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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
P
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| E752.1.2.1 | Demons amuse themselves by plaguing souls in hell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G302.6.1 | Demons appear only at stated times. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A165.4.1 | Demons as watchmen of the gods upon earth. Greek: *Grote I 63. |
| D651.1.2 | Demons assume human form to revenge brother's death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.4 | Demons assume human forms in order to deceive. Kittredge Witchcraft 223f., 530 nn. 98—101.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 4, 6f., 18f., 32, 39, 41f., 46, 49, 51f., 60f., 61, 188. |
| G302.9.1 | Demons attack men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G582.1 | Demons bribed with food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q414.0.8 | Demons burn heretics at stake. (Cf. Q225.1.) Scala Celi 103b Nos. 555, 556. |
| E411.0.7 | Demons cast evil man from grave leaving only his shroud. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G302.4.4 | Demons cast no shadow. (Cf. F1038, G369.3.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1361.1.0.4 | Demons cause impenetrable fog. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D631.4.3 | Demons change size at will. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G583 | Demons coerced by tabus of druids. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F402.4 | Demons eat ravenously. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F405.12 | Demons flee from fire. Chinese: Graham. |
| F405.10 | Demons flee stone (when saint steps upon it). Irish myth: *Cross |
| G302.9.6 | Demons fool men in their dreams. (Cf. G303.11.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.9.9 | Demons goad man to treachery. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.4.5.1 | Demons have cock-feet. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.4.3 | Demons have only souls but no bodies. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.5 | Demons help Satan. (Cf. G303.10.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F419.1 | Demons hold horse-race. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2177.1.1 | Demons imprisoned by magic. Nouvelles Recreations 13. |
| F401.3.7.2 | Demons in form of black birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2176.3.3.1 | Demons in stone images driven out by holy man (saint). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G302.9.4 | Demons injure and strangle little children. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F402.6.2 | Demons live in waste mound. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.6.3 | Demons live in well. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.6.4 | Demons live in white cliff with hole in it. (Cf. F460) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G302.7.2 | Demons marry among themselves. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F401.3.0.1 | Demons on animal feet. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 307 No. 33. |
| E754.1.1.1 | Demons powerless over souls commended to God before sleep. Jewish: bin Gorion I 238. |
| G302.5.3 | Demons present at discussion in academies. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F402.1.5.1 | Demons seek to carry off king's soul. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F493.4 | Demons spread pestilence by means of "heat and fury". Irish myth: Cross. |
| G302.9.8 | Demons teach men idolatry. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302.9.3 | Demons tempt men. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G302.1.1 | Demons: soul of the giants who perished in the flood. (Cf. A1010.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G302 | Demons. Malevolent creatures (not usually further defined). Irish: Plummer cliii, *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 36; Jewish: *Neuman; Babylonian: Spence 276f.; Hindu: Penzer I 205, Tawney II 232 n.; Chinese: Graham, Werner 432b s.v. "Demons"; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 82; S. A. Indian (Chaco): Alexander Lat. Am. 323. |
| J1477 | Demonstrate here. A man boasts of his jump on Rhodes and says that if he were in Rhodes he could prove his boast. Reply: "No need to go to Rhodes. Show us your jump here." Wienert FFC LVI 82 (ET 480), 100 (ST 135); Halm Aesop No. 203. |
| J2213.7 | Dentist duped to pull out two teeth for one because of the expensiveness. Christensen DF XLVII 205. |
| A575 | Departed deity grants requests to visitors. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 276 n. 17. |
| J135 | Departing animal gives man counsels. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1063 | Departing house. Hero in departing takes his house with him. N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 224. |
| H922 | Departing husband assigns his wife tasks. *Köhler-Bolte II 647ff.; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A192.2 | Departure of gods. Tonga: Gifford 102, Nukuhiva (Marquesas): Handy 123. |
| F407 | Departure of spirits. |
| F6 | Departure to otherworld (fairyland) attributed to death. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K362.6 | Deposit money secured by false order to banker's wife. When banker refuses to redeliver deposit the owner presents false tokens to wife. Jewish: Bin Gorion Born Judas II 245. |
| N844 | Dervish as helper. Malone PMLA XLIII 400. |
| J702.1 | Dervish who stops work. Sees bird feed its young and decides that God takes care of everyone without work. He is shown his mistake. Chauvin II 115 No. 89. |
| Q154.1 | Descendants of man who endured pain without crying out not to meet violent deaths. (Cf. Q84.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F61.2.1.1 | Descent from upper world on magic feather (like ladder). Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| M302.3 | Descent into hell to learn future. Vergil Aeneid Book 6; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 127. |
| F1022.1 | Descent into ocean in glass box. Jewish: Gaster Exempla 186 No. 5; bin Gorion Born Judas III 136, 306, *Neuman. |
| A1224 | Descent of man from animals. *Lang Myth I 179, 184; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 465; *Frazer Old Testament I 33ff.—Australian: Van Gennep Mythes et légendes d'Australie 2f., 8f.; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 374; Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 168, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 261, (Greenland): Rink 471, (Cape York): Rasmussen III 85, (W. Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 359, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 152, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 482, (Mackenzie River): Jenness RCanAE XIII 81; S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 104. |
| A1224.5 | Descent of men from monkeys. Chinese: Graham. |
| F81 | Descent to lower world of dead (Hell, Hades). Andrejev FFC LXIX 71f., *231n.; *MacCulloch Encyc. Rel. Ethics IV 648ff.; Oertel Studien zur vgl. Literaturgeschichte VIII 123; Aarne FFC XXIII 115ff., 129ff.; BP III 465; Köhler-Bolte I 133; Zemmrich Internationales Archiv für Ethnographie IV 217; Hull FL XVIII 121; *Fb "helvede" I 589a, "gjedebuk" I 440b, "Cyprianus" I 166b.—Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 320, 324, O'Suilleabhain 53, 63; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "visite", "enfer"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 299 No. 17, 313 No. 79; Finnish: Kalevala rune 16; Greek: Roscher Lexikon I 22 s.v. "Archilleus", Fox 105, 137, 145, Frazer Apollodorus I 234 nn. 1, 2, 332 n. 2; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; New Guinea: Ker 81; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 33; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 464; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 165, 180, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 489; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 337 n. 216; Araucanian: Alexander Lat Am. 330f.; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 225 No. 40, 249 No. 50, (Ekoi): Talbot 7, 34, 46, 56, 63, 99, 233, 238, 280, (Yoruba): Ellis 244 No. 1, (Bantu): Einstein 194f. |
| F98 | Descent to lower world on animal. |
| F451.4.3 | Description of dwarf home. |
| F991.4.1 | Desecrated altar bleeds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q222.5.5 | Desecrated church burned by burning straw carried by sparrow. (This is done through power of saint.) Irish myth: Cross; England, Wales, Scotland: Baughman. |
| F933.6.1 | Desecrated well overflows. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q411.11.1 | Desecrating a sanctuary (saint's house) by murder punished. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G302.5.1 | Desert the abode of demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| S378 | Deserted children become Thunder. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 91. |
| F766 | Deserted city. Inhabitants have been devoured. *M. Bloomfield in Penzer VII xxv; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 127 No. 7. |
| N732.2 | Deserted daughter's good fortune discovered by accident. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 348 n. 251. |
| K951.0.1 | Deserted wife chokes departing husband. Asks for one last kiss. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 242ff., 376, 384, Neuman. |
| A1017.1 | Desire of man for sun causes flood. S. Am. Indian (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CXXXIV 26. |
| Q241.1 | Desire to commit adultery punished. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2127.1 | Desiring woman they quarrel over, man accuses group of men of having abducted his wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T37.1 | Despairing lover at lady's tomb takes poison. She revives to learn of his fatal error and shares his fate. (Romeo and Juliet.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| L177 | Despised boy wins gambling game. N. A. Indian (Zuсi): Benedict II 336. |
| L176 | Despised boy wins race. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 327f. nn. 185f. (many references), (Zuсi): *Benedict II 336. |
| D525.1 | Despondent mother curses herself and children into trees. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *425D. |
| E755 | Destination of the soul. |
| Z254 | Destined hero. (Cf. M311, T22.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| N142 | Destiny better than work, show, or speculation. A peasant makes a little by his work; a nobleman more by his outward show; a merchant still more by speculation; but a prince most of all by his destiny. Chauvin II 109 No. 72; Bødker Exempler 305 No. 76; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| S321 | Destitute parents abandon children. *Encyc. Religion Ethics s.v. "Abandonment and exposure"; *Type 327; *BP I 123; Missouri French: Carrière; Greek: Grote I 103; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 256 No. 200a; Korean: Zong in-Sob 43 No. 25. |
| Q585.2 | Destruction (disappearance) of property got through immoderate request. (Cf. Q338.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| M364.10 | Destruction and rebuilding of church foreseen by saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F471.1.2.2 | Destruction of an alp. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 11. |
| J621 | Destruction of enemy's weapons. |
| Q552.13.2 | Destruction of property by fire from heaven as punishment. (Cf. Q595.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q552.1.0.1 | Destruction of property by thunderbolt as punishment. (Cf. Q595.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1207.1 | Destructive "rolling wheel" of druid. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B16.1.5.2 | Destructive cow possessed by demons. Irish myth: Cross. (Cf. B17.1.3.) |
| B16.2.7 | Destructive deer. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N627 | Destructive elephant eats poison man has prepared for himself. Man rewarded. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F367 | Destructive fairy drink. Upon returning to earth mortal pours out drink which had been offered by fairies. It burns up whatever it touches. Hartland Science 144. |
| B16.6.3 | Destructive locusts (with wings of iron) eat wheat crop. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K525.8.1 | Destructive magic belt tried on tree. Destroys tree. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "gürtel". |
| K525.8 | Destructive magic object tried out on something inanimate. |
| D2050 | Destructive magic power. |
| B16.1.6 | Destructive sheep. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B765.19 | Detached snake fang kills person or animal. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F956.1 | Detailed diagnosis by feeling pulse. *Chauvin V 136 No. 64. |
| N275.3 | Detection by accidental remark. Wife misunderstands husband's remark and confesses. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 32. |
| J1149.3 | Detection by disrobing in a dance. A man masking as a maiden has committed adultery with the queen. A clever girl by challenging him to disrobe in a dance exposes the imposture. *Wesselski Märchen 197 No. 7; Nouvelles de Sens No. 8; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1146.1 | Detection by pitch-trap. Pitch is spread so that footprints are left in it, or that shoe is left behind as clue. *Type 510; Cox 1-80, 87-104 passim. |
| J1146 | Detection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashes. *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt I 117ff., 221ff.; *Gaster Germania XXV 290f.; Fb "mel" II 570; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 510 No. 109, 526 No. 111, 810 n. 410. |
| D1817.3 | Detection of crime through "knowledge tooth". (Cf. D1810.3, D1811.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1149.5 | Detection of guilt by smile. Buried money is stolen from blind man. Latter has boy watch and notify him when passerby smiles at him. The smiler is the thief. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K2060 | Detection of hypocrisy. |
| J1141.5 | Detection of theft by finding bag-repairer. Two men are in a lawsuit and before witnesses seal the documents in a bag to await arrival of the king. One of the men cuts the bag open, changes the documents, and has a repairer sew it up again. On the king's arrival the change is discovered. By having a fine carpet repaired the expert repairer is discovered. Confession follows. *Zachariae Zs. f. Vksk. XXXIII—XXXIV 70. |
| K412 | Detection of theft of bull escaped by putting boots on bull. *Fb "tyr" III 908b. |
| J1145 | Detection through aid of animal. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| J1147 | Detection through feigned dream. |
| J1141.11 | Detection through ruse. Husbands ask suspected priest to talk to wives on tithing, and thus obtain sufficient evidence to convict him. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 32. |
| N120 | Determination of luck or fate. |
| A1172 | Determination of night and day. After much discussion, the relative length of these divisions is determined.—Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Clark 43, 46; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 289 n. 62; S. Am. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 683; African (Fang): Einstein 169. |
| A1322 | Determination of relation between birth-rate and death-rate. Japanese: Anesaki 224. |
| A1150 | Determination of seasons. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 87 n. 3; India: Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 60, (Ojibwa): Jones JAFL XXIX 372, Carson JAFL XXX 493, (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 226, 246, (Naskapi): Speck JAFL XXVIII 76. |
| A1320 | Determination of span of life. *Köhler-Bolte I 42.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 60b. |
| A1160 | Determination of the months. Jewish: Neuman.—Ojibwa: Carson JAFL XXX 493. |
| A1181 | Determination of world center. By reaching to its ends.—N. A. Indian: Kroeber JAFL XXI 223. |
| A1182 | Determination of world quarters. The four cardinal points.—Yuma: N. Curtis Craftsman XVI 560. |
| F1078 | Detonation from spark struck for fire hurls ships out to sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A697.3 | Deva world. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 861, II 892, 909. |
| B16.5.1.2 | Devastating (man-eating) sea-monster (serpent). Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16 | Devastating animals. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.2.5 | Devastating bear killed. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B33.1.2 | Devastating birds destroy grass. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B33.1.4 | Devastating birds with poisonous spells on their wings. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B33.1.1 | Devastating birds wither everything with their breath. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16.3 | Devastating birds. (Cf. B33.) |
| B16.2.9 | Devastating bison (buffalo). German: Grimm No. 197; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.1.5.3 | Devastating bull. Greek: Grote I 189. |
| B16.6.5 | Devastating centipede. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 232f. |
| B16.5.2 | Devastating crocodile. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX II No. 188. |
| G346.2 | Devastating demon. Kills and eats people. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.1.2 | Devastating dog (hound). Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.1 | Devastating domestic animals. |
| B16.2.6 | Devastating elephant. Icel.: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese-Persian: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 188. |
| B16.4 | Devastating fish carries off daily victim. India: Thompson-Balys; Greek: Grote I 189. |
| B16.2.1 | Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice.—*Frazer Apollodorus I 171 n. 2. |
| B16.1.3 | Devastating horse. |
| B16.6 | Devastating insects. |
| G346.1 | Devastating monster mews like cat. Africa (Hausa): Mischlich 164ff No. 22, Frobenius Atlantis IX 277ff., 287ff. Nos. 74, 75. |
| G346.0.1 | Devastating monster which comes out of a hole in evening. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G346 | Devastating monster. Lays waste to the land. *Types 301, 550; Irish: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 126, 148f.; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 102; Finnish: Kalevala rune 46; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Greek: Fox 56; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.5 | Devastating reptiles. |
| B16.5.1.1 | Devastating serpent with fiery breath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.5.3 | Devastating shell-fish. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 119f. |
| B16.6.4 | Devastating spider. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B16.1.6.1 | Devastating supernatural lamb. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16.1.4 | Devastating swine. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16.2.2 | Devastating tiger. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| B16.2 | Devastating wild animals. |
| G303.3.4.3 | Devil (Black Donald) as a bunch of ferns. Rolls down hill. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 303. |
| N571 | Devil (demon) as guardian of treasure. *Fb "skat" III 235b, "djævel" IV 99b; *Kittredge Witchcraft 204f., 517 n. 8; *Penzer III 133n.; *Winter 41; U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 16 No. 9; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 678. |
| G303.7.1.2.3 | Devil (gentleman) invites girls into his sleigh. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.7.1.2.2 | Devil (gentleman) invites traveler into his wagon. Explains that his horses are Earl X, etc. (Cf. G303.25.17.1.) Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 118 No. 25. |
| G303.3.1.12.5 | Devil (in queen's form) insatiable, although she copulates with all men and horses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A162.3.1 | Devil (ogre) steals thunder's instruments. Icel.: Thrymskvida; Lappish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian: *Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI (1939) 33—43. |
| G303.3.2.2 | Devil (Satan) appears as an angel. Dh I 228; *Loomis White Magic 74; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.16.19.4 | Devil (Satan) flees when cock is made to crow. (Cf. G303.17.1.1.) U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 811; French: Sébillot France IV 126; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 218f. No. 168. |
| D55.2.2 | Devil (troll) makes self small. *Fb "lille" II 428. |
| G303.9.5.1 | Devil abducts girl: has her hang about his neck and he flees to hell. Wünsche Teufel 65f. |
| G303.24.1 | Devil accuses congregation of sins. |
| G303.9.7.1 | Devil advises young girl not to go to a castle. Later, when she returns pregnant she says that the devil advised her to serve at the castle. He slaps her and tells her she is lying. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 84; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 664. |
| M212 | Devil agrees to help man with robberies. |
| G303.4.8.9 | Devil all speckled and spotted. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.2.4 | Devil and Drake carry waters of English Channel from Dartmoor to Plymouth. English: Hunt Popular Romances 231, Baughman. |
| G303.9.4.7.1 | Devil and girl. "Are you lonely?" Girl: "No, devil, with God and angels." Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 365. |
| A63.4 | Devil and God create animals. Wolf created as God's dog. The devil creates goats to destroy things.—BP III 199 (Gr. No. 148); Dh I 127—205 passim. |
| A63.3 | Devil and God wrestle at time of creation. *Dh I 184f. |
| G303.8.6 | Devil and his servants live where perjurers dwell. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 12. No. 107. |
| A977.2.1 | Devil and man throw stones in contest. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| G303.9.2.5 | Devil and Michael Scott carry tide an additional five miles up River Wansbeck. England: Baughman. |
| G303.17.2.4 | Devil and sinful priest disappear amid blaze of fire in the river. England: Baughman. |
| G303.6.3.3 | Devil and the wind travel together. French: Sébillot France II 313. |
| G303.6.2.3 | Devil appears among youths who jest while they say their evening prayers. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 10 No. 76. |
| G303.3.1.12.3 | Devil appears as a beautiful black wench. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.16 | Devil appears as a child. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.15 | Devil appears as a Jew. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.2.1 | Devil appears as Christ. Scala Celi 45a No. 256; *Loomis White Magic 74; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.1.12.4 | Devil appears as old woman to seduce monk from cloister. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.3.2.5 | Devil appears as Virgin Mary. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 41. |
| G303.6.2.2 | Devil appears at meetings of witches. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292; Finnish-Swedish: Danielsson op. cit. 84. |
| G303.6.1.1 | Devil appears at midnight. Hunt Popular Romances 230; Wünsche Teufel 54, 59, 106f.; Danielsson op. cit. 77. |
| G303.6.3.4 | Devil appears in an intense light and with strong odor of sulphur. (Cf. G303.4.8.1.) Sébillot France II 313; U.S.: Baughman. |
| M219.2.1 | Devil appears in great storm, takes away soul of person contracted to him. (Cf. D2141.0.4, D2141.0.5, Q550.1.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.3.1.20 | Devil appears in shape of a dead man while hidden in his corpse or skin. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| G303.3.1.4 | Devil appears in the form of a man who is repugnantly ugly. (Cf. G303.3.0.1.) Wessman 8 No. 66, Wünsche Teufel 103f.; Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 35, Beal XXI 312; England: Baughman. |
| G303.6.2.1 | Devil appears invisible among dancers. (Cf. G303.10.4.) Canada, U.S.: *Baughman (G303.6.2.12); Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 10 No. 79; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| G303.6.1.7 | Devil appears on Hallowe'en. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.6.1.3 | Devil appears to claim soul offered to devil in jest. Wünsche Teufel 36f.; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 56, Beal XXI 322. |
| G303.6.2.8 | Devil appears to dying man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.6.2.11 | Devil appears to Eve. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.6.2.7 | Devil appears to girl who prays over pit where she has thrown the bodies of her babies. French: Sébillot France II 313. |
| G303.10.4.4 | Devil appears to girl who wants an escort for a dance. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.6.2.6 | Devil appears to minister's serving man to warn of impending disaster to the house. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 298f. |
| G303.6.2.13 | Devil appears to person who cuts both ends off loaf of bread. England: Baughman. |
| G303.6.2.5 | Devil appears to persons ready to abandon their integrity. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292. |
| G303.6.2.14 | Devil appears to Sabbath breakers. (Cf. C631.) England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| G303.6.2.9 | Devil appears to saint (cleric). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.6.2.10 | Devil appears to scholar. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.6.1.4 | Devil appears when a woman looks at herself in the mirror after sunset. England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; French: Sébillot France I 139; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.6.1.5 | Devil appears when cards are played. Fb IV 99a; Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292. |
| G303.6.2.15 | Devil appears when person steals. |
| G303.3.4.2.1 | Devil as a ball of fire. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 848ff. |
| G303.3.4.5 | Devil as a barrel. Rolls and is impossible to catch. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 802. |
| G303.3.1.12.2 | Devil as a beautiful young woman seduces man. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.3.4.2 | Devil as a black ball. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 9 No. 68. |
| G303.3.2.3 | Devil as a dwarf. Irish myth: Cross; German: Henne-Am Rhyn 278. |
| G303.3.1.8.1 | Devil as a hermit. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.5.2.2 | Devil as a hunter in green. Wünsche Teufel 53f., 90f. |
| G303.3.1.7 | Devil as a huntsman. Wünsche Teufel 33f., 49f.; Hunt Popular Romances of West of England (London, 1903) 222; Nouvelles de Sens No. 5. |
| G303.3.1.10 | Devil as a peasant. England: Hunt Popular Romances 232; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 543. |
| G303.3.1.3.1 | Devil as a ribald traveler. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| A43 | Devil as adviser of God. *Dh I 2f., 6, 12, 28, 31, 42, 44, 127ff., 144, 240, 388.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 313ff. |
| G303.22.11 | Devil as advocate of falsely condemned men. Carries off the judge. *Type 821; BP II 566. |
| G303.3.1.8.2 | Devil as ascetic. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 617. |
| G303.3.1.22 | Devil as astrologer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.20.6 | Devil as black dog kills people. (Cf. G303.3.3.1.1.) England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G303.9.1.1 | Devil as builder of bridges. Wünsche Teufel 30—37; England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3285, Legends Nos. 489f.; Japanese, Korean: Ikeda. |
| G303.9.1.6 | Devil as builder of churches. Wünsche Teufel 42; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1931) 26ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 491; French: Sébillot France IV 126. |
| G303.9.1.2 | Devil as builder of dams. Finnish-Swedish: man 17 No. 155; Wünsche Teufel 29f. |
| G303.9.1.3 | Devil as builder of mill. Wünsche Teufel 38ff. |
| G303.9.1.5 | Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux). Wünsche Teufel 49f.; Icelandic: Boberg; French: Sébillot France IV 126. |
| G303.9.1.4 | Devil as builder of walls. Wünsche Teufel 27f., 69; England: Baughman. |
| D142.1 | Devil as cat. *Kittredge Witchcraft 178 nn. 37—44 passim. |
| G303.3.1.13 | Devil as cook. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.9.9.17 | Devil as crow misleads travelers, puts out their lights. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.3.2.1.1 | Devil as crucifix. *Loomis White Magic 75; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.24.5 | Devil as dog chews up Bibles, hymnbooks, church accounts in church. Wales: Baughman. |
| A812.1 | Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God.—*Dh I 2-89 passim, *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 277ff.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 3 No. 1; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 455f., Aarne FFC XXV 139 No. 1; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 80 No. 1; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3005; Legends Nos. 7-12;10, 12f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 313ff. |
| N4 | Devil as gambler. Fb "kort" II 279a, "klör" II 204; Alphabet No. 450; Scala Celi 110b, 111a Nos. 615, 616; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 33, 36, Beal XXI 311, 313; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| G303.25.17.1 | Devil as gentleman invites a traveler to the feast (wedding). (Cf. G303.7.1.2.2.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3276, Legends Nos. 441, 448, 454, 458ff., 466. |
| G303.22.14 | Devil as helper in battle. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| M212.1 | Devil as helper of robber refuses to let women's ornaments be stolen. They are his own weapons. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 86. |
| G303.3.3.1.3 | Devil as horse. Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 35ff.; *Loomis White Magic 74; Kittredge Witchcraft 177 n. 31; Boggs FFC XC 90 No. 762; Köhler-Bolte II 266ff.; Fb I 266b; England, U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Danielsson op. cit. I 68; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 667ff., 760, 781f.; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G20.1 | Devil as husband eats corpses. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 369. |
| A63 | Devil as marplot at creation. *Dh I 6—89 passim, 127—205 passim; *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX (Nachträge) 276f.—Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 458f. |
| G303.3.1.19 | Devil as merchant. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.3.1.18 | Devil as shoemaker. Estonian, Livonian, Latvian, Lithuanian: *Balys Tautosakos Darbai VI 105—110. |
| G303.3.4.11 | Devil as stream of water. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.3.1.14 | Devil as student. Irish myth: Cross. |
| M213 | Devil as substitute for day laborer at mowing. He mows with a magic sickle. The evil overseer tries to keep up with him and dies of overexhaustion. Type 820. |
| H1131.2 | Devil as suitor assigned task to build bridge or dam. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3250, Legends Nos. 343f. |
| H335.0.3 | Devil as suitor assigned tasks. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 343f., 345f., 363, 398. |
| G303.3.1.11 | Devil as three gentlemen. They come for a dying man. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 295. |
| G303.3.4.4.1 | Devil as whirlwind. Persons met by him are killed or maimed. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 14 No. 122. |
| G303.3.4.4 | Devil as wind. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M212.2 | Devil at gallows repudiates his bargain with robber. Ring turns to rope. The judge cannot find a rope and is about to release the thief because of the miracle. But the ring in the box presented by the devil as a bribe turns out to be a rope. The man is hanged. *Krappe Archivum Romanicum VII 470ff.; *Wesselski Märchen 244 No. 54; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.16.14.5 | Devil avoids cockscomb flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M216 | Devil bargains to help man become priest. He must not later exorcise him from people. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 50 No. 332. |
| M217 | Devil bargains to help man win woman. *Loomis White Magic 113; Alphabet No. 64; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 66 No. 508A*, Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. Cf. Cosquin études 545ff. (sale of self to magician). |
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