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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D2161.4.1 | Cure by transferring disease to animal. (Cf. D1500.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 94, 424f. nn. 137—145; England, U.S.: *Baughman; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.5.2 | Cure by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V256.) *Ward Catalogue of Romances II 609 No. 23, 617 No. 38, 619 No. 22, 630 No. 23, 649 No. 47. |
| D2161.4.14.3 | Cure by washing in dew. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F959.5 | Cure for deadly snake bite. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 679. |
| D1517 | Cure for insect's sting. |
| D1783.2 | Cure for leprosy by drinking from opposite lip of horn from that which caused it. (Cf. D1500.4.1, D1502.4.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2161.5.2.5 | Cure of spider bite by the Virgin Mary. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J1062 | Cure yourself before doctoring others. |
| D1500.1.33.1.1 | Cures by the milk of the mothers of saints. (Cf. D1500.1.10.) *Loomis White Magic 104. |
| E595 | Cures by transferring disease to dead. Ghoulish charm used for this purpose. Kittredge Witchcraft 143, 461 n. 34. |
| D1782.2 | Curing wound by treating object which caused wound. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| Q341 | Curiosity punished. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Luba): DeClerq ZsKS IV 189, (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 52. |
| J2375 | Curiosity satisfied: riding the ox's horns. As his ox, who has enormous horns, is asleep, the fool gets on the horns. The ox wakes and throws him off. When he comes to his senses, the fool says, "I had a hard time, but my curiosity is satisfied." Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 231 No. 82; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W137 | Curiosity. Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: *Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2085.1 | Curse (by saint) makes river (lake) barren of fish. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| C987 | Curse as punishment for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M205.2 | Curse as punishment for broken promise. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q576 | Curse as punishment remitted. (Cf. Q556.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q556 | Curse as punishment. Roberts 217; Irish: *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 83, Beal XXI 328; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M418.1 | Curse by "building a fire of stones" in fireplace. The person who removes the stones is cursed. U.S.: Baughman. |
| M411.4.1 | Curse by a god. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M411.11.1 | Curse by amazon, "skjaldmær". (Cf. F565.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M411.14.2 | Curse by anchorite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M411.19 | Curse by animal. |
| M411.10 | Curse by berserk, giant (ogre). Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G269.4 | Curse by disappointed witch. Type 410; England, Scotland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 643f.; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 303. |
| M411.21 | Curse by disguised deity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M411.1.2 | Curse by foster mother. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M411.11 | Curse by girl in revenge of the murdering of her foster father. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M411.22 | Curse by head of religious order. England: *Baughman. |
| M411.17 | Curse by king. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B81.13.8 | Curse by mermaid. Ireland, England: *Baughman. |
| M411.15 | Curse by monk. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M411.0.1 | Curse by oneself. The person in despair curses himself to sink with palace into the earth. Lithuanian: Balys Historical; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G269.4.1 | Curse by other angry ogres or ogresses. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M411.23 | Curse by other wronged man or woman. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| M411.1 | Curse by parent. Penzer IV 230 n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3591; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Fox 50 (Oedipus), Grote I 247; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M411.18 | Curse by poet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M411.14 | Curse by priest. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M411.7 | Curse by spirit. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M411.20 | Curse by spouse. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| M411.1.1 | Curse by stepmother. (Cf. S31.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Modern Icelandic: Rittershaus 34, 48, 50, 58, 66, 161, Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII xxviii ff. |
| M411.13 | Curse by thrall. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M411.12 | Curse by witch. (Cf. G269.4.) Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M411.19.1 | Curse by wounded animal. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M425 | Curse changed by God into blessing. Jewish: Neuman. |
| H517 | Curse evaded by guessing names in magic writing. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Q556.9 | Curse for banishing wife at wish of paramour. (Cf. Q248.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q556.7.1 | Curse for enforced hospitality. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q556.7 | Curse for inhospitality. (Cf. Q292.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q556.3 | Curse for leaving home. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q556.8 | Curse for mockery. (Cf. Q288.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q556.10 | Curse for murder. (Cf. Q211.) |
| Q556.1 | Curse for participation in Crucifixion. (Cf. Q221.2.) Dh II 216ff., 219ff.; England: Baughman. |
| Q556.6 | Curse for plundering church: king loses battles. (Cf. Q222.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q556.12 | Curse for stealing. (Cf. Q212.) |
| Q556.11 | Curse for uncharitableness. (Cf. Q286.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M412.1 | Curse given at birth of child. *Type 410; *BP I 434; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 70 (to Gonzenbach No. 28); Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M413.1 | Curse given from a height. Will fall with full effect on objects at which it is aimed. Irish: Plummer clxxiv, Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M412.2 | Curse given on wedding night. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M416 | Curse given to negate good wish. Odin gives man life three times the normal; Thor ordains that in each he is to commit crime. Odin gives him the choicest weapons; Thor denies him landed property, etc. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 73. |
| M444.1 | Curse laid on unborn child; it is stillborn. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C672.1 | Curse laid upon man by stories he fails to tell: they creep out of his belly when he is asleep and talk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2175.5 | Curse magically changed to blessing. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2089.2 | Curse makes stones useless. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M428 | Curse mitigated by deity when superhuman task is performed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M464 | Curse of a woman against her caste: they should remain unclothed and untaught. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M444 | Curse of childlessness. |
| D2061.2.4.2 | Curse of clergy causes man to die of wound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M403 | Curse of everlasting terror. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 318. |
| D2004.1 | Curse of forgetfulness. *Cox Cinderella 512; Köhler-Bolte I 170.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q576.1 | Curse of loss of victory for opposition to holy person remitted. (Cf. Q227.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| M458 | Curse of petrifaction. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M431.8 | Curse of sterility on wife of enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2726.1 | Curse of tale-telling banana affects all others. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M475.1 | Curse on a city: never to grow. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 691. |
| M475 | Curse on a city. (Cf. M461.1.) Irish myth: *Cross (M430.0.1). |
| M414.13 | Curse on a deity. |
| M411.24 | Curse on city by sage. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M427 | Curse on everybody on earth who listens to the fatal mentioning of trolls' names, is evaded by person in cave, because he is in the earth. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M477.1 | Curse on lake: fire from lake will burn the forest around it. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M477 | Curse on lake. |
| M474 | Curse on land. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| M476.1 | Curse on river or sea: no fish in it from that day. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M476 | Curse on river. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N591 | Curse on treasure. Finder or owner to have bad luck. *Fb "skat" III 234b, 235b; Icelandic: *Boberg; N. A. Indian (Wampanoag): Knight JAFL XXXVIII 134; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 185. |
| M463 | Curse on tribe (district). Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M461.1 | Curse on village: descendants never to exceed certain number. (Cf. M475.) Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| M414.9 | Curse on wife's lover. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M423 | Curse removed when victims reform. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q556.0.1 | Curse threatened to enforce demand. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M422 | Curse transferred to another person or thing. Irish: Plummer clxxiii, *Cross, Beal XXI 326, O'Suilleabhain 73. |
| M437.1 | Curse: "What I carry may you carry; what you carry may I carry." Cat thus causes ungrateful pregnant woman to bear cats and herself to bear twin girls. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M416.1 | Curse: appetite of twelve men. Given with the gift of twelve men's strength. Hartland Science 144. |
| M431.4 | Curse: arm to fall off. Irish: Plummer clxxiv, Cross. |
| M431 | Curse: bodily injury. Lagerholm 106—107; Irish myth: Cross. |
| M454 | Curse: change of sex. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M460.1 | Curse: children will be sick. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M453 | Curse: corpse to be put in three different places after person's death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M455.4 | Curse: couple to wander until new seat of race is pointed out. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M471.1 | Curse: cow will give red milk. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M451 | Curse: death. England, U.S.: *Baughman; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 126. |
| M442 | Curse: deformity. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M461 | Curse: descendants of nine robbers never to exceed nine. Irish: Cross, Plummer clxxiv. |
| M442.1 | Curse: descendants to be unshapely. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M416.2 | Curse: eternal life without eternal youth. Greek: Fox 246 (Tithonus). |
| M441 | Curse: failure in all undertakings. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M431.3 | Curse: fire to burn hands and feet. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 440. |
| M414.13.1 | Curse: god to live life of a cat for twelve full years in house of huntsman on earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M448.1 | Curse: ground shall swallow children. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M431.4.1 | Curse: hand of person cursed to drop off. U.S.: Baughman. |
| M431.9 | Curse: head to split in seven pieces. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 279. |
| M438.2 | Curse: hero not to be able to stand the sight of blood. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M438.4 | Curse: hero to remain as dead till the curser dies. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M471.3.1 | Curse: horse will be lame. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M471.3 | Curse: horses will die. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M438 | Curse: humiliation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M452 | Curse: insanity. U.S., Wales: Baughman. |
| M443.1 | Curse: lack of food, shelter, good company. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M431.7 | Curse: leprosy. India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1050. |
| M431.1 | Curse: loss of eye. *Type 1331; *BP II 219 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; and notes to J2074. |
| M438.1 | Curse: man (poet) to kiss a leper. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M441.1 | Curse: man's sword will fail in danger. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M471.1.1 | Curse: milk will not turn to butter. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M437 | Curse: monstrous birth. |
| M455.2 | Curse: not to be able to love the same woman more than twelve months. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M435 | Curse: not to taste food from own table. Food always seized by harpies. Greek: Fox 111. |
| M436 | Curse: prince to fall in love with witch's daughter. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 7. |
| M443 | Curse: privation. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M462 | Curse: race to lose sovereignty. Irish myth: *Cross; U.S.: Baughman. |
| M455 | Curse: restlessness. (Cf. K1837.4.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Lagerholm lxi—ii. |
| M442.2 | Curse: she-wolf to carry off man's genitals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M432 | Curse: to be carried off by evil spirit. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 456; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 547a nn. 127—139. |
| M431.10 | Curse: to be plagued by nightmares. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 925. |
| M434 | Curse: to be swallowed by a siren. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M448 | Curse: to sink into the earth. Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 91; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 585. |
| M431.2 | Curse: toads from mouth. *Type 403; *Roberts 208; *BP I 99ff. *Fb "tudse" III 889a; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M446 | Curse: undertaking dangerous quest. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M446.1 | Curse: undertaking dangerous revenge of father. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M441.1.1 | Curse: when brothers' swords bite the very best, they will all be killed by a single man. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M459.1 | Curse: woman will not travel far. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| M431.5 | Curse: wound not to heal. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| M471 | Curses on animals. (Cf. M411.8.4.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| M460 | Curses on families. Irish: Plummer clxxiv, *Cross; England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 120 (Tantalus), Grote I 244f. (Oedipus); Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 108. |
| M470 | Curses on objects or animals. |
| M430 | Curses on persons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M411.8.3 | Curses on places because of offensive answer to saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M490 | Curses—miscellaneous. |
| M400 | Curses. *Encyc. Rel. Ethics s.v. "Cursing and Blessing"; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 326, 328, O'Suilleabhain 73, 88; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 205ff.; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2175 | Cursing by magic. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 299, 268, 111; Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2175.1 | Cursing by means of a well. (Cf. D926, D1766.2.1, D1792.2, V134.) Kittredge Witchcraft 34, 394 n. 113. |
| K91 | Cursing contest. Arrow sent as a curse. Aarne FFC III 44 No. 1094. |
| M401 | Cursing match (flyting). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q235 | Cursing punished. |
| D1792.3 | Cursing stones. (Cf. D931.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| M471.2 | Cursing to make pigs lean. Irish myth: Cross; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D1792.2 | Cursing wells. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F166.7 | Curtains in otherworld. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A1527 | Custom of catching fish with nets. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 53. |
| A1650.2 | Custom of differentiating social classes by color of dress introduced. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1545.4 | Custom of sacrifice begun at harvest and sowing times. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P13.6 | Custom to appoint a king by day and slay him at night. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P665 | Custom: boasting of sexual prowess. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S139.2.2.1.3 | Custom: sitting upon head of slain enemy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J1462 | Customary suits. Man who wears a red cap after his father's death says, "I can grieve just as much in red as in black." *Wesselski Bebel I 125 No. 16. |
| P192.6 | Customary to shave heads of demented so that they may be recognized as such. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K247 | Customer takes invitation to buy as invitation to receive the goods free. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| P651 | Customs concerning bells. |
| P632 | Customs concerning recognition of rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P557.4 | Customs concerning single combat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P677 | Customs connected with dueling. |
| P634.0.1 | Customs connected with eating and food. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P13 | Customs connected with kings. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| C650.1 | Customs connected with unique compulsion. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T137 | Customs following wedding. |
| G130 | Customs of giant ogres. |
| P600 | Customs.1 Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V221.9 | Cut off parts of body attached again by saint. *Loomis White Magic 84. |
| K1512.1 | Cut-off finger proves wife's chastity. A chaste wife substitutes a maidservant for seducer. A finger and ring are cut off as proof of wife's unfaithfulness (chastity wager with husband). Refuted by husband, who knows they are not his wife's. Cf. Type 882; Köhler-Bolte I 375; Child V 497 s.v. "Substitution"; Wesselski Märchen 213 No. 19; Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 110. |
| D1311.8.2 | Cut-off head prophesies fight. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P632.2 | Cuts of meat distributed according to rank. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2465.8 | Cutting at the plow. Literal fool told to cut at plow if it sticks on roots cuts at bullock's legs. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C518.1 | Cutting elder tree fatal to man. (See C920.)—England: Baughman. |
| Q488 | Cutting hair as punishment. |
| Q429.3 | Cutting into pieces as punishment. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P672.2 | Cutting off a man's (woman's) hair as an insult. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K678 | Cutting rope to kill ogre who is climbing the rope to reach his victim. Indonesia: Dixon 227; Marquesas: Handy 41; Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 97ff. No. 18. |
| K637 | Cutting thongs of sleds prevents pursuit. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 131, 448, 469, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 634, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 167. |
| C518.2 | Cutting white thorn tree fatal to man who cuts it. (Cf. C920.) Ireland: Baughman; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn I No. 311, Fb "hvidtjørn" I 703 a. |
| G315 | Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 264 n. 1. |
| J1442.4.1 | Cynic asks that his body be exposed to the elements. When told that the beasts and the birds will prey on him he says: "Put a stick at my side so that I may chase them away." Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J1392.3 | Cynic helps robber steal his money so he and robber can get sleep. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J1442.12 | Cynic is asked if widower should remarry. "One who has just escaped from drowning should not return to sea." Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1442.1.1 | Cynic praises power of reason. Tells Alexander that the power of reason makes even a poor man as great as a king. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J152.1 | Cynical philosopher lives in tub. Chauvin IX 35 No. 27; Scala Celi No. 103; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J1370 | Cynical retorts concerning honesty. |
| D1364.10 | Dagger causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1083.1.)—*Basset 1001 Contes I 143. |
| N331.1 | Dagger in wall above bed falls and kills girl. Has been placed there by her lover. Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 219. |
| D1381.9 | Dagger protects owner from attack. (Cf. D1083.1.) Malone PMLA XLIII 402. |
| D1654.4.5 | Dagger sticks to killer's hand. (Cf. D1083.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D691 | Daily beating of men transformed to dogs. Necessary unless hero himself is to be transformed.—Chauvin V 3 No. 2, *5 No. 443. |
| Q458.1 | Daily beatings as punishment. Chauvin V 266 No. 154 and frequently elsewhere in Chauvin. |
| A726 | Daily course of sun across sky. |
| V247 | Daily life of angels. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A159 | Daily life of the gods—miscellaneous. |
| A150 | Daily life of the gods. |
| D621 | Daily transformation. German: Grimm No. 49, 123; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Argentina): Jijena Sanchez 55, 59. |
| A411.3 | Dairy-god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q221.4.1 | Dam builder remarks that God Almighty could not sweep completed dam away. The whole structure gives away, disappears. U.S.: Baughman. |
| K251.3 | Damages claimed for loss of a charm. Princess lets trickster's fly (alleged to be a charm) escape. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K251.5 | Damages for accidentally broken water pot: to pay for elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K251.4 | Damages for supposedly lost horse. Horse concealed by owner in loft of stable at inn. Pierre Faifeu No. 46. |
| J1179.1 | Damages for the field devastated by a flock. David says pay money damages. Solomon says let laborers have flock till milk and wool have paid the damages. *Chauvin VIII 99 No. 71; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F475.1 | Dame Berchta. Supposed to travel over the country at night with a troop. (Named from Bertha, the mother of Charlemagne.) Also called Frau Holle. *Meyer Germanen 23ff.; *Wehrhan 85f.; Slovenian: *L. Kretzenbacher Germanische Mythen in der epischen Volksdichtung der Slowenen (Graz, 1941) 84—94. |
| N2.6.3 | Damsel as wager. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D581.1 | Damsel whose voice turns her suitors to stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B293.1 | Dance of cats. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "dance". |
| B293.2 | Dance of frog(s). Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 76.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "dance". |
| B293.4 | Dance of lions. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| B293.5 | Dance of nagas (snake men). Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1354. |
| B293.3 | Dance of tigers. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule.—Korean: Zong in-Sob 149 No. 65. |
| E238.1 | Dance with the dead. Girl invites dead to come from grave and dance with her. Difficult escape. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 365B*; Balys Ghosts (E225.8); Prussian: Plenzat 20. |
| K916 | Dancer stabs spectator. Uses one of the figures of the dance as a ruse. *Chauvin V 84 No. 24 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Blackfoot): Wissler and Duvall PaAM II 57. |
| G303.10.4 | Dancers as followers of the devil. (Cf. G303.6.2.1.) |
| K231.2.1 | Dancers given one coin instead of ten and have this taken away. Interpreter says they are complaining that the coin is bad. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A166 | Dancers of the gods. Hindu: Keith 143; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 186. |
| F572 | Dancers upon whom icicles hang. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 97. |
| D1646.1 | Dancing apple. (Cf. D981.) *Köhler-Bolte I 118; cf. Type 707. |
| T136.3.1 | Dancing at wedding. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1627 | Dancing automata. (Cf. D1646.) *Liebrecht 90. |
| E489.5 | Dancing in afterworld. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| D1646.3 | Dancing kettle. (Cf. D1171.3.) Japanese: Mitford 175ff. |
| Q386 | Dancing punished. Scala Celi 61b No. 336; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 347—352; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1646.4 | Dancing stones. (Cf. D931.) England, Wales: Baughman (D1641.2.5). |
| D1646.2 | Dancing water. (Cf. D1242.1.) *Köhler-Bolte I 143; cf. Type 707; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P319.8 | Danger of one saint voluntarily incurred by another. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C433.2 | Dangerous animals not to be named. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 134, III 70. |
| T181 | Dangerous husband. (Cf. T172.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q525 | Dangerous penances. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T172 | Dangers to husband in bridal chamber. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J981.1 | Dante beats a mule driver who chants the Divine Comedy. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1261.2.5 | Dante is accused of not kneeling before sacrament. Says that he had his mind on God and did not remember what his body did. If those who criticized him had had their minds on God they would not have noticed it. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| A989.1 | Dark brown patches on soil mark place where marvelous cow (Glas) and her calf lay. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A689.1 | Dark puddles in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2260 | Dark traitors. Persons darks by race, habitual occupation, or complexion, or even marvelously colored, are frequently traitors in folk-tales. |
| D1711.9 | Dark-haired people (with bowed nose) as magicians. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F965.1 | Darkness comes in daytime in order to save life of maiden about to be executed. Chinese: Werner 266. |
| F80.1.2 | Darkness of lower world. Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 78, III 58, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 154B. |
| F930.1.0.1 | Dashing sea does not touch saint's cowl. (Cf. D1067.3.1, F931.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2151.3.2 | Dashing waves do not touch saint. (Cf. D1388.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 875. |
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