islands: Davenport 222; Chinese: Graham. |
| E722.2.7 | Soul weeps when departing from body. (Cf. E551.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3504. |
| E756.2 | Soul won from devil in card game. Fb "spille" III 487b; Irish: Beal XXI 329, O'Suilleabhain 90; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 52 No. 345. |
| A661.0.5.1 | Soul-bridge: easy for righteous to cross, more difficult for others. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E745.5.1 | Souls as golden apples. Later turn into birds and fly away. Hdwb. d. Märch. I 91b s.v. "Apfel". |
| E751 | Souls at Judgment Day. Irish: *Cross; O'Suilleabhain 62, 78, Beal XXI 324, 327; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E751.2 | Souls await Judgment Day in shapes of birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E754.2.2 | Souls carried to heaven by angels. (Cf V232.2.) Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Engel"; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E754.2.1 | Souls carried to heaven by doves. Tobler 31; *Fb "himmerige" I 610b. |
| E754.5 | Souls carried to heaven in chariot of light. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E754.6 | Souls climb pillars of smoke and light on way to heaven. (Cf. E722.2.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E755.2.2 | Souls in chains in hell. (Cf. A671.2.4.7, Q566.1.) Chinese: Werner |
| E755.1 | Souls in heaven. (Cf. A661.) K. Kohler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York, 1923); Irish myth: Cross. |
| E755.2 | Souls in hell (Hades). A. Graf Miti, leggende et superstizioni del medio evo I 241ff.; K. Kohler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York, 1923); Fb "helvede" I 589; Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 122, 281, 406; Alphabet No. 43; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 320, O'Suilleabhain 53; *Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q562.2 | Souls in hell alternately drowned and burned. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q560.2.1 | Souls in hell not punished on Sabbath. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| E755.2.1.1 | Souls in hell wrenched from bodies with hot pitchforks by devils. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| E755.3 | Souls in purgatory. **Landau Hölle und Fegefeuer in Volksglaube, Dichtung und Kirchenlehre (Heidelberg, 1909); Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 464, 467, 469, Crane Liber de Miraculis 86 No. 10; Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Fegefeuer"; Ward Catalogue of Romances II 440ff.; Herbert ibid. III 330; Alphabet Nos. 504, 661.—Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 330—333, O'Suilleabhain 95, 100, 102f. |
| E755.2.0.1 | Souls leave hell on Sundays. (Cf. Q560.0.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E730.1 | Souls of animals. Slavic: Máchal 227; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E742.3 | Souls of dead as Aurora Borealis. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 81; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 284ff. |
| E752.1.3 | Souls of dead captured on leaving corpse. Africa (Fang): Einstein 70ff., Trilles Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise de Géographie XVI 190ff. |
| E752.8 | Souls of dead eaten by sky-spirits. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E755.4.1 | Souls of dead imprisoned in tree. Icelandic: De la Saussaye 298; Irish: Beal XXI 332. |
| E755.0.3 | Souls of dead presented to Adam. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E755.2.1 | Souls of drowned in heated kettles in hell. *Type 475; BP II 423, III 487; Köhler-Bolte I 69; Fb "potte" II 867a. |
| E720.1 | Souls of human beings seen in dream. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E751.3 | Souls of Irish to be judged by St. Patrick on Judgment Day. (Cf. Q173.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E754.7 | Souls of pious as angels. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A45 | Souls of pious as Creator's advisers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E751.5 | Souls of sinners to spend seven years under waters of the sea before Doomsday. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E754.2.0.1 | Souls of warriors go to Valhalla. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 239. |
| E752.9 | Souls of wicked eaten by deity. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 312. |
| E755.1.3 | Souls on way to heaven pass through Garden of Eden. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F81.6 | Souls redeemed from hell in shape of sheep. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *730. |
| Q562.3 | Souls tormented in hell alternately borne up to firmament and cast down to depths. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E750.1 | Souls wander after death. *v. Negelein Zs. f. Vksk. XI 16ff., 149ff., 263ff.; Jewish: *Neuman; Japanese: Anesaki 237ff. |
| E751.1 | Souls weighed at Judgment Day. (Cf. Q155.1.) Fb "veje" III 1025b; Irish myth: Cross. |
| E402.3 | Sound made by ghostly object. (Cf. E530.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| K2368.1 | Sound of artillery is simulated to overawe enemy. |
| F102.2 | Sound of drum followed into ghost town. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 34. |
| E402.4 | Sound of ethereal music. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1332.1.2 | Sound of magic wheel causes deafness. (Cf. D1207.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1782.2.1 | Sound of water dripping on dinner pail thought to be ghost using pick in mine. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E501.17.5.8 | Sound of wild hunt avoided by sticking fingers in ears. Fb "øre" III 1181a. |
| D1601.18.1.2 | Sounding bell silenced by a gesture by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 53. |
| D1827.1.2 | Sounds heard before death; the sounds are later repeated in connection with the death or funeral. England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1827.1.4 | Sounds heard from distance at time of death. England, Wales, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E402.2 | Sounds made by invisible ghosts of animals. (Cf. E520.) |
| E337.1.2 | Sounds of accident re-enact tragedy. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| K2368.2.1 | Sounds of battle in playhouse scare away attacking soldiers. England: Baughman. |
| E337.1.4 | Sounds of driving cattle: horse's hoofs, whip-popping, calling to cattle, rattle of spurs: ghost of slain cowboy. U.S.: Baughman. |
| A2426.3 | Sounds of insects. |
| K2368.2 | Sounds of mock battle scare away attacking force. |
| E337.1 | Sounds of re-enacted actions. (Cf. E402.) |
| E337.1.3 | Sounds of revelry heard. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D1508.4 | Soup made of black dog's head cures madness. (Cf. D1032.3.) Chile: Jijena Sanchez 137. |
| F979.1 | Sour fruits made sweet by saint. *Loomis White Magic 80; Irish: Plummer cliv, *Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G224 | Source of witch's magic. Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 151—159. |
| A1127.1.2 | South wind causes heat and hurricanes. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Z116 | Sovereignty personified. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K1121.2 | Sow kicks wolf into stream when he comes close to baptize her pigs. Thus she saves them from him. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F971.7 | Sowing and reaping same day. Fb "sе." |
| J1932.2 | Sowing cheese to bring forth a cow. *Type 1200; *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 209 No. 423; *Fb "sе". |
| K1428 | Sowing grain: does so in unplowed field. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1932.5 | Sowing needles (like seed). Köhler-Bolte I 135. |
| J1932.3 | Sowing salt to produce salt. *Type 1200; Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 209 No. 423; Christensen DF XLVII 206, 231 no. 57; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E481.0.1 | Spain as land of the dead. (Cf. F130.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F130.2 | Spain as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F683 | Sparks come from man's feet. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F683.1 | Sparks come from man's hands. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| W128.6 | Sparrow dissatisfied with pond water wants to go to sea. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2143.1 | Sparrow intervenes in quarrel between elephants: crushed to death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2271.2 | Sparrow taught to sing by lark but not sufficiently: where sparrow got voice. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 266. |
| Z39.4.2 | Sparrow, where are you going? —To eat seed. —The owner will scold you. — I'll sit on a pine tree, etc. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| A2431.3.7 | Sparrow's nest. |
| K2351.1 | Sparrows of Cirencester. Fire is attached to birds who fly in and set fire to a besieged city. **Krappe MPh XXIII 7ff.; **DeVries Arkiv för Nordisk Filologi XLVII 66ff.; Stender-Petersen Edda Nordisk Tidsskrift f. Litteraturforskning 1929, 145—64; Herrmann Saxo II 93; *Liebrecht 109f.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| B211.7 | Speaking amphibia. |
| E631.0.4 | Speaking and bleeding trees. Reincarnated persons. *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 456 n. 106; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 200 s.v. "Baum"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 299 No. 8; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Ferguson 177. |
| D1310.8 | Speaking and walking divan brings supernatural information. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B210 | Speaking animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B211.4.1 | Speaking ant. French-Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule (B211.23). |
| D1610.24 | Speaking armor. (Cf. D1101.) |
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