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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
K
Deceptions
L
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| E501.2.4 | Courtisans in wild hunt. (Cf. E501.5.1.2.) Plischke 29. |
| P295 | Cousins. |
| T583.1.0.2 | Couvade imposed on man during wife's menstruation. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T583.1 | Couvade. Father goes into confinement at time of childbirth. *Encyc. Religion Ethics II 635b; *Ploss Das Kind I 125; Bouwman Revue Anthropologique XXV 49ff., Lévy-Bruhl L'âme primitive 225ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. V 1573; Grimm Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer I 106. — Irish myth: *Cross; Latin American: Alexander Lat. Am. 37f.; Melanesia: Codrington 228ff. |
| A185.9 | Covenant between God and mortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M201.0.2 | Covenant between heathen and Israelites. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M201.0.1.1 | Covenant between Israel and God. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| M201.4 | Covenant between saints confirmed by cutting off their thumbs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M201.2 | Covenant confirmed by eating together. Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 272ff.; U.S.: Baughman; Africa (Fang): Nassau 242 No. 9. |
| M201.6 | Covenant confirmed by hostages. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M201.5 | Covenant confirmed by marriage. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M246.1 | Covenant of friendship between animals. |
| M246.1.1 | Covenant of friendship between elephant and jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M246.1.2 | Covenant of friendship between louse and crow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M246.2 | Covenant of friendship: no matter how poor son of one is, daughter of other will accept him as groom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M246.3 | Covenant of friendship: to secure brides for each other. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M246 | Covenant of friendship. |
| P311.5 | Covenant of friendship. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B279 | Covenant with animals. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M293 | Covenant: one nation not to wrest city from inhabitants without their consent. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| K521.3.1 | Covering self with clay so as to escape. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1425 | Covering the whole wagon with tar. Type 1017. |
| Q464 | Covering with honey and exposing to flies. DeCock Studien 11ff.; Boccaccio Decameron II No. 9; *Gaster Beiträge zur vgl. Sagen- und Märchenkunde 21; Grimm Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer (1828) 701; Icelandic: Heinzel Beschreibung der isländischen Saga 162, Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "supplice"; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| P447.8 | Covetous goldsmith. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K361.6 | Covetous husband desiring wife's jewels tells her he has vowed to offer them to deity. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 356. |
| Q277 | Covetousness punished. Jewish: *Neuman, Moreno Esdras (Q332). |
| J1904.1 | Cow (hog) taken to roof to graze. *Type 1210; *Köhler-Bolte I 66, 135; *Fb "ko" II 241a, "tyr" III 908b; Christensen DF XLVII 219 No. 81; English: Clouston Noodles 55; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 295 No. 15; Spanish: Espinosa III 147 Nos. 181—188. |
| D2087.3.1 | Cow and cowherd disappear every New Year's night. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A13.1.1 | Cow as creator. *Schröder Altgermanische Kulturprobleme 132; *Güntert Weltkönig 365ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 63, 324. |
| A132.9.1 | Cow as god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B535.0.1 | Cow as nurse cares for children. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V12.4.4.1 | Cow as sacrifice. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| B631.5 | Cow bears man child. Africa (Lamba): Doke MAFLS XX 14 No. 11. |
| B151.1.2.1 | Cow determines road to be taken. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B103.1.2 | Cow drops gold dung. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K366.1.2 | Cow enticed away by calf. Brothers are given the choice of a cow or a calf. One chooses the cow and thinks that he has the best of the bargain. The cow longs for the calf and returns to it. Indo-Chinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 296. |
| B597 | Cow gives marvelous supply of milk through virtue of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| X1235.2.1 | Cow gives so much cream that several men do nothing but skim cream. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B251.2.10 | Cow gives twelve measures of milk for the twelve apostles of Ireland. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2.1.3 | Cow grants all desires. Penzer II 45 n. 2; India: Thompson-Balys (B109.4). |
| B394 | Cow grateful for being milked. (Cf. B411.)—Type 510A; Cox passim. |
| R9.5 | Cow imprisoned until it promises not to eat men. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1905.6 | Cow killed in order to get all the milk at once. (Cf. J2129.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B251.2.6.2 | Cow licks saint's feet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F989.11.1 | Cow lowers ocean by drinking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K366.1.1 | Cow makes a hundred-fold return. The trickster has a cow that leads the parson's cows to him. He thus tests the parson's text, "He who gives in God's name shall have it back a hundred-fold." *Type 1735; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 324; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 25; *Wesselski Mönchslatein 167 No. 129. |
| J1863 | Cow punished for calf's misdeeds. Blamed for not teaching calf better. Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 236 No. 108. |
| D2156.2.1 | Cow supplies sufficient milk for the saint and all his disciples. *Loomis White Magic 62. |
| A2219.2 | Cow swallows book; cause of maniplies in stomach. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| J2119.8 | Cow tied tight with stones in order not to blow away, but is unable to do all others things too. Christensen DF XLVII 216 no. 76. |
| T532.4 | Cow touched by arrow becomes pregnant. N. A. Indian (Blackfoot): Uhlenbeck Blackfoot Texts (Verhandelingen der Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, 1912) 18f. |
| X1235.1.1 | Cow wears church bell for cowbell. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B741.3 | Cow whose bellowing defeats army. *Liebrecht Zur Volkskunde 71; Norse: *Boberg. |
| D1665.2 | Cow whose milk "tastes of honey and intoxicating wine and the satisfaction of good food." (Cf. B19.2, B182, F241.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B731.4 | Cow with changing colors. Changes every four hours: white, red, black.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 310 n. 3. |
| D1652.3.1 | Cow with inexhaustible milk. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B731.4.2 | Cow with red ears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B15.3.2.3.1 | Cow with silver horns. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| B101.8 | Cow with silver horns. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B15.7.9 | Cow with tallow liver. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B15.7.9.1 | Cow with two bags: one containing a one-legged bird; the other, a twelve-legged bird. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B731.4.1 | Cow with white ears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V1.8.1 | Cow worship. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 142bc; **Burnell FL LVIII 377ff.; *Penzer II 240; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| J561.2 | Cow-herd looking for cattle thief recognizes him in the lion. Desists. Wienert FFC LVI 67 (ET 318), 109 (ST 213); Halm Aesop No. 83. |
| K335.1.1.2 | Cow-hide falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave money. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J2626 | Coward boasts of what he would have done after danger is over. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1953.1 | Coward boasts that he has frightened bear away. His wife has killed it and he has fled. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W121.2 | Coward boasts when there is no danger. (Cf. J974, J978.) |
| W121.6 | Coward gives his purse to thief with lame excuse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W121.2.5 | Coward gloats over robber slain by another person. Wienert FFC LVI 82 (ET 483), 101, 126 (ST 144, 350). |
| J2625 | Coward is frightened when clothing catches on thistle. (Cf. N384.2.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| W121 | Cowardice. Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| W121.7 | Cowardly bridegroom flees elephant and loses bride. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2600 | Cowardly fool. *BP II 555. |
| W121.3 | Cowardly soldier turns back when he hears raven's croak. Wienert FFC LVI 73 (ET 385), 137 (ST 425); Halm Aesop No. 379. |
| W121.5 | Cowardly spider rushes at fly but hides when wasp appears. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| W34.3 | Cowardly to leave battle while lord is alive. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J1919.9 | Cowboy shoots his wife when she breaks her leg (or is injured in another way). U.S.: *Baughman. |
| N856.2 | Cowherd as foster father. Irish myth: Cross. |
| L113.1.6 | Cowherd hero. India: *Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| R131.3.3 | Cowherd rescues abandoned child. Irish myth: *Cross; MacCulloch Celtic 74; English: Wells 20 (William of Palerne); Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 338 n. 1. |
| L113.1.6.1 | Cowherd's daughter (foster child) as heroine. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q552.18.1.1 | Cowl demanded as ransom from saint bursts into flame. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B396 | Cows grateful for hero's housekeeping for them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1782.1.1 | Cows in church thought to be ghost. U.S.: Baughman. |
| K941.1 | Cows killed for their hides when large price is reported by trickster. *Type 1535; *BP II 1ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: Coster-Wijsman 27 No. 5. |
| B251.1.2.3 | Cows kneel in stable at midnight of Eve of Old Christmas. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2083.2 | Cows made to give bad milk. England, Canada: Baughman. |
| D2083.1 | Cows magically made dry. Kittredge Witchcraft 480 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B19.6.1 | Cows of the sun. (Cf. Odyssey.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B251.1.2.2 | Cows speak to one another on Christmas. (Cf. B215.)—Fb "ko" II 240b. |
| K366.1.4 | Cows turned into rice field. Later made to disgorge rice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q153.1 | Cows white-headed during reign of good king. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A522.1.3 | Coyote as culture hero. N. Am. Indian: Alexander N. Am. 141ff., 298 n. 48. |
| A61 | Coyote as marplot at creation. *Thompson Tales 285 n. 52. |
| J1117.2 | Coyote as trickster. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 294ff. |
| J2133.3.1 | Coyote attempts to fly from a treetop: falls. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 85. |
| A2218.4 | Coyote burnt when hay is set afire: hence yellow patch behind his ears. Salinan: Mason U. Cal. XIV 88, cf. 107. |
| D2074.1.2.1 | Coyote calls the largest fish. N. A. Indian (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 83. |
| A2284.5 | Coyote persuaded to break leg: therefore has thin right leg. (Cf. A2371.2.6.)—Dh III 46. |
| R131.17 | Coyote rescues abandoned child(ren). N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 89. |
| A724.1.0.1 | Coyote rides with sun. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 85. |
| J2136.1 | Coyote wears fox's rattle; caught in brush and injured. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 306 n 109bb. |
| A2301.3 | Coyote's body made larger. (See A2213.3.)—Dh III 3. |
| A2213.4.1 | Coyote's muzzle pulled out long. (Cf. A2335.4.4.)—Dh III |
| K347 | Cozening. Trickster's claim of relationship causes owner to relax vigilance. Goods stolen. Type 314*; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B535.0.13 | Crab as nurse for child. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE 143 III 684. |
| A2231.10 | Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body. (Cf. A2332.4.2.)—Fjort: Dennett 123. |
| K953.3 | Crab carried by crane, clings round his neck and cuts off his head with pincers. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 260. |
| F982.8 | Crab carries in his ear cat, tiger, bamboos, river. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1762.3 | Crab caught on tiger's tail thought to be pursuing man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J512.1 | Crab comes ashore: killed by fox. Wienert FFC LVI 50 (ET 91), 90 (ST 28); Halm Aesop No. 186. |
| K255.2 | Crab demands seven patas as payment for four patas of paddy frog has borrowed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1762.1.2 | Crab mistaken for tailor. Christensen DF XLVII 171. |
| B214.1.8.1 | Crab sings about his captivity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J631 | Crab takes hold of heron's neck and fearing attack cuts neck and kills him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1785.2 | Crab thought to be the devil. Becomes red. Type 1310*. |
| A2214.4 | Crab thrown to ground: breaks into small pieces. Hence crabs are small. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2415.3 | Crab tries to imitate bird who lays egg in pot of boiling water. Falls in instead of being rewarded. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| U121.1 | Crab walks backward: learned from his parents. *Crane Vitry 152 No. 44; Wienert FFC LVI *63 (ET 258), *103 (ST 159); Halm Aesop No. 187. |
| J216.3 | Crab would rather be killed outright than imprisoned and starved. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B754.7.1 | Crab's offspring born through its chest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K772.1 | Crabs induced to take moonlight walks: eaten. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1926 | Craftsmanship magically bestowed by saint. (Cf. D1713, D1722.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J758.2 | Crane advises fool to empty reservoir so he can reap all grain. Crane eats fish left at bottom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B535.0.7.2 | Crane as nurse for child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B623.1 | Crane as wooer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S165.2 | Crane pecks out tiger's eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J657.3 | Crane persuades fish to let him change him from one lake into another: he eats fish. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W154.3 | Crane pulls bone from wolf's throat: wolf refuses payment. "That you were allowed to take your beak from my throat is payment enough." (Cf. B382.) *Type 76; *Crane Vitry 192 No. 136; *Wienert FFC LVI 54 n. 3 (ET 145), 147 (ST 517); Halm Aesop No. 276; Jacobs Aesop 200 No. 5. — Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J2413.7 | Crane tries to catch fish like hawk. Is mired at water's edge. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2231.2.1 | Crane will not weep at crucifixion: must suffer thirst in August and break bills. Is the only bird who will not weep. (Cf. A2234.1, A2435.4.2.) —Köhler-Bolte I 3. |
| R246 | Crane-bridge. Fugitives are helped across a stream by a crane who lets them cross on his leg. The pursuer is either refused assistance or drowned by the crane. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 340 n. 227. |
| J1052 | Cranes disregard warnings and are killed. Wienert FFC LVI 67 (ET 315), 117 (ST 276). |
| J1025.1 | Cranes fighting as allies defeat all enemies. If they quarrel they are doomed. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| E402.1.6 | Crash as of breaking glass, though no glass is found broken. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| A2171.1.1 | Crayfish from devil's fleas shaken off in water. (Cf. A1710.) —Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 151 No. 73. |
| J1872 | Creaking limbs. Numskull hears limbs creaking in the wind. He is sorry for them and holds them apart. While he is caught between them his enemies take advantage of him. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 297 n. 85. |
| J1872.0.1 | Creaking wagon dies. When the wagon stops its creaking, fool decides it has died; he cremates it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A106.3 | Created beings rebel against God. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A760 | Creation and condition of the stars. *Normann Mythen der Sterne (Gotha 1925) 75ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 325—26; Irish myth: Cross; Babylonian: Spence 79; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham.—Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 205; Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266; Maori: Clark 16; S. Am. Indian (Jivaro): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 148. |
| A832 | Creation because of creator's lonesomeness. Dissatisfied at being alone in center of primeval water, God creates the earth.—*Dh I 35; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A613 | Creation from creator's tears. Dh I 31f. |
| A641.2 | Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts.—Finnish: Kalevala rune 1. |
| A621.1 | Creation from vapor-produced primeval giant. Vapors from half-frozen primeval river origin of giant Ymir, from whom universe is created.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 327ff. |
| A1295 | Creation in covered vessel. Men (or animals) created in a basket or from a bundle, or from under a blanket.—N. A Ind.: Kroeber JAFL XXI 223; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684. |
| A2286.1 | Creation interrupted since God must go to a fire. |
| A85 | Creation match between goddess-wife, god-husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1023 | Creation of a person by cooperation of skillful men. *Type 945; *BP III 53; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 327. |
| A50.1 | Creation of angels and devils. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A52 | Creation of angels. |
| A1731 | Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum. Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 89 No. 16. |
| A1733 | Creation of animals as punishment for incest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1730 | Creation of animals as punishment. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1702 | Creation of animals by creator. (Cf. A0.)—Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1701 | Creation of animals by God. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1770 | Creation of animals from unusual primeval mating. S. Am. Indian (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359. |
| A1710 | Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887).—India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 79, 96, 122f. No. 82; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 98. |
| A1732 | Creation of animals to take revenge. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1790 | Creation of animals—other motifs. |
| A1700 | Creation of animals. (Cf. Chapter B, Animals.) Quiché: Alexander Lat. Am. 162; Ekoi: Talbot 149. |
| A2011.1 | Creation of ant by devil. *Fb "myre". India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 23 (cf. A2001). |
| A2011.2 | Creation of ant: avaricious man transformed. (Cf. A1715, A1730.)—Dh IV 272f.—Wienert FFC LVI 79 (ET 450), 134 (ST 395); Halm Aesop 294. |
| A2011 | Creation of ant. *Fb "myre" (cf. A2001); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1896 | Creation of anteater. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| A1862 | Creation of ape. Dh I 156ff. (Cf. A1755); ibid. I 164 (Cf. A1751); ibid. II 100 (Cf. A1715.2.)—Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 74; Palestine: Schmidt-Kahle Volkserzählungen aus Palestina I No. 59; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 121f. 411 s.v. "Affen entstehen"; Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 38. |
| A1897 | Creation of armadillo. S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| A1882.1 | Creation of ass: proud horse. (Cf. A1730.) Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86. No. 58a. |
| A1882 | Creation of ass. (cf. A1751.) Dh I 164.—Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1863 | Creation of baboon. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 349 No. 4; Zulu: Callaway 178 (transformed men, cf. A1710). |
| A1895 | Creation of bat. Dh I 155f. (Cf. A1755), ibid. III 268 (Cf. A1710.) —Finnish. Aarne FFC VIII 16 No. 84 (Cf. A1751), ibid. 15 No. 81; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 45; Flemish: DeMeyer XXXVII 86 No. 81; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1836 | Creation of bear. Dh II 99 (Cf. A1715.2.)—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 41; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3112; Legends Nos. 175, 216ff.; India: Thompson-Balys; Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 370, Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 171, (West Hudson Bay): Boas ibid. 307, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 172. |
| A2012.1 | Creation of bee to provide wax for candles in church. (Cf. B259.4.)—*Dh II 129ff. |
| A2012 | Creation of bee. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2021 | Creation of beetle. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 39 No. 63. |
| A1900 | Creation of birds. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 46; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 123 No. 83; 127; Maori: Clark 15; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 29, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| A1878 | Creation of bison (buffalo). Cheyenne: Alexander N. Am. 127; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1965 | Creation of bittern. Maori: Clark 101. |
| A1924 | Creation of blackbird. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2052 | Creation of bugs. Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 71. |
| A2041 | Creation of butterfly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1873 | Creation of camel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1830 | Creation of canidae and other carnivora. |
| A1876.1 | Creation of caribou. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 167, 306, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 80. |
| A1811.2 | Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse. *Dh I 271ff. |
| A1811 | Creation of cat. Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 150 No. 71 (cf. A1715.4); Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 11 No. 55, XXXIII 53 No. 55, Dh I 166, 273 (cf. A1751.); ibid. I 157 (cf. A1755.)—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3120, Legends No. 133, 195, 220f.; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2148.1 | Creation of chameleon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1940 | Creation of charidriiformes. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 18 No. 101 (waterbird). |
| A1988 | Creation of chicken. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1960 | Creation of ciconiiformes. |
| A2061 | Creation of cockroach. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2020 | Creation of coleoptera. |
| A1950 | Creation of coraciiformes. |
| A1877 | Creation of cow. Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751).—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 120 No. 77; Masai: Werner African 149. |
| A1834 | Creation of coyote and other canidae. |
| A1834.1 | Creation of coyote. |
| A2171.2 | Creation of crab. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1992 | Creation of crane. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2063 | Creation of cricket. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2146 | Creation of crocodile. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1919 | Creation of crow (raven). Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751).—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1993 | Creation of cuckoo. Dh II 99, 101 (Cf. A1715.2.)—Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 78; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 88 No. 94a; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3134ff., Legends Nos. 248—252; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.5 | Creation of demons. |
| A51 | Creation of devil(s). (cf. A63). |
| A2030 | Creation of diptera. |
| A1975 | Creation of diver (bird). Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 45 n. 2 (cf. A1710). |
| A1831 | Creation of dog. Dh I 164 (Cf. A1751); ibid. II 101 (Cf. A1715.2). —Irish: Beal XXI 330; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 72; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 436, 500; Maori: Clark 50; Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 47; Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 376. |
| A1948 | Creation of dove. Dh I 164 (cf. A1751).—S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 178. |
| A1983 | Creation of duck. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A830 | Creation of earth by creator. Genesis ch. I.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Tahiti: Henry 341; Marquesas: Handy 122; Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 109. |
| A2131 | Creation of eel. Finnish: Aarne FFC XXV 149 No. 62; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 287. |
| A1887 | Creation of elephant. Benga: Nassau No. 3 (Cf. A1710); Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale 363 No. 15; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1930 | Creation of faiconiformes. |
| A1810 | Creation of felidae. |
| A1926 | Creation of finch. Dh I 164 (cf. A1751). |
| A2094 | Creation of fireflies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A701.0.1 | Creation of firmament. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A1275 | Creation of first man's (woman's) mate. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1275.1 | Creation of first woman from man's rib. *Dh I 115ff.; *Frazer Old Testament I 9f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 34, 36ff., 52, 65; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 379; Hawaiian: Dixon 24; cf. Central Caroline Is.: ibid. 251, Beckwith Myth 43, 46. |
| A2100 | Creation of fish. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth; 287, 422; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G 3/1100); S. Am. Indian: (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 84. |
| A2032.4 | Creation of flea: God plagues the devil with fleas. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 131ff. |
| A2032.1 | Creation of flea: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)—Dh II 111ff. |
| A2032.2 | Creation of flea: to give women work. (Cf. A2051.1.)—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 89 No. 125a; cf. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 93 No. 103. |
| A2032 | Creation of flea. Cf. Type 276**.—Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2031.1 | Creation of fly: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)—Dh II 111ff. |
| A2031 | Creation of fly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1832 | Creation of fox. India: Thompson-Balys; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| A2033 | Creation of gnat. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 93 No. 102. |
| A1885 | Creation of goat. Dh I 153f., 164 (Cf. A1751); Fb "gjed" IV 178a.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3090, Legends Nos. 149—152; German: Grimm No. 148; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2064 | Creation of grasshopper. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1945 | Creation of gull. |
| A1856 | Creation of hare (rabbit). Dh I 164; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 639, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 263. |
| A1937 | Creation of hawk. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 17 No. 95 (cf. A1710); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A610.2 | Creation of heaven, earth, and hell. Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 42. |
| A671.0.2 | Creation of hell. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 2, 5, 7; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2050 | Creation of hemiptera. |
| A1872 | Creation of hippopotamus. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 386. |
| A1871 | Creation of hog (pig). Dh II 102—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 144 No. 34; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 88 No. 68; India: Thompson-Balys; Rarotonga (Cook Island): Beckwith Myth 101. |
| A2286.1.1 | Creation of hog incomplete since God has to go to a fire: cause of hog's round snout. (Cf. A2335.4.2.)—Dh III 24, 493.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 12 No. 65. |
| A2012.0.1 | Creation of honey-bees: transformed man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1952 | Creation of hoopoe. Transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.)—*BP III 286 (Gr. No. 173); Dh III 394; Greek: Grote 182 (Tereus). |
| A2013 | Creation of hornet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1881 | Creation of horse. Dh. I 155, 164 (Cf. A1751); *Fb "hest" I 599; Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 213 ff.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 11 No. 58; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3092, Legends No. 135f., 153—160; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 189. |
| A1834.3 | Creation of hyena. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2010 | Creation of hymenoptera. |
| A52.1 | Creation of individual angels. |
| A2000 | Creation of insects. Knortz Die Inzekten in Sage, Sitte und Literatur (Annaberg 1910). Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1834.2 | Creation of jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1817 | Creation of jaguar. S. Am. Indian (Mojo): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 424. |
| A1921 | Creation of jay. Dh I 164 (cf. A1751).—Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 54 No. 96** (cf. 1715.2), No. 95**. |
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