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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| K1847.1.1 | Deceptive report of birth of heir. Queen tells king anxious for an heir that she is to give birth to a son, but that ill will befall the son if king looks upon him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K238 | Deceptive respite in payment obtained. |
| K171.3.1 | Deceptive sacrifice of nuts and dates. Trickster sacrifices only the shells of the nuts and the inside of the dates. Wienert FFC LVI 80 (ET 456), 103 (ST 164); Halm Aesop No. 315. |
| K252.1 | Deceptive sale of another as slave. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K83 | Deceptive scratching contest. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 306 n. 109ee. |
| K23 | Deceptive shinny match. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 314 n. 141, (California): Gayton and Newman 74. |
| K867.1 | Deceptive sword-game: brother killed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K22 | Deceptive tug-of-war. Small animal challenges two large animals to a tug-of-war. Arranges it so that they unwittingly pull against each other (or one end of rope is tied to a tree). Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 37 No. 5, (Ibo, Nigeria): Basden 277, Thomas 145, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 377 No. 2; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Remus 124 No. 26; Bahama: Parsons MAFLS XIII 74 No. 34, Edwards MAFLS III 65; South American Negro: C. F. Hartt Amazonian Tortoise Myths (Rio de Janeiro, 1875) 20, Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 83 No. 27; West Indies: Flowers 495ff. |
| K84 | Deceptive vocal contests. |
| K264.2 | Deceptive wager: cat to carry lantern into room. (Has been specially trained.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K264.1 | Deceptive wager: whose horse will jump highest. The trickster has his worthless horse jump out the window. The duke will not let his run the risk. *Wesselski Gonnella 131 No. 25; England: Baughman. |
| K264 | Deceptive wager. |
| K256.1 | Deceptive wages: as much rice as will go on a leaf. Lotus leaf used. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K256.2 | Deceptive wages: two grains and land to plant them on. Grain multiplies and takes up all of dupe's land. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K256 | Deceptive wages. |
| H217.2 | Decision by single combat or holmgang of who is to marry girl. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| M92 | Decision left to first person to arrive. Type 613; Hdwb. d. Märchens I 604b n. 31ff.; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 118, Beal XXI 335; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H217 | Decision made by contest. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 195; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 137. |
| T257.3 | Decision not to punish a jealous husband: he already suffers enough. Wesselski Bebel I 127 No. 23. |
| H217.1 | Decision of victory by single combat between army leaders. (Cf. H218.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| J1176 | Decisions based on experimental tests. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| J1040 | Decisiveness of conduct. |
| T57 | Declaration of love. |
| A196.2 | Decree of gods irrevocable. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M51 | Decree that hero must wed only a virgin. English: Wells 22 (Sir Beues of Hamtoun). |
| J1661.1.5.1 | Deduction: animal has been brought up on dog's milk. Can not get enough to eat. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1661.1.3 | Deduction: bread made by a sick woman. It falls apart; therefore it was kneaded by a weak person. *Chauvin VII 159 No. 438. |
| J1661.1.5 | Deduction: horse has been brought up on ass's milk. Has drooping ears. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J1661.1.6 | Deduction: insect inside precious stone. The jewel is warm. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1661.1.2.1 | Deduction: magistrate is a bastard. Korean: Zong in-Sob 102ff. No. 55. |
| J1661.1.4 | Deduction: mare has she-buffalo as mother. Told by shape of hoofs. Chauvin VII 162 No. 439. |
| J1661.1.8 | Deduction: one-eyed, long-bearded thief is named Kale Khan. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1661.1.7 | Deduction: prince plays with children because he has been denied a normal youth. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1661.1.1.1 | Deduction: the camel ridden by a pregnant woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1661.1.2 | Deduction: the king is a bastard. After dinner the king begins to dance. He is therefore called illegitimate. His mother acknowledges an intrigue with a dancer. *Type 655; *Fischer-Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 198ff.; *Gaster Exempla 195 No. 51; Herrmann Saxo II 265ff.; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1661.1.1 | Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew. **Fischer-Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 198ff.; Gaster Exempla 195 No. 51; *Penzer VI 287; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 101 No. 55. |
| J1661.1 | Deductions from observation. |
| F420.5 | Deeds and actions of water-spirits. |
| F482.5 | Deeds of brownies. |
| G302.9 | Deeds of demons. |
| B11.6 | Deeds of dragons. |
| F402.1 | Deeds of evil spirits. |
| F403.2.3 | Deeds of familiar spirits. |
| P319 | Deeds of friendship—miscellaneous. |
| F535.5 | Deeds of pygmies. |
| G303.9 | Deeds of the devil. |
| A179 | Deeds of the gods—miscellaneous. |
| A170 | Deeds of the gods. |
| E251.3 | Deeds of vampires. |
| F441.6 | Deeds of wood-spirits. |
| Q380 | Deeds punished—miscellaneous. |
| Q200 | Deeds punished. **Encyc. Rel. Ethics s.v. "Crimes and punishments"; *DeCock Volkssage passim; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Q10 | Deeds rewarded. |
| F1084.1 | Deep streams of blood flow during battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A661.1.0.4 | Deer (Eikthyrnir) in Valhalla fills the fountain Hvergelmir. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B598.2 | Deer as confederate of adulterous wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1904.2.2 | Deer belled and enclosed like goats jump fence and escape. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1534 | Deer captured in bird-net: water flows upstream. One partner claims a deer he has captured in his bird-net. The other pretends to be watching water flow upstream. Coster-Wijsman 32 No. 8. |
| E138.1 | Deer foster parent of hero comes alive from its burial hill when youth returns to spot and carries him off to jungle again. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B256.3.1 | Deer furnish bier and bear saint's corpse to church. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B558.4 | Deer hitched to wagon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B545.1 | Deer in net freed by friendly animals, a crow, a mouse and a tortoise. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| B251.2.6 | Deer lick saint's tomb daily at noon. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2173.4 | Deer lost through premature celebration. A fool in celebration of the capture of a deer puts his clothes on the bound deer. He throws a knife to cut the deer's throat but the knife cuts the snare and the deer runs away with the clothes. Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 261. |
| B256.3 | Deer makes its horns available as a bookholder to a saint. *Loomis White Magic 61. |
| D1620.2.3 | Deer of gold and jewels possessing life. Penzer IX 9 n. 1, 28ff. |
| B611.5 | Deer paramour. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1058 | Deer persuaded to butt head into tree. Kills himself. N. A. Indian (Catawba): Speck JAFL XXVI 324 No. 2. |
| E501.5.5.2 | Deer pursued in wild hunt. Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 232; RTP XXII 466. |
| D2074.1.1.2 | Deer summoned by singing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1762.4 | Deer thought to be man with basket on head. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 698. |
| B15.3.2.1 | Deer with a gold and a silver horn. *Fb "hjort" I 625 a. |
| B253.6 | Deer with candles on the tops of their antlers. *Loomis White Magic 61. |
| B15.3.3 | Deer with giant antler. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B105.2 | Deer with string of pearls around its neck. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J461.4 | Deer, opossum, and snake each render indispensable aid to man. Foolishly debate their usefulness. Africa (Vai): Ellis 230 No. 39. |
| P555 | Defeat in battle. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| Z132.2 | Defeat personified. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R74.3 | Defeated enemy holds rank and country when he promises to pay tax to conqueror. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| R74.1 | Defeated enemy turns conqueror's best friend. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P310.5 | Defeated enemy turns true friend. (Cf. P311.1.) Icelandic: Lagerholm 108ff., *Boberg. |
| R74.2 | Defeated enemy's son turns conqueror's man. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| G510.3 | Defeated giant becomes friend and helper of victor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G510.1 | Defeated giant gives his daughter to victor. (Cf. G512.0.3.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q433.2 | Defeated giants imprisoned in lower world. Gaster Thespis 160; Greek: Fox 8 (Titans), Grote I 8. |
| L410.4 | Defeated king must be peddler or beggar. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R75.1 | Defeated surrender their city. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| R74 | Defeated warriors go into the conqueror's service. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F380 | Defeating or ridding oneself of fairies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J673 | Defence when one needs it most. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J672 | Defences by strengthening one's own weakest spots. |
| J674 | Defences in and out of season. |
| E430 | Defense against ghosts and the dead. Frazer The Fear of the Dead (London, 1933—36); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 335b s.v. "Geister"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 309; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 251. |
| R72 | Defiant prisoners refuse to accept grace even from their father unless it is granted them all. (Cf. M165.) Hdwb. d. Märchens II "Gnade ausbitten"; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E604 | Definite number of reincarnations. |
| K551.22 | Definite respite from death granted. |
| L112.3 | Deformed child as hero. Penzer I 184ff. |
| K2270 | Deformed villains. |
| Q551.8.3 | Deformity (putridity) as punishment for murder. (Cf. D2061.1.4, Q211.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q551.8.2 | Deformity as punishment for desecration of holy places (images, etc.). (Cf. Q222.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q551.8.1 | Deformity as punishment for false judging. (Cf. Q265.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q551.8 | Deformity as punishment. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F959.2.1 | Deformity cured by waves of sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A52.0.2 | Degraded gods become angels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q172.9 | Deification as reward. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 38. |
| R14 | Deity (demigod) abducts person. Greek: Grote I 35, 83, 261; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 183. |
| A185.10 | Deity accompanies mortal on journey as guide. Jewish: Neuman; Oahu (Hawaii): Beckwith Myth 328; Tahiti: ibid. 221; Africa (Fang): Einstein 94. |
| A189.6 | Deity appears before human being after prayers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| S464 | Deity appears before persecuted youngest brother and gives him a flock of sheep. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J157.0.1 | Deity appears in dream and gives instructions or advice. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A115.3 | Deity arises from mist. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 71. |
| A115.6 | Deity arises from shell of darkness where he has been for million ages. Tahiti: Henry. |
| E332.3.3.2 | Deity as ghostly rider. Hawaii: *Baughman. |
| H1233.5 | Deity as helper on quest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N817 | Deity as helper. Greek: Iliad and Odyssey passim; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 840, II 504. |
| A189.7 | Deity ascertains destiny of newborn babe and inscribes it upon his forehead. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A185.5 | Deity assists at man's wedding. Jewish: Neuman. |
| H1401 | Deity assumes frightful guises to frighten child. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A199.6 | Deity authenticates sacred writings in heaven. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A114.1 | Deity born from sea-foam. Aphrodite. Greek: Roscher I 402; *Frazer Pausanias III 544. |
| A114.3 | Deity born from skull. Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 312. |
| A114.4 | Deity born from tree. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 279, 284.—So. Am. Indian (Tembé): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 122. |
| A114.2.1 | Deity born in shape of egg. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 169. |
| A185.4 | Deity buries dead mortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A185 | Deity cares for favorite individuals. Greek: Fox 33, 170f., 197; Icelandic: Volsunga Saga chap. 13, Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 187f. |
| A196.2.1 | Deity changes decision. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A625.2.4 | Deity clothes his father the sky after he has separated him from earth. Maori: Clark 16. |
| A197 | Deity controls elements. Jewish: *Neuman; Greek: "Zeus the cloud gatherer"; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 10, 15ff., 32ff., 68—96, et passim.—Tahiti: Henry 337. |
| A2034.1.2 | Deity creates mosquitoes to irritate other gods. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 128. |
| A1275.1.1 | Deity creates princess from prince's body and gives her to him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A192.2.1 | Deity departs for heaven (skies). Polynesia: Moriori (Chatham Is.), Pora Pora (Society Is.), Samoa: Beckwith Myth 38, 43, *241ff., 254; So. Am. Indian (Apapocuvá-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 122. |
| A192.2.1.1 | Deity departs for moon. Polynesia: Hawaii, Beckwith Myth 220, *241; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/931). |
| Q7 | Deity descends and makes king and wronged subject change places. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 425. |
| K1811.2 | Deity disguised as old man (woman) visits mortals. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 776; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A115.4 | Deity emerges from darkness of underworld. Mangia (Cook Is.): Beckwith Myth 224. |
| M93 | Deity grants woman two sons, one to be wise and ugly and the other a fool and handsome. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 964. |
| D630.4 | Deity has power of self-transformation. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93, 117ff, 172ff., 186, 276—83, 512. |
| A132.1.1 | Deity has snake-children. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A125 | Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) —Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Samoa: Henry 346. |
| A183 | Deity invoked. Greek: Odyssey IX line 528, Iliad I 218, et passim; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 2, chap. 1 passim. |
| F913.2 | Deity lights a great fire, and all the children ogress has devoured come out of it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A151.7 | Deity lives in forest. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1059.—Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 36f. |
| S353.1 | Deity nurtures and rears abandoned child. India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1366. |
| A419.1 | Deity of particular forest. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17. |
| A418 | Deity of particular mountain. (cf. A495). Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 529; Korean: Zong in-Sob 170 no. 73; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 185ff. |
| A498 | Deity of stone. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A419.2 | Deity of the deserts. |
| A185.6 | Deity particular friend to one mortal. |
| S255.1 | Deity promises deliverance of promised child to mother in dream. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A185.8 | Deity promises to restore city. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A185.2 | Deity protects mortal. Jewish: Neuman; Greek myth passim. |
| A185.12 | Deity provides man with soul. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A179.5 | Deity reincarnated. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 279. |
| R131.11.4 | Deity rescues abandoned child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A151.7.1 | Deity resides in tree. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1319.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 136. F441.2.1. Wood-nymph. |
| A2221.11 | Deity rewards animal for bringing him water: cause of present characteristics. Maori: Clark 54. |
| A136.1.6 | Deity rides a buffalo. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.7 | Deity rides a lion. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A136.1.1 | Deity rides boar. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 22 (Freya), 109 (Frey). |
| A307 | Deity ruler of lowest heaven. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 938. |
| S255 | Deity saves person about to be sacrificed. (Cf. S263.2.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| M4 | Deity settles disputes between races. Africa (Fang): Trilles 142. |
| K1811.5 | Deity takes form of animal to visit mortals. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1811.4 | Deity takes form of particular person to visit mortals. Greek: Iliad and Odyssey passim. |
| A185.3 | Deity teaches mortal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A131.3 | Deity with animal's head. |
| A131.3.1 | Deity with cat's head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A109 | Deity: miscellaneous motifs. |
| A100 | Deity. |
| A199.3 | Deity's child becomes fire as soon as he is born. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A196 | Deity's limitations. |
| A165.2.0.1 | Deity's messenger can assume any guise he wishes. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 906. |
| A159.1 | Deity's special drum. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 965. C916.2. Animals produced when forbidden drum is beaten. |
| A2034.1 | Deity's wife creates mosquitoes to drive her husband out of jungle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N394 | Delay in bringing pardon allows deserved execution. Messenger, ignorant of contents of message, stops to view culprit's execution. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| M411 | Deliverer of curse. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K335.0.9 | Delivery boy is frightened into giving up his chickens. Trickster upturns his eyelids and puts on boar's tusks. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| M376.4 | Delivery of child fated to rule retarded in order to avoid fulfillment of prophecy. Greek: Grote I 88. |
| A1016.2 | Deluge produced by hot liquid which burns as it floods. American Indian (Salinan): Mason JAFL XXVII 163f., (Krawak): Ehrenreich Mythen und Legenden 49. |
| M359.8 | Deluge prophesied. Chinese: Graham. |
| A1019 | Deluge—miscellaneous. |
| A1021 | Deluge: escape in boat (ark). *Dh I 258ff.—Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 324, Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Fox 19, Grote I 93; Hebrew: Genesis, ch. 6, 7, 8; Jewish: Moreno Esdras; Babylonian: Spence 173f.; Hindu: Keith 99; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1056; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 84; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 364.—Pelew Is. (Micronesia): Dixon 257; Maori: Beckwith Myth 316.—American Indian: *Thompson CColl II 452, (Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 637f., (Carrier): Jenness JAFL XLVII 141ff., (Chipewyan): Lowie PaAM X 195, (Coos): Frachtenberg CU I 45—49, (Kathlamet): Boas BBAE XXVI 23, (Nootka): Sapir JAFL XXXII 353ff., (Chimariko): Dixon UCal. V 304, (Salishan): Teit MAFLS XI 13, 132; (Crow): Lowie paAM XXV 16, (Cochiti): Benedict BBAE XCVIII 2ff., (White Mountain Apache): Goodwin MAFLS XXXIII 50ff., (Ojibwa): Radin JAFL XLI 70ff., (Choctaw): Bushnell AA n. s. XII 528f., (Shawnee): Spencer JAFL XXII 319, (Natchez): Swanton BBAE LXXXVIII 121, 214, (Aztec): Alexander Lat. Am. 85f., (Arawak): ibid. 273, (Carib): ibid. 39, (Mbaya): Muller Anthropos XXIX, (Mura): Nimuendajú BBAE CXLIII (3) 265, (Taulipang): Camara Cascudo Antologia de Folclore Brasileira 124ff. (These are only a selection of the American Indian references). |
| A1021.0.3 | Deluge: escape in gourd. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1021.0.5 | Deluge: escape in hollow tree trunk. American Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 636ff., (Mexican): Bancroft Native Races of the Pacific States of America (New York 1874—76) III 66ff. |
| A1021.0.6 | Deluge: escape on floating building. American Indian (Tlingit): Bancroft Native Races V 14, (Cahita): Beals BBAE CXLII 216f. |
| A1021.0.4 | Deluge: escape on floating tree. Korean: Zong in-Sob 16 No. 8. |
| A1010 | Deluge. Inundation of whole world or section.—**Anderson Nordasiatische Flutsagen; **Andree Die Flutsagen (Braunschweig, 1891); **Diestel Die Sintflut und die Flutsagen des Altertums (Berlin 1876); *Woods Encyc. Religion and Ethics s.v. "Deluge"; **Winternitz Die Flutsagen des Altertums (Wien 1901); **Fischer Weltwenden: Die grossen Fluten in Sage und Wirklichkeit (Leipzig 1925); **Gerland Der Mythus von der Sintflut (Bonn 1912); **Usener Die Sintflutsagen untersucht (Bonn 1899); Ley Eiszeit (Anhang: Eiszeit u. Sintflut) (Erfurt 1928); *Riem Die Sintflut in Sage und Wissenschaft (Hamburg 1925); *F. von Schwarz Sintflut und Völkerwanderung (Stuttgart 1894); **Feilberg Skabelses og Syndflodssagn (1915); *Maria Alice Moura Pessoa A Bibliographic Study of the Deluge Myth in the Americas (MA Thesis, Columbia University 1948).—Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 19, *Frazer Apollodorus I 55 n. 1, II 88 n. 2; Egyptian: Müller 75f.; Persian: Carnoy 270; Hindu: Keith 105, Charpentier Kleine Beiträge 34 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; Indo-Chinese: Scott 267, 278ff.; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 16 No. 8; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 361ff.—Indonesian: Dixon 178ff., 256f.; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 189; Melanesian: Cole. 119f.; Polynesian: ibid. 38; Samoan: ibid. 17; Australian: ibid 280; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 307, 314.—N. A. Indian (general): *Thompson Tales 286 n. 57, Alexander N. Am. 299 f. n. 49, also 177, 180, 203, 205 (Pima, Walapai, Sia, Hopi); Sinkyone: Kroeber JAFL XXXII 347; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 55; Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 637, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 452, (Cape York): Rasmussen III 48, (Northwest Canada): Pétitot Traditions 2; Maya: Alexander Lat. Am. 152f.; Mixtec: ibid. 87; S. Am. Indian (Carib): Alexander Lat. Am. 39, (Chibcha): ibid. 203, (Amazon tribes): ibid. 311, (Jivaro, Yugua): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 627, 736, (Cubeo): Goldman ibid. (3) 798, (Aymara): Tschopik ibid. (2) 571, (Zaparoans, Pebans): Steward ibid. (3) 532, (Bacairi): Lévi-Strauss ibid. (3) 347, (Nambicuara): Lévi-Strauss ibid. (3) 369, (Guaporé): Lévi-Strauss ibid. (3) 379, (Caingang): Métraux ibid. (1) 473, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie ibid. (1) 397.—African: *Wagener 13ff. |
| J1955 | Demand that murderer restore life to victim. |
| M204.1 | Demanding of promised boon postponed until an auspicious moment. Granted anything he may ask, the recipient waits to announce his choice. English romance: Malory VIII 15; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M204 | Demanding of promised boon postponed. |
| K481 | Demi-coq by means of his magic animals and magic water collects money. *Type 715; *BP I 258; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| B171.1.1 | Demi-coq crows in king's body, when the king eats him.—Type 715. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B171.1 | Demi-coq. A cock is cut in two and is made magic. Carries robbers, foxes, and stream of water under wings.—*Type 715; *BP I 258.—Missouri French: Carrière. |
| A592.1 | Demigod and witch woman of upper world have son. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/249). |
| A531.4.1 | Demigod conquers great octopus. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 22. |
| A305 | Demigod of underworld. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/221, 249, 317); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 155 n. 33. |
| A511.1.3.1 | Demigod son of king's unmarried sister (daughter) by god. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A511.1.3.2 | Demigod son of king's unmarried sister by her brother. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A590 | Demigods and culture heroes—miscellaneous. |
| A500 | Demigods and culture heroes. Irish myth: Cross; Hawaii: *Beckwith Myth 60. |
| A513.1 | Demigods descend from heaven. Irish myth: Cross.—S. Am. Indian (Tapirapé): Wagley-Galvao BBAE CXLIII (3) 178; Maori: Clark 30. |
| A536 | Demigods fight as allies of mortals. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| A106.2.1.2 | Demon (opposed to God) allowed to earth four times a year (but must let people know who he is and not deceive them). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F403.2.2.5 | Demon as familiar spirit. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G302.3.1 | Demon as fiery pillar. Jewish: Neuman. |
| H1233.4.4 | Demon as helper on quest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D486.1 | Demon becomes larger. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G. 13/420). |
| G303.16.2.5 | Demon cannot hurt holy man or woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.5 | Demon causes disease. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G336.1 | Demon drags beneath the water any person whose shadow falls on surface of water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F171.8 | Demon eats sand; gambler lives wretched life in otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R181 | Demon enclosed in bottle released. *Type 331; *BP II 414ff., IV 321; Jewish: Neuman, **Levi Revue des études Juives LXXXV 137; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| D2177.1 | Demon enclosed in bottle. *Type 331; *Goebel Jüdische Motive im märchenhaften Erzählungsgut (Gleiwitz, 1932) 52ff.; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 311 No. 39, 314 No. 105, 320 No. 34; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Graham; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 439. |
| K2385 | Demon enters person and refuses to leave until wishes have been fulfilled. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas II 193ff., 352f.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.5.1 | Demon formed from charmed apples. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A317 | Demon god lies in wait for spirits descending to underworld. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/18). |
| F159.4 | Demon guide on otherworld journey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.16.19.5 | Demon has to serve girl whom he cannot persuade to break vow of chastity. (Cf. D1714.) Scala Celi 154b 854. |
| D2177.2 | Demon imprisoned in pomegranate. Africa (Swahili): Stigand 122ff. No. 19. |
| R181.1 | Demon imprisoned in tree released. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G302.3.2 | Demon in animal form. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F401.3.7.1 | Demon in form of crow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F401.3.6 | Demon in form of hare. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G302.3.3 | Demon in form of old woman. (Cf. C745, D651, G1263.0.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F401.3.4.1 | Demon in form of wasp. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G354.1.1 | Demon in the shape of serpent guards forest where treasure tree grows. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.6.1.1 | Demon lives at root of tree. Cook Island: Beckwith Myth 252. |
| F402.6.1 | Demon lives in tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.2.11 | Demon looks like a mountain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F471.2.0.1 | Demon lover. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G514.0.1 | Demon must bring treasure to those who have released him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F408.1 | Demon occupies (speaks from) lance (sword). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F415 | Demon occupies oracular artificial head and gives responses to questions. Dickson 193 n. 75, 201 n. 95. |
| F493.1.2 | Demon of colic. Irish myth: Cross (F497). |
| F493.1.1 | Demon of Consumption. N. A. Indian (Cherokee): Terrell JAFL V 125. |
| F406.4 | Demon of gluttony coaxed from man's throat with bits of food. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.7 | Demon of gluttony devours man's food in his throat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F496 | Demon of gluttony. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H47 | Demon recognized by corpse it occupies turning to worm when stake is driven through it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.15.1 | Demon seduces princess as she bathes at seashore. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F411.3 | Demon ship sails against the wind. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.1.15 | Demon suitors of girl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.4.1 | Demon takes on form of God to deceive faithful. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| F411.1 | Demon travels in whirlwind. *Taylor FFC LXX 24 n. 1; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 190—197. |
| J1791.3.2.1 | Demon tries to recover object from river by drinking it dry. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G342 | Demon with pointed head, red hair, and black face. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| G308.9 | Demon-octopus. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 289; Marquesas: Handy 76. |
| G302.8 | Demon's helpers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.3.0.1 | Demon's size changed at will. (Cf. D631.7.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.2 | Demons abduct men and torment them. Jewish: Neuman. |
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