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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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A
Mythological Motifs
B
Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| N2.6.2 | Daughter as wager. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T552.8 | Daughter born with a feathered parka. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 21. |
| K2214.1.1 | Daughter has aged father cremated with dead husband to honor the latter. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| N466 | Daughter lousing mother weeps and reveals secret. Chinese: Graham. |
| P234.1 | Daughter marries her husband's slayer in order to save her old father from war. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A592.2.1 | Daughter of culture hero gives birth to boy. S. Am. Indian (Tupinamba): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 169. |
| T91.5.1.1 | Daughter of merchant develops intimacy with slave. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 897. |
| B620.1 | Daughter promised to animal suitor. *Types 425, 552; *BP II 232 III 424ff.—India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 65 No. 3. |
| S228 | Daughter promised to monster as bride to secure flower (bird) she has asked for. *Type 425C; *Tegethoff 12, 18; *BP II 229ff., *232 n. 2; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S232 | Daughter promised to tiger in marriage for help in carrying load. (Cf. B620.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K976 | Daughter pulls out father's magic life-containing hair. As soon as it is taken out he dies. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 117 n. 3 (Nisus). |
| R154.3 | Daughter rescues father. Rumania: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 879*; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1805.2.1 | Daughter says "Sobur" (wait) to her father when he asks what to bring from the journey. Father finds Prince Sobur. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| L152 | Daughter succeeds on quest where son fails. Africa (Rozwi): Posselt Fables of the Veld (Oxford, 1929) 30ff. |
| S247 | Daughter unwittingly promised to dog rescuer. (Cf. B620.1.) Without knowing that a dog has rescued her, the father offers her in marriage to her rescuer. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 421; Japanese: Ikeda: |
| N367 | Daughter unwittingly turns her own parents out of doors. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C173 | Daughter-in-law tabu. Jewish: Neuman. |
| N732.2.1 | Daughter's good fortune accidentally discovered by father who has become a beggar. Chinese: Graham. |
| P237 | Daughters flogged by parents. Child I 192, II 435, V237a. |
| S263.2.2 | Daughters sacrificed to avert famine. *Frazer Pausanias II 78. |
| T411.2.1 | Daughters seduce drunken father. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C940.2 | Daughters' sickness because of father's breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M301.7.2 | David as prophet. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| N255.5 | Daw fleeing from captivity caught in trees by thread around foot. Starves. Wienert FFC LVI 63 (ET 265), 116 (ST 259); Halm Aesop No. 202. |
| J2413.3 | Daw tries to carry off lamb like eagle. Is caught in the lamb's fleece. Wienert FFC LVI 66 (ET 297), 93 (ST 65); Halm Aesop No. 8. |
| A1179.2.1 | Dawn reflection of roses of paradise. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J976 | Day after Feast Day disputes importance with Feast Day. Former reprimanded. Wienert FFC LVI 43 (ET 10), 92 (ST 52); Halm Aesop No. 133. |
| D2146.1 | Day controlled by magic. |
| T482 | Day husband: night husband. Woman has two husbands: juggler at home only at night, robber only in day. They do not know about each other. (Similarly, day wife: night wife.) Chauvin V 254 No. 151 n. 1. |
| D2146.1.1 | Day magically lengthened. *Loomis White Magic 29; Saintyves Saints Successeurs 237; Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, *Cross; Hebrew: Joshua 10: 13, *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 237; N. A. Indian (Lillooet): Teit JAFL XXV 351. |
| D2146.1.2 | Day magically shortened. Greek: Fox 164. |
| D2146.1.3 | Day produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2011.1.1 | Day seems moment while saint listens to music made by bird's wing. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J1493 | Daydreamer has lost his chance for profit. He has broken his master's pots while dreaming of future profits. He has therefore lost more than the master and excuses himself of blame. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N128.0.1 | Days of the week on which certain tragic deaths occurred. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V222.0.1.3 | Dazzling heavenly light by day and night marks place of saint's birth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E754.2.3 | Dead and living go together to gate of heaven. Fb "død" I 228a. |
| E3 | Dead animal comes to life. (Cf. B192.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E545.3 | Dead announce own death. (Cf. E723ff.) Wimberly 268. |
| E419.5 | Dead arise when one plays organ for first time in church. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 8 No. 64. |
| E261.2 | Dead arises when shroud bursts and pursues attendant. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 113 No. 3; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *369; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 3; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 40 No. 4. |
| E489.1 | Dead awaken after three days to new life and great wisdom. Fb "død" I 228a. |
| E541.5 | Dead beg food from living. Africa (Bantu): Einstein 193. |
| D1651.5 | Dead beggar's stick will not stay still until back in beggar's service. (Cf. D1254.) Fb "kjæp". |
| A104.2 | Dead body becomes god. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 2. |
| E411.0.3.1 | Dead body cannot be moved from where it lies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E182 | Dead body incorruptible. Beard and fingernails continue to grow. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E226.1 | Dead brother reproves sister's pride. English: Child I 428ff. |
| E326 | Dead brother's friendly return. Dieterich Zs. f. Vksk. XII 147; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 102, Beal XXI 332; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 446. |
| E226 | Dead brother's return. |
| V61.2 | Dead burned on pyre. (Cremation.) *Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 143c; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E387.1.1 | Dead called from their graves to make statement. *Loomis White Magic 53. |
| E411 | Dead cannot rest because of sin. *Herbert III 380 No. 127; Alphabet Nos. 198, 300, 386, 701, 703, 752; Irish: Beal XXI 330, O'Suilleabhain 96; Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 4 Nos. 31—34; Spanish Exempla: Keller; England, Wales: *Baughman; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 242; Africa (Fang): Trilles 134. |
| E415 | Dead cannot rest until certain work is finished. U.S.: Baughman (E354); North Carolina: Brown Collection I 679; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 245; West Indies: Flowers 430. |
| E415.4 | Dead cannot rest until money debts are paid. (See E351.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| E266 | Dead carry off living. Wimberly 257; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 468; Africa (Bulu): Krug 109. |
| E324 | Dead child's friendly return to parents. Frequently to stop weeping. (Cf. P230.) *BP II 485; *Fb "hеnd" I 765a; Dieterich Zs. f. Vksk. XII 147; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 41, Beal XXI 315; English: Child II 238f., III 244f., 247, V 241, Baughman; U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3525; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Chinese: Werner 314; N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Grinnell Pawnee Hero Stories (New York, 1889) 145; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 161. |
| E754.2.4 | Dead children invited to eat at God's table. BP III 463. |
| Q552.8 | Dead cock rises, crows, and spatters scoffers so that they become leprous. (Cf. Q225.) Alphabet No. 117. |
| E541.3 | Dead come forth and eat grave-offerings. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 488, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 154. |
| S139.2.2.3 | Dead dog buried with enemy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2152.1 | Dead dog set up so that woman knocks it over. Must pay damages. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E543 | Dead drag boat to strand. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 5 No. 41. |
| E327.5 | Dead father returns in form of bird. (Cf. E322.4.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E327.3 | Dead father returns to clear son's name of crime. England: *Baughman. |
| E327.1 | Dead father returns to daughter to stop her weeping. (Cf. E324.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| E327.2 | Dead father returns to encourage daughter in childbirth. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E327 | Dead father's friendly return. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; U.S.: Baughman; Greek: Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 195; Latin: Virgil Aeneid V 724; Chinese: Graham. |
| E419.3 | Dead find no rest since grass is pulled on grave. Fb "sjæl" III 214b. |
| E419.2 | Dead find no rest since someone daily knocks at grave. Fb "sjæl" III 214b. |
| D1318.2 | Dead fish reveals guilt. |
| E755.2.6 | Dead flailed by demons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E722.2.9 | Dead friends come for dying man's soul. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3501, Balys Ghosts. |
| E341.4 | Dead grateful for clothes (shirt). Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| E341.2 | Dead grateful for food. N. A. Indian (Canadian Dakota): Wallis JAFL XXXVI 48. |
| E341.1.1 | Dead grateful for having been spared indignity to corpse. Kind man has given it burial. U.S.: Baughman; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E341.1 | Dead grateful for having corpse ransomed. Corpse is being held unburied because of nonpayment of debts. Hero pays debt and secures burial of corpse. —*Types 505—508; **Liljeblad Die Tobiasgeschichte und andere Märchen mit toten Helfern; *BP III 490ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 5, 222ff., 424; **Gerould The Grateful Dead (London, 1908); *Goebel Jüdische Motive in märchenhaftem Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 38ff.; *Fb "lig" II 412b, "død" I 228a.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mort"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 299 No. 13; Jewish: bin Gorion I 176, 374, V 76, 299, VI 224, 316; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Teit JE VIII 385 No. 93. |
| E341.3 | Dead grateful for prayers. Tatlock MPh XXII 211f.; Alphabet Nos. 18, 519, 587; Nouvelles de Sens No. 15; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 102, Baughman. |
| E783.8 | Dead head grateful for burying it. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 34. |
| E545.9 | Dead holy man begs grave-digger not to bury sinner on top of him. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V222.7 | Dead holy man stretches hand from tomb to honor saint. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E321.2 | Dead husband returns and lives with his wife. He is invisible to others. (Cf. F378.) N. A. Indian (Teton): Dorsey AA o.s. II (1889) 148. |
| E221.4 | Dead husband returns to protest wife's spending his money. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E221.3 | Dead husband returns to reprove wife's second husband (lover). Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| E321.3 | Dead husband returns, asks wife to make him coffee. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E321.2.1 | Dead husband returns, helps wife knit socks, piece quilts. She shows his work as proof. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E321.1 | Dead husband sends his ring to his wife. Fb "ring". |
| E321 | Dead husband's friendly return. |
| E481.8.4 | Dead in house of cloud. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 79. |
| E499.4 | Dead in lower world complain about odor of human visitor. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E576.1 | Dead intercedes before God for mortal. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| V68.4 | Dead is undressed. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 245. |
| P12.5.0.1 | Dead king carried into battle in his war-chariot. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E214 | Dead lover haunts faithless sweetheart. |
| E214.1 | Dead lover returns to dance with fickle sweetheart at her wedding. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E212 | Dead lover sets tasks. If girl does not perform them (or answer his questions) he will carry her off. Child IV 439ff. |
| E310 | Dead lover's friendly return. (Cf. E210.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; German: Erk-Böhme Deutscher Liederhort No. 201a; N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Grinnell Pawnee Hero Stories (New York, 1889) 191, Dorsey CI LIX 126 No. 34, (Sioux): Dorsey RBAE XI 490, (Zuсi): Cushing 19. |
| E210 | Dead lover's malevolent return. *R. Arbesmann The Dead Bridegroom in South American Folklore (Thought XIX [March 1944] 95—111); North Carolina: Brown Collection I 681; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 114 No. 8. |
| E642.1 | Dead lovers are now two stones lying together. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1885 | Dead made to appear alive. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E548 | Dead make music on their ribs. Irish: Curtin Myths and Folklore of Ireland 25; India: Thompson-Balys; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 244. |
| E412.3.3 | Dead man asks for shoes (was buried without them). Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| E353 | Dead man asks that certain girl be married to him because in life he seduced her. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| E412.3.1 | Dead man comes back because he was buried without a cap. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| S139.2.2.2 | Dead man gutted and filled with stones. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1937.1 | Dead man identified by his cough. Numskull asked to identify corpse tries to do so by his cough. Clouston Noodles 15. |
| J1769.2 | Dead man is thought to be alive. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E576 | Dead man praises God. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E1.2 | Dead man re-enters body and speaks of experience in heaven. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E555 | Dead man smokes pipe. Fb "tobak" III 814a, "spøgelse" III 520a; U.S.: Baughman; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 219 No. 41, (Teton): Dorsey AA o.s. II (1889) 150. |
| E551 | Dead man sobs. (Cf. E402.1.1.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 296 No. 21. |
| E235.2.1 | Dead man speaks demanding proper funeral rites. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E542 | Dead man touches living. |
| E162.2 | Dead man tries in vain to come back to life. (Cf. E1.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 347. |
| E432.2 | Dead man visiting wife deceived by wife's absurd actions—"no more absurd than ghost visiting wife". (Cf. E321.2, E474.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3547; Balys Ghosts. |
| E321.2.2 | Dead man visits his wife every night. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E594 | Dead man wanders with torch. (Cf. E599.7.) Tobler 84; Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266. |
| E557 | Dead man writes. Fb "spøgelse" III 520a. |
| E542.2 | Dead man's hand touches birthmark and thus removes it. *Fb "død" I 228a. |
| D1502.2.1 | Dead man's tooth as cure for toothache. (Cf. D1009.2.1.) Kittredge Witchcraft 142, 460 nn. *11, 13. |
| E493 | Dead men dance. *Fb "spøgelse" III 520a, "danse" IV 93a, "sjæl" III 214b, "kirkegaard" II 128b; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 335 s.v. "Geister"; England, U.S.: *Baughman; N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Grinnell 192, (Hupa): Goddard UCal I 239 No. 25, (Luiseсo): DuBois UCal VIII 154, (Zuсi): Cushing 48 No. 2, (Cherokee): Mooney RBAE XIX 252 No. 5, 331 No. 78, (Kwakiutl): Boas and Hunt JE III 106; Africa: Werner African 188f. |
| J1769.2.1 | Dead mistaken for the living. Man with abhorrence for corpse sleeps with one thinking it alive. (Cf. H1410.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| E323.2.1 | Dead mother (in animal form) returns to aid persecuted children. Chinese: Graham. |
| Q593 | Dead mother appears and makes disobedient child eat fatal serpent. (Cf. Q325.) Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 263 No. 66. |
| E323.3 | Dead mother called up from grave to give her son charms. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 124. |
| E222.2 | Dead mother haunts daughter who marries against mother's will. England: Baughman. |
| E323.7 | Dead mother makes son strong. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 158. |
| E323.2 | Dead mother returns to aid persecuted children. *Types 510A, 511, 923; Cox 475 n. 4; *BP I 165ff.; *MacCulloch Childhood 108; *Cosquin Contes indiens 504ff.; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 6; Jewish: Neuman; Oceanic (Hawaii, Indonesia, Micronesia, Melanesia): Dixon 89 nn. 97—100; West Indies: Flowers 429; Africa (Cameroons): Mansfield 228. |
| E323.1.2 | Dead mother returns to care for neglected baby. Tobler 92f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Papua: Ker 131; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 67. |
| E222.3 | Dead mother returns to invoke curse on murderer-son. Greek: Aeschylus Eumenides line 115. |
| E323.1 | Dead mother returns to see baby. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E323.1.1 | Dead mother returns to suckle child. *Types 403, 450; *BP I 96; *Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 323; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 4 No. 27; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 260; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 350 n. 263, (Luiseсo): DuBois UCal VIII 153; Africa (Kweli): Sieber 89; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 266 No. 74, 275 No. 88. |
| T611.9 | Dead mother's breasts furnish sufficient nourishment for her baby during two years. *Loomis White Magic 108. |
| E323 | Dead mother's friendly return. *Jellinek Zs f. Vksk. XIV 323f.; *Fb "moder" II 600b, "spøgelse" III 520a; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mère"; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3527; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E222 | Dead mother's malevolent return. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 94, 104, Beal XXI 330, 333. |
| E419.4 | Dead move when cemetery is moved. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 6 No. 42. |
| E545.23 | Dead must be answered in whispers. Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 266, (Greenland): Rink 302, Rasmussen II 269. |
| V68.4.1 | Dead not to be buried naked. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E631.4 | Dead ogress reincarnated as bramble-bush which prevents escape of fugitive. Chinese: Graham. |
| F105 | Dead oppose return of living from land of the dead. (Cf. F93.1.1.) Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 596—97, 602, MacCulloch Eddic 321, Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| E599.13 | Dead person bathes. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E582 | Dead person drives horses. Fb "spøgelse" III 520a; England: Baughman. |
| E563 | Dead person knits. Fb "spøgelse" III 520a. |
| E750.2.1 | Dead person of good life goes over bridge to otherworld without fear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E581 | Dead person rides. Fb "spøgelse" III 520a; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 680—682. |
| E417 | Dead person speaks from grave. Madagascar: Sibree FLJ I 202ff., Larrouy RTP IV 305. |
| E561 | Dead person spins. Fb "spøgelse" III 520a, "spinde" III 492a; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E567 | Dead person threshes. Fb "spøgelse" III 520a. |
| E585.1 | Dead person visits earth every seven years. Fb "spøgelse" III 519b; Tobler 66. |
| E585 | Dead person visits earth periodically. (Cf. E332.3.3.1, E535.3.) |
| E562 | Dead person weaves. Fb "spøgelse" III 520a; England: *Baughman. |
| E577.3 | Dead persons bowl. Type 326; cf. Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle". |
| E578 | Dead persons build fires. Type 326; Russian: Ralston 314; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E583 | Dead persons draw chariot. India: Thompson-Balys, Tawney I 457. |
| E577.1 | Dead persons play ball. (Cf. E494.) Wimberly 233. |
| E577.2 | Dead persons play cards. *Type 326; Fb "spøgelse" III 520a; U.S.: Baughman. |
| E577 | Dead persons play games. U.S.: Baughman; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153. |
| F93.1.1 | Dead place net across river to prevent living man from returning to earth. (Cf. F105.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 16. |
| V61.1 | Dead placed on boat. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 79c, 545b; Fb "skib" III 243b; Icelandic: *Boberg. Cf. Beowulf. |
| E377.1 | Dead poet leaves grave mound to teach poem to herdsman: latter becomes great poet. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E545.16 | Dead predict calamity or disaster. |
| E545.2 | Dead predict death. (Cf. E363.3.) Wimberly 268; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E545.16.1 | Dead predict war. (See E575.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| E363.5 | Dead provide material aid to living. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E452.1 | Dead quiescent during day. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E363.4 | Dead reassures living. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E320 | Dead relative's friendly return. |
| E229 | Dead relative's malevolent return—miscellaneous. |
| E220 | Dead relative's malevolent return. *Fb "spøgelse" III 520b; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3531; West Indies: Flowers 428. |
| E586.3 | Dead return second day after burial. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E342 | Dead return to fulfill bargain. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E586.1 | Dead returns on burial day. Fb "spøgelse" III 519ab; Spanish Exempla: Keller; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E586 | Dead returns soon after burial. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E586.2 | Dead returns third day after burial. Fb "sjæl" III 214b, "spøgelse" III 519b; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 101; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 153. |
| E374 | Dead returns to life and tells of journey to land of dead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E345 | Dead returns to repair injury. Fb "spøgelse" III 521b. |
| E351 | Dead returns to repay money debt. Herbert III 96 No. 38; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 327 No. 23; cf. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 13; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 53, 97, Beal XXI 319, 331; Scotland: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E345.1 | Dead returns to replace boundary marks he has removed. (Cf. E416.) *Fb "skjel" III 264a; Tobler 93; England, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman; New York: Miller NYFQ I 105f.; Irish: Beal XXI 310, O'Suilleabhain 33. |
| E352 | Dead returns to restore stolen goods. *BP III 235; Tobler 65; Fb "gjenganger" I 443b.—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 98, Beal XXI 331; England: *Baughman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 313 No. 80, 327 No. 23. |
| E364 | Dead returns to say farewell. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3502, Balys Ghosts. |
| E373.4 | Dead returns to supply tribe with money demanded by landlord. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E415.2 | Dead rich man returns to rebuke his children who have kept the money he promised to the church. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V68.5 | Dead rubbed with red paint. Africa (Fang): Trilles 140. |
| E586.4 | Dead sent back to life because his name is not in heavenly roll. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E325 | Dead sister's friendly return. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 98; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 178. |
| E361.3 | Dead son tells mother that no mortal escapes death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E545.6 | Dead speak on Hallowe'en. (Cf. V70.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| E221 | Dead spouse's malevolent return. Usually to protest with survivor because of evil ways. English: Child II 281 No. 86; Danish: Grundtvig Danmarks Gamle Folkeviser No. 89b; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3526; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 114 No. 6; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 6 No. 47; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 245; West Indies: Flowers 428. |
| E211.2 | Dead sweetheart appears to seducer every evening, even after he has married another woman. England: Baughman. |
| E211 | Dead sweetheart haunts faithless lover. English: Child I 426; U.S.: Baughman, (North Carolina): Brown Collection I 676, (New York): Jones JAFL LVII 245; Corsican: Ortoli Contes Pop. de la Corse (Paris, 1883) 322, 330. |
| E211.1 | Dead sweetheart in the form of a white rabbit follows seducer. England: *Baughman. |
| E267 | Dead tears living to pieces. Wimberly 264. |
| E2 | Dead tree comes to life. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 47. |
| Q273.1.1 | Dead usurer fed molten silver by devil. Crane Vitry 203 No. 168; Alphabet No. 785; Mensa Philosophica No. 221; Scala Celi 168a No. 953; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V68.1 | Dead washed (in river). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V68.2 | Dead washed and hair combed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E221.1 | Dead wife haunts husband on second marriage. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 146; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 185; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E322.2.1 | Dead wife returns and asks husband to go with her to spirit world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E322.1 | Dead wife returns and bears children for husband. *Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 323. |
| E322.4 | Dead wife returns in form of bird. Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 183; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E322.7 | Dead wife returns to another person to have him write a letter to her husband. England: Baughman. |
| E322.6 | Dead wife returns to live with her husband until his death. U.S.: *Baughman; S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| E221.2.1 | Dead wife returns to reprove husband's second wife for abusing her step-children. N. A. Indian (Fox): Jones PAES I 153. |
| E221.2 | Dead wife returns to reprove husband's second wife. Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Grinnell Pawnee Hero Stories 129. |
| E322.2 | Dead wife returns to wake husband. *Types 403, 450.—New York: Jones JAFL LVII 245. |
| E221.5 | Dead wife torments husband who has let her die of neglect. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E322 | Dead wife's friendly return. (Cf. E221.2.) Irish: O'Suilleabhain 104, Beal XXI 333; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Iroquois): Smith RBAE II 103, (Pawnee): Grinnell Pawnee Hero Stories (New York, 1889) 129, (Osage): Dorsey FM VII 43 No. 36. |
| E545.4 | Dead will not speak of their condition. England: Child II 231—3. |
| E412.3 | Dead without proper funeral rites cannot rest. Hdwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 228ff.; Fb "spøgelse" III 521b; Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman; Greek: Fox 145; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 3 No. 25; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 123; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 342. |
| D1821.7 | Deaf and dumb man can see soul taken to happiness or punishment. Fb "sjæl" III 214b; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F1041.22 | Deaf and dumb people speak. *Loomis White Magic 53. |
| X112 | Deaf husband orders deaf wife to prepare a certain dish: misunderstanding. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X111.14 | Deaf litigants and deaf judge misunderstand one another. (Cf. X111.1.) *Chauvin VII 113 No. 381; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| X111.5 | Deaf man on the bridge. Lord: Good day, Caspar. — Caspar: I am making a reel.—L. Good day, Caspar.—C. It is worth four pence. —L. Good day, Caspar.—C. Yes, my lord, whenever you wish. Type 1698E; *Aarne FFC XX 38ff. |
| X111.9 | Deaf man visits the sick. He plans the conversation with the expected answers. The answers turn out otherwise.—A. How are you?—B. I am dead. —Thank God! What have you eaten? — Poison, I think.—I hope it agrees with you. *Type 1698I; Aarne FFC XX 50ff.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X111 | Deaf men and their answers. *Type 1698; **Aarne FFC XX; *Fb "tunghør"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X111.4 | Deaf peasant: the wedding invitation. Lord: Good morning, Peter. —Peasant: I come from Bingen.—L. What is the hog worth? —P. Two weeks from next Sunday (the wedding).—L. Shall I come to the wedding?—P. Three and a half gulden. *Type 1698D; *Aarne FFC XX 35ff.; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 719. |
| X111.2 | Deaf peasant: travelers ask the way. Travelers ask their direction. Peasant thinks they want to buy oxen.—Peasant's wife arrives; thinks they say her food is too salty.—Daughter-in-law and father-in-law misunderstand each other. *Type 1698B; Aarne FFC XX 28ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| X111.1 | Deaf persons: search for the lost animal. A inquires for his lost animal.—B talks about his work and makes a gesture.—A follows the direction of the gesture and happens to find the animals. He returns and offers an injured animal to B in thanks. — B thinks that he is blamed for injuring the animals. Dispute. Taken to deaf judge. (Cf. X111.14.) *Type 1698A; Aarne FFC XX 16ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.3.5 | Deafness magically cured. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J829 | Dealing with the great—miscellaneous. |
| J2185 | Dearly bought disgrace. A foolish priest is pushed into the water. "I wish I had drowned; then you would all have been disgraced." *Wesselski Bebel I 181 No. 27; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z111.2.2 | Death (demons) glued to chair. Espinosa JAFL XXVII 119—29. |
| Z111.5 | Death (fate) assumes various forms to destroy men. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F1041.1.10 | Death (illness) from envy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z111.3.1 | Death allegorically personified as an animal made up of several different animals. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| E598 | Death and return to life rids man of disease. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z111.3 | Death as eight-headed monster. Africa: Werner African 177. |
| H1594.0.1 | Death as penalty for losing foot-race. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M101.3 | Death as punishment for broken oath. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q411.11 | Death as punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.). (Cf. Q222.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q411.15 | Death as punishment for dropping on emperor's coat. Icelandic: FSS 125, 168—70, Boberg. |
| Q411.10 | Death as punishment for impudence. (Cf. Q326.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q411.6 | Death as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| Q263.1 | Death as punishment for perjury. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q411.7 | Death as punishment for ravisher. (Cf. Q244.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| Q411.9 | Death as punishment for reproach concerning physical deformity (blemish). (Cf. Q284.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q411.14 | Death as punishment for spying on uncanny persons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q411.13 | Death as punishment for thievery. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q411.4 | Death as punishment for treachery. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q411 | Death as punishment. (Cf. Q455, Q456, Q458.2, Q558, Q582.) F. Ström On the Sacral Origin of the Germanic Death Penalties (Stockholm, 1942); *Roberts 211; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 108, 133, 141; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 556; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 120; Africa (Wakweli): Bender 43. |
| R169.16 | Death as rescuer. (Cf. R185.) Africa (Dahomé): Einstein 27. |
| N338 | Death as result of mistaken identity: wrong person killed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q429.2 | Death at hands of foreign invaders as punishment. Jewish: Moreno Esdras. |
| M341.1.7.1 | Death at sight of son before twelve years. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C929.5 | Death by being swallowed for breaking tabu. Rarotonga: Beckwith Myth 262. |
| C922.1 | Death by choking for breaking tabu. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 146. |
| D2061.2.4 | Death by cursing. Irish myth: *Cross; Hebrew: 2 Kings 2:24, Neuman; Icelandic: Boberg; Eskimo: Kroeber JAFL XII 173, Turner RBAE XI 262. |
| S117 | Death by dragging behind horse. *Fb "hest" I 599b; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| C923 | Death by drowning for breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 135 (Ajax the less), Grote I 284; Jewish: Neuman; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 118; Samoa: ibid. 25, 512; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (t-G 2/44, z-G 13/441); Marquesas: Handy 134; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 115, III 124. |
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