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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
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
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| A195 | Divinity's companions. |
| A562 | Divinity's departure for east. S. A. Indian (Tehuelche, Patagonia): Alexander Lat. Am. 336. |
| A561 | Divinity's departure for west. American Indian: *Thompson Tales 274 n. 11; S. A. Indian (Inca): Alexander Lat. Am. 240, (Yuracare, W. Brazil): ibid. 315, (Guarayú): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 437, Métraux RMLP XXXIII 147. |
| A194 | Divinity's emotions. |
| A161.1 | Division of control of universe among gods. Greek: Grote I 3, 9. |
| A1472.1 | Division of labor: religious and lay activities. Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J1241.4 | Division of the fat and lean fowls. Two fat fowls and one lean one at meal. Hero is lean, his two hosts fat. He is to divide. One lean fowl for the two fat people; two fat fowls for the one lean man. *Wesselski Märchen 229 No. 40. |
| K2369.2 | Division of warriors hidden in pit on battlefield. Emerge during battle. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P557.7 | Divorce given to wives before leaving for battle. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B877.3 | Djun, gigantic and ferocious river animal. Africa (Fang): Trilles 186. |
| J311.2 | Do not ask: "Why were the former days better than the present ones?" Jewish: Neuman. |
| J731 | Do not discard clothing till cold weather is over. |
| J1284 | Do not leave it to your successor. A widow stops a ruler on his way to war. He may be killed and he should not leave the act of justice as a credit to his successor. *Chauvin VIII 204 No. 246; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J215.1.3 | Do not pluck off the well-fed leeches. Wolf told not to do so lest hungrier ones take their places as he swims. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J1648 | Do not start here. Man asks directions to a certain place. Native attempts to give directions, then in disgust says, "If I wanted to go to ——, I wouldn't start from here." U.S.: Baughman. |
| J766 | Do not work yourself out of employment. |
| X372.5 | Doctor called to attend sick man immediately gives orders for the funeral. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X372.1 | Doctor cures palpitation of heart: patient stops breathing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J756.1 | Doctor gives advice after patient dies. Scorned for lack of foresight. Wienert FFC LVI *84 (ET 509), 108 (ST 204); Halm Aesop No. 169. |
| N688.1 | Doctor know-all accidentally saves raja. Roof caves in after he has dragged raja out with the intention of killing him and putting an end to all of his questions. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J551.3 | Doctor loses a horse for the sake of the truth. Overlord asks two doctors whether he is entitled to all the possessions of his retainers. One doctor unrighteously answers yes and receives a horse. The other who tells the truth receives nothing. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 123. |
| K2052.4.1 | Doctor prescribes sexual intimacy for widow's ills. She claims to prefer death. Change of heart on daughters' plea. Daughters adopt treatment as a preventive. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 21; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| V382 | Doctor ridicules belief in Devil, Heaven, and Hell. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1062.2 | Doctor unable to cure himself scorned. Chauvin II 227 No. 8; Wienert FFC LVI 73, (ET 384), 136, 138 (ST 424, 432); Halm Aesop No. 312; Babrius No. 2. |
| P424.2 | Doctor who can cure can also poison. This reflection brings the doctor under the king's suspicion. *Chauvin V 276 No. 156. |
| J1803.2 | Doctor's expressions misunderstood. Christensen DF XLVII 208 No. 62. |
| V311.0.1 | Doctrine of immortality taught by druids. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B292.3 | Doe furnishes man milk. Saints' legend (Irish): Plummer cxliv; Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2171.2.1 | Does not need roof when it is fair; cannot put it on when it rains. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 599; Wienert FFC LVI 64 (ET 269), 134 (ST 402); Halm Aesop No. 222; Japanese: Ikeda. Cf. Russian: Andrejev No. 72. |
| B531.2.1 | Does, tigresses, she-wolves milked into pond, which becomes a pond of milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K135.1.1 | Dog (goat) alleged to swallow cold. Said to swallow up the cold so that if he is near, one may sleep comfortably in the cold. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B141.4.1 | Dog (transformed man) prophesies coming of enemy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B119.1 | Dog (whose skin) turns water to wine (mead). Irish myth: Cross. |
| A132.8 | Dog (wolf)-god. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| K135.1.2 | Dog alleged to chase hare and bring it to hunter's home. Dupe deceived. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| U126 | Dog allowed to warm self in house begins to bark. Is chased off. Chauvin III 39 No. 1. |
| K2031 | Dog alternately bites and caresses hares. Is he friend or enemy? Wienert FFC LVI *51 (ET 104), 96 (ST 88); Halm Aesop No. 229. |
| J243.1 | Dog and hog dispute over their children: worth lies not in speed. Wienert FFC LVI 44 (ET 19), 142 (ST 478); Halm Aesop No. 409. |
| X1215.1 | Dog and other animal chase each other in hot weather. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B134.3 | Dog as animal of warning. *Fb "hund" I 678.—Icel.: Boberg, India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A522.1.1 | Dog as culture hero. Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 82f. |
| B292.8 | Dog as guardian of treasure. *Fb "hund" I 675b (cf. B576.2). |
| B240.9 | Dog as king of animals. Wienert FFC LVI 47. |
| B291.2.2 | Dog as messenger. Icel.: ASB XVII 91; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B535.0.4 | Dog as nurse for child. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G351.1 | Dog as ogre. Irish myth: Cross; Tonga: Gifford 121, Beckwith Myth 342, 348. |
| V12.4.1 | Dog as sacrifice. Irish myth: Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 218 No. 167. |
| B292.1.2 | Dog as shepherd for man. Greek Myth: Grote I 228. |
| B2.1 | Dog as totem animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G225.6 | Dog as witch's familiar. England: *Baughman; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 76, 85; German: Grimm No. 85. |
| K254.1 | Dog as wolf's shoemaker eats up the materials. Devours the cow, hog, etc. furnished him. Type 102. |
| J821.1 | Dog asks raven why he sacrifices to Athene, since she hates raven because of his powers of augury. "The more reason to sacrifice. She will keep on good terms with me." Wienert FFC LVI 61 (ET 231), 143 (ST 490); Halm Aesop No. 213. |
| K2031.1 | Dog at his master's table is friendly to guest. On the street he barks at him. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| B134.2 | Dog betrays murder. *Fb "hund" I 678b.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 127 No. 12. |
| B134.1 | Dog betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B1313.) India. Thompson-Balys. —Zuсi: Handy JAFL XXXI 464 No. 17. |
| E431.8 | Dog buried alive to prevent ghosts from walking. *Fb "hund" I 677a. |
| K525.6.1 | Dog buried instead of foster son, who is falsely reported killed so that he can safely be taken away. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A2253.1 | Dog burned in jumping contest over fire: enmity between dog and hare. Dh III 324. |
| K2061.3 | Dog caresses sick sheep: shepherd knows that he hopes for sheep's death. Wienert FFC LVI 72 (ET 373), 96 (ST 104); Halm Aesop No. 372. |
| B134.4 | Dog chooses between opposing tribes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1831.1 | Dog created as watch-dog for Jesus. Jesus, left to watch the herd, creates the dog to drive off the wolf. *Dh II 118. |
| B524.1.4.1 | Dog defends master's child against animal assailant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A2494.4.0.1 | Dog driven away from other animals because of his barking. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J874 | Dog driven out of dining room claims to be drunk. Says that he has drunk so much that he does not know how he got out of the house. Wienert FFC LVI 68 (ET 322), 125 (ST 338); Halm Aesop No. 62. |
| J1791.4 | Dog drops his meat for the reflection. Crossing a stream with meat in his mouth he sees his reflection; thinking it another dog with meat he dives for it and loses his meat. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 426; *Chauvin II 85; B[ö]dker Exempler 275 No. 13; Wienert FFC LVI 64 (ET 270), *105 (ST 178); Halm Aesop No. 233; *Crane Vitry 140 No. 18; Scala Celi 19a No. 111; Jacobs Aesop 199 No. 3.—Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 357 (cf. J1791.3). |
| J952.3 | Dog follows lion. Flees at lion's roar. Wienert FFC LVI 57 (ET 184), 91 (ST 35); Halm Aesop No. 226. |
| J2066.6.1 | Dog follows washerwoman with bundle hoping for meat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2546.1 | Dog granted patent of nobility. Dh IV 117ff. |
| A2545.4 | Dog granted proper food. Dh IV 112. |
| K1591.2 | Dog guards chastity of master's wife during his absence. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2223.5 | Dog guards master's life and wealth: may eat before other animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B153 | Dog indicates hidden treasure. *Norlind Skattsägner 47 n. 1.—India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Mitford 180. |
| B153.1 | Dog indicates other hidden objects. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B152.1 | Dog indicates pregnant woman, adulteress, etc. (Cf. B121.1, B134, B153.)—English: Child I 270 n. |
| B151.1.6 | Dog indicates road to be taken. Icel.: Boberg; Wesselski Theorie 30. |
| B215.2.1 | Dog language understood by fox. Nouvelles Récréations No. 29. |
| B215.2 | Dog language. *Type 671.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chien". |
| J1023 | Dog leader fears defeat because his forces are of different breeds. Wolves are all of one kind. Wienert FFC LVI 47 (ET 57), *48 (ET 68), 112 (ST 230); Halm Aesop No. 267; BP III 545f.; Dh IV 104f., 290; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 107*. |
| A2229.2 | Dog lets devil into church to steal: rewarded with dog-skin. (Cf. A2311.1.)—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 10 No. 50. |
| A2513.1.1 | Dog looks for the most powerful master. Stays for good in man's service, since man fears no one. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *205. |
| A2275.5.5 | Dog loses his patent right; seeks it: why dogs look at one another under the tail. (Cf. A2471.1.) Dh IV 129.—U.S.: Baughman. |
| B292.10 | Dog made king. Icel.: Herrmann Saxo II 579, *Boberg. |
| J1772.2 | Dog mistakes mussel for an egg. Cuts his mouth. Wienert FFC LVI 63 (ET 268), 107 (ST 199); Halm Aesop No. 223. |
| D2072.0.2.6 | Dog paralyzed. U.S.: Baughman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 452. |
| B611.2 | Dog paramour. (Cf. B601.2, B642.)—India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 456; Siberian and North Pacific Coast Natives: Jochelson JE VI 374. |
| B292.4.3 | Dog plows for man. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 44f. |
| K1735 | Dog pretends to be calling dog in the moon when he barks. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1810.2 | Dog procures disguise from magician to frighten tiger. Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 11. |
| J953.1 | Dog proud of his clog. Thinks that the clog on his neck is a decoration. Wienert FFC LVI 57 (ET 183), 91 (ST 34); Halm Aesop No. 224. |
| A2229.1 | Dog rescues cow's teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle. (Cf. A2335.4.3.)—*Dh III 72ff., 500—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 10 No. 48, XXXIII 53 No. 48; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 143 No. 27. |
| B541.4 | Dog rescues drowning man. Type 540*. |
| B134.5 | Dog returns from dead to clear master of murder. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E439.3 | Dog saves man from malevolent living corpse. Dog killed, man safe. (Cf. B524.1.1.) Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 698f. |
| B294.3 | Dog sells rotten peas on market: punished by other animals. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2371.4 | Dog sent ahead so as to avoid seeing husband transformed. (Cf. S241.1.) Chinese: Graham. |
| B736.3 | Dog sheds tears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B182.1.3 | Dog sight of which renders game helpless. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B211.1.7.1 | Dog sings song. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 363. |
| B841.3 | Dog so old his head is skinless. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 80. |
| B182.1.5 | Dog that is hound by day and flame of fire by night. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B182.1.4 | Dog that is hound by night and sheep by day. Irish myth: Cross. |
| W154.5 | Dog tries to bite man rescuing him from well. Wienert FFC LVI 72 (ET 370), 147 (ST 523); Halm Aesop No. 192. |
| N119.1 | Dog tries to catch its fate in its own tail. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D43.1.1 | Dog turned into a god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B103.4.3 | Dog vomits gold and silver. Irish myth: Cross (B109.1.1). |
| J2066.6 | Dog waits to be hit with meat. A butcher has threatened to hit him with a piece of meat. Chauvin III 57 No. 16. |
| B134.3.1 | Dog warns of coming. Chinese: Graham 123, p. 3. |
| B521.3.4 | Dog warns of pursuit. Irish myth: Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 536. |
| A2233.2 | Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.)—Dh III 203f. |
| B15.4.2.1 | Dog with fire in eyes. (Cf. B19.4.)—Fb "ild".—Gaster Thespis 214. |
| B25.2 | Dog with human head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B141.4 | Dog with magic sight. Fb. "hund" IV 227a. |
| B121.1 | Dog with magic wisdom.—Krappe "The dog king" Scandinavian Studies XVII (1942) 148ff., Icel.: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Irish: Beal. XXI 310. |
| V1.8.3 | Dog worship. Encyc. Rel. Ethics Index 167b; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 422. |
| B25.1.1 | Dog-headed man has mane of horse (cattle). Irish myth: Cross. |
| B25.1.2 | Dog-headed people. Peasants persecuted by one-eyed and dog-headed savages.—Estonian: M. J. Eisen Estnische Mythologie (Leipzig 1925) pp. 202—206; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 73 No. 232; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3911. |
| A2433.3.2 | Dog's characteristic haunt. (See A2233.2.)—Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 214; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 213 No. 35 (by the fire), (Wute): Sieber 205. |
| A2376.2 | Dog's claws as grains under paws. In the great famine, God leaves the dog grain under his paws. From this grows new seed. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 143 No. 29. |
| A2232.8 | Dog's embassy to Zeus chased forth; dogs seek ambassador: why dogs sniff each other under leg. (Cf. A2471.1.)—*Dh IV 137ff. |
| D1311.8.1 | Dog's head used for divination. (Cf. D1011.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2004.2.1 | Dog's licking of man produces forgetfulness. Fb "glemme". |
| D1331.2.7 | Dog's urine makes tiger blind. (Cf. D1027.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1316 | Dogfish act like dogs. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F343.2.1 | Dogs as gifts from fairy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B524.1.2.1 | Dogs break bonds and kill master's attacker. Type 327; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1791.3.2 | Dogs by river try to get food in river by drinking the river dry. Wienert FFC LVI 62 (ET 246), 119 (ST 287); Halm Aesop No. 218. |
| B733.2 | Dogs howling indicates death. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez Perro Negro 115; Fb "hund" I 676 b; Hdwb. d. Abergl. IV 473. |
| A673.1 | Dogs in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H592.4 | Dogs in human shape: friends who seduce man's wife. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F167.1.1.1 | Dogs in otherworld. (Cf. A673.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1032. |
| E501.4.1.8 | Dogs in single file in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.1 | Dogs in wild hunt. Schweda 25; England: Baughman; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 50f., 56, Beal XXI 318f. |
| A689.3.1 | Dogs incited to devour souls in hell. Irish myth: Cross (A679.4.1). |
| B524.1.1 | Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon). *Type 300; *BP I 547.—Irish myth: Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 20.—Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 56 No. 9, (Zulu): Callaway 51, (Kaffir): Kidd 226 No. 1. |
| D631.2.1 | Dogs large or small at will. N. A. Indian (Micmac): Michelson JAFL XXXVIII 52. |
| K815.3 | Dogs listen to wolves' hypocritical words. Are killed. Wienert FFC LVI 49 (ET 90), 97 (ST 109); Halm Aesop No. 266. |
| F855.3.2 | Dogs of gold and silver. Penzer IX 9 n. 1. |
| J2137.2 | Dogs of wolf color join the wolves. As soon as they have killed the other dogs the wolves then turn on the wolf-colored dogs which they have persuaded to join them. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 431. |
| E501.4.1.9 | Dogs on leash in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| F405.5.1 | Dogs protect house from spirits. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 61. |
| B524.1.2 | Dogs rescue fleeing master from tree refuge. *Parsons Zs. f. Ethnologie LIV 1—29, MAFLS XVII 271 No. 82.—See also most of African references in B421. |
| W121.2.4 | Dogs tear up lion skin: fear living lion. Wienert FFC LVI 55 (ET 153), 112 (ST 235); Halm Aesop No. 219. |
| B578 | Dogs track down law-breakers. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B521.3.1 | Dogs warn against witch. Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270 No. 82; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 452. |
| E501.4.1.4 | Dogs with eyes hanging out over mouth in wild hunt. Fb "øje" III 1165b. |
| B15.4.3 | Dogs with eyes like plates, tea-cups, etc. Fb. "øje" 1165b. |
| E501.4.1.3 | Dogs with fiery eyes in wild hunt. Schweda 25. |
| E501.4.1.2 | Dogs with fiery tongues in wild hunt. Schweda 25; *Schwartz Zs. f. Vksk. VII 232; Fb "Odins jæger" II 732a; England: Baughman. |
| Q521.1 | Doing penance till green leaves grow on a dry branch. *Types 756ABC; *BP III 463; **Andrejev FFC LIV 34, LXIX 126, 129ff., 241ff.; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 49; Spanish: Espinosa II Nos. 79f., Espinosa Jr. No. 186; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 143. |
| F772.2.5 | Dolorous Tower. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J411.6 | Dolphin and whale scorn crab as peacemaker. Wienert FFC LVI 48 (ET 69), 92 (ST 45); Halm Aesop No. 116. |
| B612.2 | Dolphin as paramour. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A2275.5.4 | Dolphins seek King Solomon's ring. He loses his magic ring in the sea. They are sent by God to get it. This is why they go up and down in the sea. (Cf. A2444.2.)—Dh I 331; Jewish: Neuman. |
| B291.2 | Domestic beast as messenger. |
| G351 | Domestic beast as ogre. |
| B256.4 | Domesticated wolves. *Loomis White Magic 60. |
| Q112.0.6 | Dominion over world as reward. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J215.1 | Don't drive away the flies. Wounded animal (man) refuses to have the flies driven away since they are now sated and their places will be taken by fierce and hungry flies. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 186; Wienert FFC LVI 60 (ET 228), 115 (ST 255); Halm Aesop No. 36; Jacobs Aesop 215 No. 64; Scala Celi 21a No. 132; Alphabet No. 97; Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 51; Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 32; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J322 | Don't injure yourself to insure your family's future. |
| J652.4.2 | Don't play tricks on Gascons. Heptameron No. 28. |
| J21.40 | Don't require honor from a strange country": counsel proved wise by experience. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J215.1.1 | Don't set a hungry guard over food. Parrot set to guard figs eats his fill. When replaced he calls attention to the fact that he is now full and therefore safer than another hungry parrot. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| H592.5 | Donkey ruling a kingdom: king condemning man unjustly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2232.11 | Donkeys ask immediate reward from God: eat their own excrements. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1936.1 | Donning skin makes woman fleet. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 156. |
| A1002 | Doomsday. Catastrophes precede the Day of Judgment. *Olrik Ragnarök.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 336ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 461ff.; Jewish: Moreno Esdras (M307), *Neuman; Hindu: Keith 105; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 279.—Pawnee: Alexander N. Am. 116ff.—Cf. Revelations passim. |
| F91 | Door (gate) entrance to lower world. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 33, 58, Beal XXI 311, 323; Gaster Oldest Stories 152; Jewish: *Neuman; New Zealand: Dixon 73; Africa: Werner African 184. |
| D1557.1 | Door (lock) magically opens (for saint). (Cf. D1146, D1164.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K335.1.1.1 | Door falls on robbers from tree. They flee and leave money. *Types 1650, 1653; *BP I 520; *Köhler-Bolte I 71, 99, 337, 341; *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 182 No. 345; *Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 194; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 350; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 306; N. A. Indian (Malecite): Speck JAFL XXX 484. |
| F782.2 | Door of precious stones. Fb "port" II 863a. |
| D1552.0.1 | Door opens in mountain. (Cf. D932.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1654.15 | Door stuck by witchcraft so that it cannot be opened. (Cf. D1146.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F211.1.1 | Door to fairyland opens once a year. Hartland Science 136.—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.2 | Door to otherworld island in supporting pedestal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F156.1 | Door to otherworld island sounds sleep-bringing music. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F156 | Door to otherworld. (Cf. F91.) Patch Other World 377 s.v. "gate"; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1651.8 | Door will open only for hero. (Cf. D1146.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A411.1 | Door-gods. Chinese: Werner 172. |
| A671.1 | Doorkeeper of hell. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "Chabert". |
| A165.5 | Doorkeeper of the gods. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 186 (Syn). |
| F512.1.4 | Doorkeeper with one human eye, one cat's eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F1009.1 | Doorpost of room rises for holy person. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E722.2.6 | Doors fly open when one dies. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 685. |
| F165.1 | Doors in otherworld. Siuts 70ff.; Patch Other World 376 s.v. "doors"; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F406.1 | Doors left open to let night creatures pass to and fro. *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 590. |
| F782.5 | Doors of fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F165.1.1 | Doors of gold (crystal) in otherworld dwelling. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A661.0.1.1.1 | Doors of heaven guarded by rivers of fire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| R187.1 | Dord fían. A call used by members of a fían (warrior band) for summoning aid. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2030 | Double dealers. |
| K2041.1 | Double dealing physician hired to poison his master who has sent him to poison enemy. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2041 | Double dealing physician. |
| K441 | Double reward successfully claimed. |
| B726 | Double snake—male and female. Africa (Baluba): Einstein 182. |
| F547.5.4 | Double vagina. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F558.1 | Double-skinned tribe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A853.1 | Doubling size of the earth. Increase of population necessitates change. —Persian: Carnoy 307. |
| Q221.7 | Doubt of veracity of goddess' statement punished. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2247.4 | Dove and magpie exchange eggs—dove's seven for magpie's two: why dove has two eggs. (Cf. A2486.3.)—*Type 240. |
| B291.1.3 | Dove as messenger. Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 76. |
| B143.0.6 | Dove as prophetic bird. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J16 | Dove disregards experience and loses brood. Rebuilds her nest in the place where she has lost former brood. Chauvin II 83 No. 6; Bødker Exempler 274 No. 7, 306 No. 82; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V345 | Dove flies out of man's mouth. Impious anchorite has agreed to forsake his religion in return for the possession of a maid. When he repents the dove reenters his mouth. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| B582.2.5 | Dove helps deity draw his wife into a net. Marquesas: Handy 115. |
| A2221.7 | Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1792.1 | Dove sees painted cups of water and dashes into them. Wienert FFC LVI 64 (ET 276), 107 (ST 196); Halm Aesop No. 357. |
| A2431.3.1 | Dove's nest. (See A2271.1.)—Dh III 124, 191—201. |
| U81.1 | Dove's pride in her large brood linked with fear for their loss. Wienert FFC LVI 44 (ET 21), 141 (ST 470); Halm Aesop No. 358. |
| J869.1 | Doves in net console themselves because they think trapper's tears are from pity for them. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| V229.20 | Downfall of ascetic (saint). Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 185 No. 126. |
| T52.4 | Dowry given at marriage of daughter. Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B11.2.1 | Dragon as compound animal. (cf. B14.)—Smith Dragon 81 (serpent or crocodile, with scales of a fish for covering, and feet and wings and sometimes also the head, of an eagle, falcon, or hawk, and the forelimbs and sometimes the head of a lion).—Chinese: Werner 208 (ears of an ox, feet of a tiger, claws of an eagle, horns of a deer, head of a camel, eyes of a devil, neck of a snake, abdomen of a cock, scales of a carp); Egyptian: Smith op. cit. 79 (lioness, falcon, human being). |
| B11.4.2 | Dragon as giver of omens. Smith Dragon 97. |
| B11.2.1.10 | Dragon as modified deer. Smith Dragon 131. |
| B11.2.1.11 | Dragon as modified eagle. Smith Dragon 92f., 108. |
| B11.2.1.6 | Dragon as modified elephant. Smith Dragon 109. |
| B11.2.1.3 | Dragon as modified fish. Smith Dragon 108f.; Irish myth: Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 65. |
| B11.2.1.7 | Dragon as modified horse. Smith Dragon 97f. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B11.2.1.2 | Dragon as modified lizard. Smith Dragon 109. |
| B11.2.1.9 | Dragon as modified ram. Smith Dragon 134 (Egyptian, Soudanese, West African, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, American Indian). The evidence of this identification is merely the spiral horn. |
| B11.2.1.1 | Dragon as modified serpent. Smith Dragon 92, 101f., 107ff. (American Indian, Japanese, East Indian).—Icel.: *Boberg; Japanese: Ikeda; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 65. |
| B11.2.1.4 | Dragon as modified shell-fish. Smith Dragon 165ff. |
| B11.2.1.5 | Dragon as modified toad. Smith Dragon 109. |
| B11.2.1.12 | Dragon as other modified animal. Smith Dragon 108 (falcon), 165ff. (octopus, whale). |
| B11.9 | Dragon as power of evil. So considered everywhere except in the East, where are also found beneficent dragons.—Smith Dragon 82.—Irish myth; Chinese: Werner 208 (introduced by the Buddhists). |
| B11.8 | Dragon as power of good. Smith Dragon 82, 97.—Chinese: Werner 208ff., Graham. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B11.7 | Dragon as rain-spirit. Smith Dragon 1, 78, 82, 90.—Chinese: Werner 208. |
| K1052 | Dragon attacks own image in mirror. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 40 No. 300; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B11.12.6 | Dragon can hear a child cry even at great distance. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B11.12.1 | Dragon cannot be killed with weapons. Wesselski Mönchslatein 171 No. 136; Irish myth: Cross; Eng.: Baughman; Gaster Oldest Stories 69. |
| B11.7.1.1 | Dragon causes deluge. China: Eberhard FFC CXX 233 No. 181. |
| B11.11.3 | Dragon combats attack with showers of fiery spines. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B11.7.1 | Dragon controls water-supply. Hindu: Keith, Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K835 | Dragon deceived into listening to tale: hero cuts off its head. Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. IX 86. |
| B11.1.3.1.1 | Dragon develops from small worm placed on gold. It grows together with the gold. De Vries Studien over Faerosche Balladen 122ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 384f.; Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B11.10.3 | Dragon devours children. India: Thompson-Balys; Eng., U.S.: Baughman. |
| B11.12.1.2 | Dragon dips wounded part in holy well, is healed immediately. England: Baughman. |
| B11.11.8 | Dragon doubles his demand after men's rebellion. Africa (Fang): Einstein 42. |
| B11.6.7 | Dragon eats an ox at every meal. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B11.10.2 | Dragon eats people for his rent. Chinese: Graham. |
| B11.2.8.1 | Dragon encircles city with its tail. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K722.1 | Dragon enticed into pot while in its child-form, boiled, so it can see "courage". India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B11.6.3 | Dragon feeds on treasure. Oberwallis: Jegerlehner 321 No. 75; Chinese: Werner 210. |
| B11.11.6 | Dragon fight in order to free lion. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B11.11.5 | Dragon fight in order to free man. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B11.11.4 | Dragon fight in order to free princess. Icel.: *Boberg. (See also R111.1. and most of the references to B11.11.). |
| B11.11.1 | Dragon fight: respite granted and dragon returns with renewed strength. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXXIX 21; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| B11.6.8.1 | Dragon flies away with lion. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B11.6.8 | Dragon flies to its nest with human being. Icel.: *Boberg. |
| B765.24.1 | Dragon fly acts as doctor to injured snakes. U.S.: Baughman. |
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