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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
E
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
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| F615.2 | Strong hero sent for wild animals. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F612.1 | Strong hero sent from home because of enormous appetite. *Type 650; BP II 293; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92; *Fb "spise" III 495b, "æde" III 1140a; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "appétit"; Indonesian: De Vries Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXX (1926) 97ff.; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 24. |
| F612 | Strong hero sent from home. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F611.1.13 | Strong hero son of man and troll-woman. Relations take place in dream. Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.1.14 | Strong hero son of woman of sea. Type 650. |
| F611.1.15 | Strong hero son of wood-spirit. Type 650. |
| F611.1.12 | Strong hero struck by smith from iron. Type 650; Christiansen 92. |
| F611.2.1 | Strong hero suckled by animal. Type 301; BP II 293, 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.2.5 | Strong hero suckled by giant. German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F611.2.2 | Strong hero suckled by mermaid. Gives him strength of twelve men. *Fb "havfrue" I 569. |
| F611.2.4 | Strong hero suckled by seven women. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F618.1 | Strong hero tames ungovernable horse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F611.3.3.2 | Strong hero tests scythes: they break all. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F611.3.3 | Strong hero tests weapons. Breaks first swords. *Von Sydow Fâvne 22ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo III 305, *Boberg. |
| F628.5 | Strong hero wields many weapons at once. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F611.2.3 | Strong hero's long nursing. *Type 650; *BP II 293; Panzer Beowulf 20f. |
| F611.2 | Strong hero's suckling. |
| F610.9 | Strong man accomplishes superhuman tasks when God's spirit is over him. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F611.1.6.1 | Strong man accused of being son of man and mare. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.5 | Strong man as fisherman: destroys fish and nets. Finnish: Kalevala rune 35; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.3 | Strong man as gardener: destroys plants. *Type 650; Finnish: Kalevala rune 31 (woods); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 77 No. 650. |
| D1711.8 | Strong man as magician. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F628 | Strong man as mighty slayer. (Cf. F615.2.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F614.4 | Strong man as rower; breaks boat. Finnish: Kalevala rune 35. |
| F614.4.1 | Strong man as rower: rows one side of boat against many at other. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F634.1 | Strong man bathing and diving in river catches thousands of fishes in his beard. (Cf. X1112.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F614.2.3 | Strong man buries axe in tree stump and removes it with his little finger. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F624.10 | Strong man carries bellows. Chinese: Graham. |
| F624.7 | Strong man carries boat (ship). Tonga: Gifford 127; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/403). |
| F631 | Strong man carries giant load. (Cf. F531.3.10, F624.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F631.5 | Strong man carries heavy oxhide on the hand. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F631.6 | Strong man carries huge beam. |
| F631.2 | Strong man carries off city gates. Jewish: Judges 16: 3, *Neuman. |
| F631.2.1 | Strong man carries off door-frame and frame of smoke-hole. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F631.4 | Strong man carries ox on the back. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F636.4.2 | Strong man catches stones hurled from catapults by enemy and throws them back upon the besiegers. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F614.9 | Strong man clears plain. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.2.10 | Strong man cleaves horse and rider in two with sword. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F639.9 | Strong man crushes ribs of person he embraces. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F631.1 | Strong man drags mill. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "moulin". |
| F614.1 | Strong man drives anvil into ground. *Type 650; BP II 293; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F615 | Strong man evades death. Vain attempts to kill him. *Type 590, 650.—Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 143, *Cross; Hindu: Keith 173 (Krishna); Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 24; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 391. |
| F614.8 | Strong man fells tree with one blow of axe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F626.1 | Strong man flattens hill (lops off hilltop). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F639.11 | Strong man grinds huge rocks into powder. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F637 | Strong man holds back ship. Alphabet No. 493.—Jewish: Neuman. |
| F623 | Strong man holds up mountain. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "montagne", "appuiemontagne"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F610.7 | Strong man is so heavy that no horse can carry him all day. (Cf. F681.8.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.11 | Strong man jumps across rivers. (Cf. F611.3.2.4.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F626.2 | Strong man kicks mountain down. Marquesas: Handy 105. |
| F639.5 | Strong man kicks through heavy door. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F628.1 | Strong man kills animals with own hands. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F628.1.1.4 | Strong man kills bear. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F628.1.5 | Strong man kills giant dog. Tonga: Gifford 137. |
| F628.2.3 | Strong man kills giant. Type 650* (Cf. F639.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 38; S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| F628.1.3 | Strong man kills great serpent. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 116. |
| F628.1.1.3 | Strong man kills jaguar. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 687. |
| F628.1.1.2 | Strong man kills leopard. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 125f. |
| F628.1.1 | Strong man kills lion with own hands. English: Child V 487 s.v. "lion", Wells 151 (Richard Coer de Lyon); Hebrew: Judges 14: 6 (Samson); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F628.2.1 | Strong man kills many men at once. *Boje 103; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Judges 14: 19 (Samson), *Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 417, Rarotonga: ibid. 253; Africa (Upoto): Einstein 126. |
| F628.2.6 | Strong man kills many with hammer. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F628.2.5 | Strong man kills men with own hands. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F628.2 | Strong man kills men. Dickson 180; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F628.2.8 | Strong man kills robber with a snap of his finger. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F628.1.1.1 | Strong man kills tiger single-handed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F628.1.1.5 | Strong man kills wolves in sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F624.1 | Strong man lifts horse (ox, ass). Fb "stærk"; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 250; Gaster Exempla 203 No. 92; Greek: Fox 100 (Theseus); Jewish: Neuman. |
| F624.2.2 | Strong man lifts large stone with one hand. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F624.2 | Strong man lifts large stone. Irish myth: Cross (F624.7); Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F624.2.1 | Strong man lifts millstone. Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arracheur." |
| F624.4 | Strong man lifts plow. Fb "stærk"; German: Grimm No. 90. |
| F624.5 | Strong man lifts ton of rye. Fb "stærk." |
| F613 | Strong man makes labor contract. *Type 650; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F624.2.0.2 | Strong man moves enormous rock. Marquesas: Handy 105. |
| F639.4 | Strong man overcomes giant. (Cf. F628.2.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.4.1 | Strong man plunges sword into stone. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F627 | Strong man pulls down building. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Judges 16: 30 (Samson), *Neuman. |
| F626 | Strong man pulls down mountains. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21. |
| F615.2.4 | Strong man sent for bears: bring them back home. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F615.2.3 | Strong man sent for wild horses: brings them back. *Type 650. |
| F615.2.5 | Strong man sent for wolves: brings them back home. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| F615.1 | Strong man sent to devil's mill: drives devils to master's house. *Type 650. |
| F615.2.2 | Strong man sent to kill lions: does so and frightens king. Greek: Fox 80 (Herakles). |
| F615.2.1 | Strong man sent to milk lions: brings lions back with him. *Type 590. |
| F613.4 | Strong man serves ogre as punishment for stealing food. *Type 650. |
| F638.4 | Strong man shoots arrow as far as otherworld. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1004. |
| F628.1.0.1 | Strong man slays monster. Tears heart out. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F628.3 | Strong man slays spectre. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F610.8 | Strong man so heavy that only his own horse can carry him. Icelandic: Þiðriks saga II 380, Boberg. |
| F611.1.1 | Strong man son of bear who has stolen his mother. *Types 301, 650; *Panzer Beowulf 16ff.; *Dickson 117 n. 48; *BP II 293, 300; Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Bärensohn"; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 334ff. |
| F611.1.6 | Strong man son of man and mare. Type 301; BP II 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.5 | Strong man son of man and she-bear. Type 301; BP II 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.7 | Strong man son of person and giant. Fb. "styrke". |
| F611.1.2 | Strong man son of woman and dwarf. Type 301; BP II 300; Dickson 117 n. 48. |
| F611.1.2.1 | Strong man son of woman and forest spirit. Africa (Fang): Einstein 70ff., Trilles 190ff. No. 11. |
| F631.3 | Strong man swims carrying fifty (many) companions. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F618 | Strong man tames animals. |
| F639.6 | Strong man tears boat apart with hands. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F628.2.2 | Strong man throws another from walls. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 238 n. 3. |
| F624.3.1 | Strong man throws carriage with horses and driver on top of haystack and breaks the driver's ribs. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F624.1.1 | Strong man throws elephant across sea. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F624.2.0.1 | Strong man throws enormous stone. Greek: Odyssey XIII 184, IX 482, X 120, Iliad XII 381. |
| F624.1.3 | Strong man throws leopard. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F614.6.1 | Strong man throws man back and breaks his bones (legs). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F624.2.0.1.1 | Strong man throws mountain. (Cf. F623, F626.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F624.8 | Strong man throws opponent into the air. Icelandic: *Boberg; Tonga: Gifford 122. |
| F614.6 | Strong man throws trees on roof and breaks it. *Type 650; Chinese: Graham. |
| F624.1.2 | Strong man throws walrus. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 178. |
| F614.2 | Strong man uproots tree and uses it as weapon. *Type 650; Dickson 179 n. 47; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F628.2.7 | Strong man uses man as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.2.1 | Strong man uses pillar-stone as weapon. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F614.2.2 | Strong man uses rafter as weapon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F614.7 | Strong man uses stable-roof as flail. Type 1031; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21. |
| F612.3.2 | Strong man with giant hammer and shield. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F625 | Strong man: breaker of iron. (Cf. X946.) *Fb "stærk" (bends horseshoe); Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 524, Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "Brise-Fer"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F621 | Strong man: tree-puller. Can uproot and carry off trees. (Cf. F611.3.1, F614.2.) *Type 513; BP II 79ff.; *Fb "træ" III 867b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "arbres"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 21; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 13; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Dixon 90, Beckwith Myth 421; Samoa: Ibid. 254; Tonga: Gifford 127; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1323). |
| F639.10 | Strong man's anger: bites brass rods in anger and spits them out as powder. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F611 | Strong man's birth and rearing. |
| F611.1 | Strong man's birth. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 703*. |
| F639.1.2 | Strong man's finger digs into ground with such force that water gushes out. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F613.2 | Strong man's labor contract: all grain he can carry. *Type 650; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 505—511, 520f., 523f. |
| F613.3 | Strong man's labor contract: anger bargain. First to become angry shall receive blow. *Type 650, 1000; BP II 293. |
| F613.1 | Strong man's labor contract: blow at end of year. Blow sends his master to sky. *Type 650; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *762. |
| F614 | Strong man's labors. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F628.4 | Strong man's mighty spear-cast (sword blow). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F639.3 | Strong man's shield-cast annihilates fleeing enemy and chariot. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F636.4.3 | Strong man's stone-throw carries away roof-timber. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F631.6.1 | Strong men knock on door with beam of twenty elbow-lengths. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| B747.1 | Strong teeth of lion. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Z42 | Stronger and Strongest. The frost-bitten foot. Mouse perforates wall, wall resists wind, wind dissolves cloud, cloud covers sun, sun thaws frost, frost breaks foot. *Taylor JAFL XLVI 84 No. 2031, Hdwb. d. Märchens II 182ff.; **DeCock Volkssage 22—36; BP I 148 n. 2; Haavio FFC LXXXVIII 20; Köhler-Bolte II 47; Stiefel Zs. f. Vksk. V 448—50; Benfey Panchatantra I 373—78, II 264; Chauvin II 97f.; DeVries Volksverhalen I 1—3 No. 1, 356; Voorhoeve 166 No. 176; Clouston Tales I 309.—India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 384, (Zanzibar): Bateman 67 No. 5. |
| F163.6 | Stronghold in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| W167 | Stubbornness. Grimm No. 3 (Type 710); U.S.: Baughman. |
| P342.1 | Student challenges his fencing master. Is overcome by the latter's tricks. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| P342 | Student enters competition with his master. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1594 | Student extends his course so as to enjoy the professor's wife. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.22.3 | Student is helped by devil when he can answer three questions in rhyme. (Cf. H543.) Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 92. |
| E181.2 | Student revives whole family following instructions given by demon. Chinese: Graham. |
| V97 | Study of Tora as religious service. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| N534.1 | Stumble reveals depository of treasure. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N342.2 | Stumbling over bloody corpse brings accusation of murder. Man gets blood on himself. *Chauvin V 136 No. 64. |
| D1812.5.1.31 | Stumping toe a bad omen. Samoa: Clark 116. |
| J1324 | Stung by the goblet. Doctor tells drunkard, "The goblet has stung you." "If I had known that I would have drunk out of a glass." *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 234. |
| J1705.2 | Stupid (ignorant) Brahmin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1706 | Stupid animals. |
| J2096 | Stupid boy convinced that trading all his silver for worthless cup will gain people's respect. Chinese: Graham. |
| J1705 | Stupid classes. |
| J2119.7 | Stupid cowherds apply hot iron to temples of unconscious man to revive him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J423 | Stupid fear company of clever. |
| J2119.5 | Stupid giant, seeing how fat he has become, wants to eat himself up. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| L121 | Stupid hero. (Cf. Z253.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 131; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1758.6 | Stupid husband mistakes tiger-cubs for jungle cats despite wife's judgment. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1702 | Stupid husband. *Type 1361, 1405-1423; Jewish: Neuman. |
| N691.1.2 | Stupid man grabs tiger in the dark, ties it up, and saddles it, believing it to be a horse. It happens to be the tiger for whose capture a reward has been offered. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X431.1 | Stupid man tries to take honey from jug at night while visiting. Series of accidents. Chinese: Graham. |
| G528 | Stupid ogre duped into cutting off his own buttocks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G501 | Stupid ogre. *Types 311, 312, 327, 328, 330, 1000—1199; **Wünsche Teufel; Gaster Thespis 328; **Hackman Die Polyphemsage; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 277, Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "diable"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 3; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer III 33 N. 3, 34 n.; Chinese: Werner 211; Filipino: Fansler MAFLS XII 51, 376; German New Guinea: Dixon 133ff.; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 351f. nn. 268, 268a, 270a, 270b, 271, 271b, (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 445, (California): Gayton and Newman 69. For incidents connected with the stupid ogre see G500—G599, besides the many cases of deception scattered throughout chapter K. |
| J1705.1 | Stupid peasant. *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 187b. |
| L141 | Stupid person surpasses clever. Missouri French: Carrière; Chinese: Graham; West Indies: Flowers 559. |
| J1741.3.1 | Stupid scholar memorizes set answers to oral examination in Latin. The questions are not given in the order he expects; comic results. England: Baughman. |
| J1813.9.1 | Stupid servant cooks all the rice for one meal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1701 | Stupid wife. *Types 1380—1404; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 187b nn. 145 —149; Christensen DF L 35; Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| J1972 | Stupid woman swims on the roof. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 324 No. 161. |
| L21 | Stupid youngest son becomes clever. Panzer Beowulf passim; N. A. Indian (Micmac, Shuswap): Thompson CColl II 416ff. |
| X135.2 | Stutterer tries to give alarm. Amusing results. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| A672 | Stygian river. River in lower world. In Greek myth five such rivers in Hades, Styx (hate), Acheron (mourning), Kokytus (lamentation), Lethe (forgetfulness) and Pyrephlegethon (flame).—Gaster Oldest Stories 50; Greek: Fox 143; Norse: De la Saussaye 350, MacCulloch Eddic 330, Boberg.—Chibcha: Alexander Lat. Am. 198; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V118.2 | Subaqueous monastery. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P15.8 | Subjects drive their ruler away after he has made them do forced labor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F720 | Submarine and subterranean world. |
| F725.3 | Submarine castle (palace). (Cf. F771.) *Fb "slot" III 376b; Penzer VI 280; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 197; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château", Comault. RTP III 103, Clouston Tales I 192ff.; Greek: Iliad XIII 22; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 314. |
| F725.3.1 | Submarine castle on a mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 611 n. 32. |
| F725.2 | Submarine cities. Chauvin V 7 No. 3; Penzer VI 212ff., VII 19f.; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 215 No. 73. |
| F133.3 | Submarine monastery. (Cf. F725.6.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V118.2.1 | Submarine oratory. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F133 | Submarine otherworld. Patch PMLA XXXIII 627 n. 92, Other World *380 s.v. "Land-beneath-the-waves"; Wimberly 134; Ward II 525; Chauvin V 151 No. 73; Penzer VI 280; Smith Dragon 109.—Irish myth: *Cross; Scotch: Campbell Tales III 420; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 112f.; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 636; Breton: *Le Braz Légende de la Mort II 37ff.; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Slavic: Máchal 270; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 69; Maori: Clark III; N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 7; Africa: Werner African 188, 206, (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 39 No. 4, (Basuto): Jacottet 122 No. 17, 204 No. 30, 224 No. 33. |
| F725 | Submarine world. See all references under F133, Submarine otherworld. Ignacius Donnelly Atlantis: the Antediluvian World (New York, 1882); W. Scott-Elliot The Story of Atlantis, a Geographical, Historical and Ethnological Sketch (London, 1896); Spence The Problem of Atlantis (New York, 1925); E. M. Whishaw Atlantis in Andalucia (London, 1929); *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 107ff.; Penzer VII 19f.—India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 26; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/249, 441.); Maori: Clark 111; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 343 n. 236a. |
| V461.4 | Submission as clerical virtue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P555.1 | Submission indicated by defeated lying with conqueror's sword between teeth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J421 | Subordination of weak to strong. |
| A1019.1 | Subsidence of earth beneath flood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1844.2 | Substitute bridegroom to save husband from poison maiden. *Type 507C; Huet 56; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T677 | Substitute for a child. Aged, childless couple carve themselves a child from wood, or make one from snow, clay, and the like. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 701*; Russian: Andrejev No. 703. |
| J1551.5 | Substitute for candle repaid with substitute for money. A monk gives a man a stick instead of the candle the man has wanted to burn before a holy picture. The monk says that it will have the same effect as if the candle were burned. The man takes out his purse and lets the monk touch it. *Wesselski Arlotto I 186 No. 6. |
| K841 | Substitute for execution obtained by trickery. *Type 1538; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 172—4, 193, 196; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Wachaga): Gutmann 191. |
| K841.1 | Substitute for execution obtained by trickery. Report that man executed just then will be king in heaven. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1848 | Substitute for task. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| J1959.2 | Substitute for the corpse. Fool loses his mother's corpse on way to funeral. Mistakes old woman for mother and substitutes her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1845 | Substitute in battle. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 65 (Cuchulainn), *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; N. A. Indian (Mandan): Will JAFL XXIX 402; West Indies: Flowers 547. |
| K3 | Substitute in contest. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 234 No. 46. |
| K528 | Substitute in ordeal. An ordeal (usually dangerous) is escaped by deceptively providing a substitute. English: Hibbard 71, Wells 158 (Amis and Amiloun); Icelandic: Göngu Hrуlfs saga 274ff.; N. A. Indian (Arapaho): Dorsey and Kroeber FM V 74 No. 37; West Indies: Flowers 512. |
| K1848.3 | Substitute on quest. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1853 | Substitute sacrifice. |
| K528.1 | Substitute smoker. The hero is compelled to smoke a fatal pipe, but the helpful insect which he carries on his head smokes the pipe for him. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 330 n. 191c. |
| K1858 | Substitute specimen for laboratory test. |
| K1858.2 | Substitute specimen in blood test. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1858.1 | Substitute specimen in urinalysis. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| E782.3.1 | Substituted arm. Injured arm replaced by another. (Cf. A128.4.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1617 | Substituted arrows. Hero given arrows with soft points and sent after dangerous enemies. The deception discovered and the enemy discomfited. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 312 n. 121. |
| K1611 | Substituted caps cause ogre to kill his own children. The hero and heroine change places in bed with the ogre's children and put on them their caps so that the ogre is deceived. *Types 327, 1119; *BP I 124 n. 1; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 22; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 358ff.; (Northern Paiute [Paviotso]): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 226 No. 10; Cape Verde Islands: *Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 73 n. 3; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 267 No. 77. |
| K1920 | Substituted children. |
| E781.1 | Substituted eyes. Lost eyes are replaced by those of another person or animal. (Cf. F512.1.4.) *Type 660; BP II 552; Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 299 n. 94. |
| E782.1.1 | Substituted hand. Man exchanges his hand for that of another. *Type 660; BP II 552. |
| E782.4.1 | Substituted leg. Injured leg replaced by another. Alphabet No. 219. |
| K1851 | Substituted letter. A letter is changed on the way to its destination so as to falsify the message. See references to all the cross-references given below. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E782.0.1 | Substituted limbs. Man borrows various limbs and successfully uses them. Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 267 No. 4. |
| K525.1 | Substituted object left in bed while intended victim escapes. *Type 1115; *BP I 148ff., 164; U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: FSS 38, Boberg; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges (K437.1.1.); French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 22; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 116 No. 970; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 4, Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 207; Chinese: Graham; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 444; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3115); Australia: Dixon 279; Tahiti: ibid. 63; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 125, (Ekoi): Talbot 249; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 3 No. 1. |
| E782.2 | Substituted ribs (chariot ribs). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1002 | Substituted silver hand used as if it were of flesh and blood. *Loomis White Magic 125. |
| E785.1 | Substituted skin. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1611.1 | Substituted string causes ogre to be killed. Intended victim of cannibal is marked by thread around ankle. Changed in night to host. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T247.1 | Substituted sword. Husband leaves wooden sword in scabbard of wife's paramour upon discovering their infidelity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E782.5 | Substituted tongue. Haiti: Parsons MAFLS XVII (1) 59—62. |
| C490.1 | Substitutes for tabu expressions. |
| K1847.1 | Substitution of children to gain inheritance. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K1911.3.1 | Substitution of false bride revealed by animal. *Type 707; Köhler-Bolte I 277; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No. 510, Espinosa II No. 113; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1911.3.1.1 | Substitution of false bride revealed by true bride in her animal form. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H38.2.5 | Substitution of low-caste boy for promised child detected when he prefers long road to short one through jungle (swimming instead of ferry, etc.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q520.0.1 | Substitutions for penances. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F721.5 | Subterranean castle. *Fb "slot" III 376b; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 9, V No. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F127.1.1 | Subterranean palace at bottom of lake belonging to king of serpents. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 390. |
| F721 | Subterranean world. See entire section F80—F109, Journey to lower world. Irish myth: Cross; German: Grimm No. 163; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "monde". |
| L160 | Success of the unpromising hero (heroine). Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 27, Beal XXI 309; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| L115 | Successful foolish son. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P319.6 | Successful rival gives his lady to unsuccessful friend. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| H312.5 | Successful suitor must have cheeks like blood, skin like snow and hair like a raven. (Cf. Z65.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H312.2 | Successful suitor must have gold teeth. *Fb "tand" III 771a; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 93; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 1. |
| H312.4.1 | Successful suitor must have the prettiest hands; not whitest, but dark with scars and gold rings. Köhler-Bolte I 90; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| H312.4 | Successful suitor must have whitest hands. Blacksmith qualifies because of frequent washing of hands. Herbert III 86. |
| H312.1 | Successful suitor to be without blotches. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 69 No. 15; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 272 No. 85. |
| P17.6 | Succession by mother-right. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A632 | Succession of creations and cataclysms. From the ruins of each earlier creation a new one is raised.—Jewish: Neuman.—Inca: Alexander Lat. Am. 240; Hawaiian: Dixon 15 n. 24. |
| H1235 | Succession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.) Types 400, 425, 516, 756B; *BP II 400; *Wesselski Archiv Orientální IV 1; Clouston Tales II 96; W. R. Halliday Indo-European Folk-Tales and Greek Legend (Cambridge, 1933) 132f.; Gaster Oldest Stories 51; Tegethoff 44; Rösch FFC LXXVII 110; *Andrejev FFC LXIX 225 n.—Irish: Cross, Beal XXI 326, O'Suilleabhain 74; Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian: Basile Pentamerone Introduction, IV No. 8, V Nos. 4, 9; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 336 n. 211. |
| P17 | Succession to the throne. Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P17.7 | Succession will fall to line that has been wronged. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F471.2.1 | Succubus: female incubus. *Loomis White Magic 77; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *369, *423f., 3681; Armenian: Ananikian 87; West Indies: Flowers 433. |
| G332 | Sucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victims. Irish myth: *Cross; Siberia: Holmberg Siberian 387; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 321 n. 158, (California): Gayton and Newman 72, cf. 95. |
| F950.6 | Sucking through tubes heals wounds. (Cf. F959.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| T611 | Suckling of children. |
| T34.1 | Sudden love as woman pours drink for man at festival. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| U262 | Suffering healed by time. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| S113.2.2 | Suffocating in bathroom. Icelandic: Boberg; Danish: Grundtvig No. 121; Lithuanian: M. Boehm u. F. Sprecht Lettische-Litauische Volksmärchen (Jena, 1924) 193 No. 11. |
| E431.16.3 | Suicide buried at crossroads. (Cf. E434.4.) England: Baughman. |
| E431.16.1 | Suicide buried head (or face) downward. (If corpse moves it. only goes deeper into ground.) England: *Baughman. |
| E431.16.2 | Suicide buried with stake through heart (body). (Cf. E442.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E411.1.1 | Suicide cannot rest in grave. (Cf. E334.7, E431.16.) Fb "lys" II 481b, "selvmord" III 183b; Hartland Science 238; Tobler 22.—Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 4 No. 35, 7 No. 53; Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F1041.1.11.1 | Suicide from fear of starving. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F1041.1.11.3 | Suicide from fright of evil prophecy. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| N340.1 | Suicide in remorse over hasty condemnation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q211.5 | Suicide punished. (Cf. Q503.1.) |
| T415.6 | Suicide to prevent brother-sister marriage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T326 | Suicide to save virginity. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
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