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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D5.1 | Enchanted person cannot move. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 294 No. 8. |
| D5.2 | Enchanted person on bier. Italian: Basile Pentamerone, Introduction. |
| D5 | Enchanted person. See also the entire section on transformation. No real difference seems to exist between transformation and enchantment. A bewitched or enchanted person may, however, retain his original physical form, but may be affected mentally or morally.—*Type 400; Gr. Nos. 93, 163; BP II 335ff.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 105 n. 1 (Minos); India: Thompson-Balys; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| F451.5.4.3 | Enchanted princess lives with dwarfs. German: Pröhle Harz. No. 175 I. |
| D1364.8 | Enchanted stockings cause magic sleep. (Cf. D1062.)—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bas." |
| D7 | Enchanted valley. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J31 | Encounter with clever children (woman) dissuades man from visit. On way to a city meets children and they are so clever that he turns back home, fearing how clever their parents must be. *Wesselski Gonnella 118 No. 15, *Hodscha Nasreddin II 227 No. 481; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| Z10.2 | End formulas. *BP IV 24ff.; Hdwb. d. Märchens II 164; *Petsch Formelhafte Schlüsse im Volksmärchen (1900); India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| P16 | End of king's reign. |
| A1085 | End of the gods. *Olrik Ragnarök 51f.; Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1093 | End of world announced by trumpet. *Olrik Ragnarök 116ff. |
| A1075 | End of world heralded by coming of Antichrist, a gigantic destructive one-eyed monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1082.3.1 | End of world to come at disease and death of snake encircling the world. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1058 | End of world when culture hero removes one of the world-props. S. Am. Indian (Guaraní): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93. |
| A1052.3 | End of world when four (seven) suns appear in sky. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 157, II 566. |
| A1051.2 | End of world when stars in one constellation overtake those in another. Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 425. |
| M433 | Endless sleep given Endymion. Greek: Fox 245. |
| Z11.1 | Endless tale: corn carried away grain at a time. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| Z11.2 | Endless tale: hundreds of birds in snare fly away one at a time. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z11 | Endless tales. Hundreds of sheep to be carried over stream one at a time, etc. The wording of the tale so arranged as to continue indefinitely. *Type 2300; *BP II 209; Taylor Hdwb. d. Märchens II 190a; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K50 | Endurance contest won by deception. |
| H1506 | Endurance test: hero maintains silence in the snake pit. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| H1501 | Endurance test: long dancing. Girl tires out many partners. English: Child II 102—110, IV 214f.; West Indies: Flowers 471. |
| H1503 | Endurance test: scalding mush scattered on heroine's naked body; rasp-tongued dogs lick wounds. N. A. Indian (Iroquois): Alexander N. Am. 35. |
| M420 | Enduring and overcoming curses. |
| S123.6 | Enemies buried alive up to their necks and exposed to jackals. (Cf. Q456.1.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 570. |
| J26 | Enemies can be won more by kindness than cruelty. Romans learn this by experience. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2378.3 | Enemies deceived through shammed flight. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2364.1 | Enemies defeated by setting forest afire. Africa (Fang): Trilles 202. |
| K1082.0.1 | Enemies duped into fighting each other. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K941.3 | Enemies each burn own houses to be able to sell ashes. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1715.4 | Enemies frightened away by making them think they will be eaten. Chauvin V 23 No. 13 n. 1; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 255f., 266. |
| K811.1 | Enemies invited to banquet and killed. (Cf. K871.2.) *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 661, 662; *BP II 85, III 106; Gaster Thespis 211, 328; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Grote I 150; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Yanagita Folklore Studies XI 2 No. 2; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/555). |
| K811.1.2 | Enemies invited to feast and poisoned. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1886.2.1 | Enemies magically caused to lose sight of each other while hunting. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2062.2.4 | Enemies magically caused to lose sight of each other while hunting. Irish myth: Cross (D1981.4). |
| D2091.6 | Enemies magically made to feel thirst. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J218 | Enemies make peace rather than slay each other. |
| A2494.9 | Enemies of fox. (Cf. A2494.4.5.) |
| A2494.16 | Enemies of reptiles and other animal forms. (Cf. A2494.11.2, A2494.12.7.) |
| K2373 | Enemies reconciled by gifts which the one's son tells are sent from the other. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K783.1 | Enemy blinded with chili powder and overpowered. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J624.3 | Enemy brothers unite to fight a common enemy. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| F959.6.1 | Enemy cured by poisoned cake he has sent to holy man in order to destroy him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2368 | Enemy deceived into overestimating opponents: retreat. (Cf. K548.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J891 | Enemy horses captured by lion join forces and become friends. Chauvin II 150 No. 9; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| R5.1 | Enemy host imprisoned by earthen walls thrown up by hero's chariot wheels. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K607 | Enemy in ambush (or disguise) deceived into declaring himself. |
| K2368.4 | Enemy induced to give up siege by making it look as if the besieged have got reinforcement. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K2365.1 | Enemy induced to give up siege by pretending to have plenty of food. Grimm Deutsche Sagen 460, 470, 504; Von der Leyen Sagenbuch III 1 No. 75, 2 No. 278; Lübbing Friesische Sagen 65; Laport FFC LXXXIV 182; Herodotus I ch. 22; Ovid Fasti VI 349ff.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K2365 | Enemy induced to give up siege. |
| K2365.2 | Enemy induced to surrender city by show of wealth on part of besiegers, who shoot golden apples over walls. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2013 | Enemy invited for marriage with relative attacked. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2013.1 | Enemy invited to meeting and attacked. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2369.12.1 | Enemy leaders invited to banquet and poisoned. (Cf. K871.1.) Krappe Romanic Review XVI. |
| D2091.16 | Enemy magically enclosed within walls. Jewish: Neuman. |
| K2365.3 | Enemy soldiers persuaded by show of great wealth and generosity of king to desert to his side. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| R4.1 | Enemy surprised while bathing: taken. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2163.7 | Enemy's army deceived by illusion produced by saint. *Loomis White Magic 122. |
| D2031.9 | Enemy's last arrow made to appear crooked so that he does not use it, and adversary gets time to kill him. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| N857 | Enemy's servant as helper. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K2364 | Enemy's ships fired by use of fireship. English: Malory X 32; Greek: Iliad XVI 84. |
| Z126 | Energy (strength) personified. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T61.4.3 | Engagement ritual: intermediary sprinkles girl with flour. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2214.11 | England must be full of widows. So concludes widow's daughter, who makes her living by spinning, when she sees so much warm goods from England. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1689.11.1 | English more powerful than Hindus since latter were late at distribution of qualities. (Both defecating, but Hindu must wash, while Englishman uses paper.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H588.21 | Enigmatic advice: take only salt and water as food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H585 | Enigmatic conversation of king and peasant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H599.5 | Enigmatic counsel: uproot old trees and plant new ones (dismiss old governors and appoint new). Jewish: Neuman. |
| H596.1 | Enigmatic counsels of a brother. Spanish: Childers. |
| H588 | Enigmatic counsels of a father. Taken literally bring trouble, but when properly interpreted are valuable. Icelandic: Hervarar saga 36—39, 116—18, *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys, (Kashmir): Knowles 243; Indonesia: De Vries's list No. 232; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 256 No. 200. |
| H596.1.1 | Enigmatic counsels of older brother. Gray younger brother asks well-preserved older brother for the secret of his good health. Answer: A measured mouth, a close purse, and a knot on the trouser's fly. Spanish: Childers. |
| H596 | Enigmatic counsels of relatives (other than father). Spanish: Childers. |
| F171.0.1 | Enigmatic happenings in otherworld, which are later explained. Type 471; *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Literaturgeschichte VIII 123; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 173 (to Gonzenbach No. 88); Bolte ibid. XVI 460.—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 54, 57, Beal XXI 321f.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *472; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| H587.0.1 | Enigmatic letter of king must be explained on pain of death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H582.2.1 | Enigmatic statement betrays incest. (Cf. T411.) Woman, recognizing cleric as her son by her father (Fiachna), gives him a drink of milk and says, "I give drink to my brother; he is Fiachna's son, he is Fiachna's grandson; his mother is Fiachna's daughter." The son's reply shows that he understands the situation. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H592 | Enigmatic statement made clear by experience. |
| H594.1 | Enigmatic statement: roof has no eaves. (Else it would give the beggar shelter.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H594.3 | Enigmatic statement: the flocks are only rocks and grass. (Else you would have given the beggar milk and curds.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H594.2 | Enigmatic statement: the tank (pond) does not belong to you. (Else you would have given the beggar fish to eat.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H599.2 | Enigmatic statements of a sham mad man (Hamlet). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| H580 | Enigmatic statements. Apparently senseless remarks (or acts) interpreted figuratively prove wise. *Wesselski Märchen 197; **De Vries FFC LXXIII; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 389, *Boberg; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 122 No. 1358; Jewish: *Neuman; Arab: Azov 411f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Batak: Voorhoeve 163 No. 169. |
| H595 | Enigmatic welcome of host. Sounds very inhospitable but properly interpreted makes guests welcome. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M306.4 | Enigmatical prophecy: "He that is to kill you shall grow up in Braja (a place). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M306.5 | Enigmatical prophecy: "He who will kill your child is not here, but in the village." Africa (Fang): Tessman 187. |
| M306.3 | Enigmatical prophecy: princess will wed physician, fisherman and prince all in one. Man puts on the guise of all three, one on top of another. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M306.1 | Enigmatical prophecy: what thou sowest thou shalt not reap, etc. (Thou shalt have children and they shall not die, etc.) Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Exempla 217 No. 144, Gaster Oldest Stories 205. |
| M306 | Enigmatical prophecy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1377 | Enigmatical quests. |
| N456 | Enigmatical smile (laugh) reveals secret knowledge. *Type 670; **Aarne FFC XV 31ff.; Wesselski Mönchslatein 93 No. 153; Wesselski Archiv Orientální I 82; Krappe Revue Celtique XLVIII 401ff.; *Schoepperle I 198 n. 1; *Penzer I 46 n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 358; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J484 | Enjoyment preferred to wealth. Penzer IV 198. |
| A2494.13 | Enmities of birds. (Cf. A2494.12.4, A2494.16.4.) |
| F531.6.8.3 | Enmity (competition) between giants. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| A2281 | Enmity between animals from original quarrel. (Cf. A2494.1.1, A2494.1.3, A2494.2.3.)—Dh III 331.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 11 Nos 56, 57; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 143 No. 31; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 88 No. 62; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 56; Jewish: Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 36 No. 20; Benga: Nassau 99 No. 6. |
| A2494.9.1 | Enmity between baboon and fox. Dh III 332. |
| A2494.8.2 | Enmity between bear and ant. Dh III 143. |
| A2494.8.1 | Enmity between bears and goats. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.16.4 | Enmity between bird and lizard. Latter muddies water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.9 | Enmity between bird and rat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.10.6 | Enmity between birds of prey and chickens. Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 42. |
| A2494.1.2 | Enmity between cat and dog. (See A2281.1.)—Dh IV 117ff., 142ff. |
| A2494.1.3 | Enmity between cat and hare. (See A2281.)—Dh III 332. |
| A2494.1.5 | Enmity between cat and hen. Dh III 329ff. |
| A2494.1.1 | Enmity between cat and mouse. (See A2281.)—Dh IV 112ff., 144ff. |
| A2494.1.4 | Enmity between cat and rat. Dh III 328 (wildcat).—India: Thompson-Balys; Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 419f. |
| A2494.1.7 | Enmity between cat and spider. Dh III 331. |
| A2494.1.6 | Enmity between cat and tiger. Dh III 333f.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 93. |
| A2494.12.3.1 | Enmity between cattle and snails. China: Eberhard FFC CXX No. 79. |
| A2494.16.2 | Enmity between chameleon and lizard. Dh III 349. |
| A2494.12.9 | Enmity between chimpanzee and man. Nyang: Ittman 65ff. |
| A2494.1.8 | Enmity between civet cat and chicken. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 65ff., 71f. |
| A2494.16.3 | Enmity between cobra and viper. Dh III 350. |
| A2494.12.4 | Enmity between coyote and meadowlark. Pueblo: Parsons JAFL XXXI 227. |
| A2494.16.5 | Enmity between crab and spider. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.11.2 | Enmity between crocodile and elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.1 | Enmity between crow and owl. Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys; Panchatantra III introduction (transl. Ryder); Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 437; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2494.13.5 | Enmity between crow and prairie-dog. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.12.7 | Enmity between deer and terrapin. North Carolina: Brown Coll. I 103. |
| A2494.4.8 | Enmity between dog and bull. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.6 | Enmity between dog and cat. (See A2494.1.2, A2281.1.) |
| A2494.4.10 | Enmity between dog and cow. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.4.2 | Enmity between dog and crocodile. Dh III 327. |
| A2494.4.5 | Enmity between dog and fox. Dh III 328. |
| A2494.2.5 | Enmity between dog and leopard. Africa: Stanley 196, (Benga): Nassau 189 No. 25. |
| A2494.4.7 | Enmity between dog and lion. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.4.3 | Enmity between dog and mouse. Dh IV 112ff. |
| A2494.4.4 | Enmity between dog and rabbit. Dh III 328; Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 349 No. 61. |
| A2494.4.11 | Enmity between dog and rooster. Duala: Lederbogen Märchen V 128. |
| A2494.4.1 | Enmity between dog and squirrel. (See A2281.2.) |
| A2494.4.9 | Enmity between dog and tiger. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.16.6 | Enmity between earthworm and rattlesnake. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 67. |
| A2494.11.3 | Enmity between elephant and ant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.11.1 | Enmity between elephant and thousand-leg. Dh III 339. |
| A2494.13.10.4 | Enmity between falcon and hen. Dh III 348. |
| A2494.6.3 | Enmity between fisher and rabbit. Penobscot: Speck JAFL XXVIII 53. |
| U141 | Enmity between fisherman and dweller on the river. Fishing stirs up the water and makes it unfit for drinking. (Cf. U31.) Wienert FFC LVI 84 (ET 512), 121 (ST 303); Halm Aesop No. 25. |
| A2494.13.3 | Enmity between fowl and cockroach. Antigua: Johnson JAFL XXXIV 66. |
| A2494.4.12 | Enmity between fowl and dog. Africa: Weeks Cannibals 209. |
| A2494.13.12 | Enmity between fowl and falcon. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 613. |
| A2494.9.2 | Enmity between fox and chicken. Liberian: Bundy JAFL XXXII 424. |
| A2494.16.1 | Enmity between frog and snake. Dh III 349f. |
| A2494.13.11.1 | Enmity between grasshopper and starling. Dh III 349. |
| A2494.13.10.3 | Enmity between hawk and hen. Dh III 343.—Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 69f. |
| A2494.13.10.1 | Enmity between hen and all other animals. Dh III 344. |
| A2494.13.10.5 | Enmity between hen and tiger. Fang: Trilles 246. |
| A2494.13.10.2 | Enmity between hen, beetle, and duck. Dh III 347. |
| A2494.3.1 | Enmity between hyena and ass. Dh III 337. |
| A2494.3.4 | Enmity between hyena and cow. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.3.2 | Enmity between hyena and jackal. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.3.3 | Enmity between hyena and weasel. Dh III 338. |
| A2494.3.5 | Enmity between hyena and wildcat. Dh III 329. |
| A2494.5.4 | Enmity between jackal and alligator. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.5.3 | Enmity between jackal and crab. Dh III 349; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.5.2 | Enmity between jackal and kite. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.5.1 | Enmity between jackal and wild hen. Dh III 341. |
| A2494.13.2 | Enmity between kite and crow. Japanese: Ikeda; Zanzibar: Bateman 57 No. 4. |
| A2494.2.1 | Enmity between leopard and antelope. Dh III 335.—India: Thompson-Balys; Fjort: Dennett 73 No. 15. |
| A2494.2.4 | Enmity between leopard and deer. Liberia: Bundy JAFL XXXII 417. |
| A2494.2.3 | Enmity between leopard and goat. (See A2281.)—Africa (Benga): Nassau 99 No. 6, (Angola): Chatelain 195 No. 24, (Vai): Ellis 240 No. 47, (Wakweli): Bender 54. |
| A2494.2.2 | Enmity between leopard and lion. Dh III 338.—Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| A2494.2.7 | Enmity between leopard and monkey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.2.6 | Enmity between leopard and sheep. Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 72. |
| A2494.7.3 | Enmity between lion and man. Wute: Sieber 182f. |
| A2494.7.2 | Enmity between lion and wolf. Dh III 339.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 201 No. 27. |
| A2494.6.1 | Enmity between lynx and rabbit. Penobscot: Speck JAFL XXVIII 54. |
| A2494.12.6 | Enmity between marten and squirrel. Dh III 339. |
| A2494.12.2 | Enmity between mongoose and snake. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 2, 854. |
| A2494.7.1 | Enmity between monkey and lion. Vai: Ellis 231 No. 40. |
| A2494.16.7 | Enmity between octopus and rat. Tonga: Gifford 206. |
| A2494.13.4.1 | Enmity between owl and fowl. Africa: Weeks Jungle 436ff. |
| A2494.13.4 | Enmity between owl and mouse. Dh III 343. |
| A2494.12.3 | Enmity between ox and antelope. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 58 No. 10. |
| A2494.4.13 | Enmity between palm rat and dog. Africa: Weeks Jungle 382f. |
| A2494.12.1 | Enmity between panther, antelope, and tortoise. Dh III 335. |
| A2494.13.11.3 | Enmity between parrot and starling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.12.10 | Enmity between porcupine and snail. Wakweli: Bender 78. |
| X428 | Enmity between priests and monks: chickens and eggs. Monks eat eggs and make chickens expensive; priests eat hens and make eggs high. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 69. |
| A2494.6.2 | Enmity between rabbit and coyote. Chuh: Kunst JAFL XXVIII 356. |
| A2494.12.8 | Enmity between rat and spider. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.6 | Enmity between raven and marshsnipe. Dh III 348. |
| A2494.13.7 | Enmity between raven and mink. Dh III 351. |
| A2494.12.5 | Enmity between raven and mink. Dh. III 351. |
| A2494.14.1 | Enmity between spider and fly. Dh III 349.—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 150 No. 67. |
| A2494.14.2 | Enmity between spider and wasp. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.11.2 | Enmity between starling and locust. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.10.3 | Enmity between tiger and bear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.10.2 | Enmity between tiger and boar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.10.1 | Enmity between tiger and man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2494.13.8 | Enmity between woodpecker and weaver-bird. Wakweli: Bender 50. |
| J1179.10 | Enoch Arden decision. Man believing wife dead becomes a priest. Later finds her alive. Pope's decision: he may remain both a priest and husband but must not consort with any other woman. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 42; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| Q211.0.2 | Enormity of kin murder. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F873.2 | Enormous army camp. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F899.3 | Enormous cage. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F841.3.3 | Enormous canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 420; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 62, 85. |
| F816.2 | Enormous kava plant. Tonga: Gifford 123, 158. |
| E501.4.1.1 | Enormous pack of dogs in wild hunt. Overcome people by their mass. Plischke 32. |
| G302.9.7 | Enormous quantities of food eaten by demons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F547.7 | Enormous testicles. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| F547.5.2 | Enormous vagina. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F545.1.5.1 | Enormously fat woman with beard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| M301.2.1 | Enraged old woman prophesies for youth. He has accidentally knocked her over (broken water pot, etc.). Type 516; *Cosquin études 555; *Köhler in Gonzenbach I 209ff.; *BP IV 189; *Penzer Pentamerone of Basile (London, 1932) I 11; Penzer Ocean V 171; Rösch FFC LXXVII 100; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2377 | Entering a garden by swimming down a stream that flows into it. Malone PMLA XLIII 399. |
| F1099.1 | Entire household dies on same night. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1355.3.4 | Entrails of live pigeon placed above house door fetch lover to the spot. England: Baughman. |
| K476.1 | Entrails substituted for meat. Prometheus divides slain ox so that bones and entrails seem to be choicest part. (Zeus is not deceived.) Greek: Fox 13. |
| K1340 | Entrance into girl's (man's) room (bed) by trick. |
| K317.2 | Entrance into wine cellar by removing lock during absence of mother. Pierre Faifeu No. 7. |
| K1342 | Entrance into woman's (man's) room by hiding in chest. *Type 882; Köhler-Bolte I 211f.; Fb "kiste" II 134; Boccaccio Decameron II No. 9 (Lee 57); Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. Cf. Shakespeare's Cymbeline. |
| K1342.0.2 | Entrance into woman's room in lamp stand. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1349.8 | Entrance into woman's room through concealed door. Heptameron No. 2, 4. |
| A671.0.3 | Entrance to cave as gate to hell. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. (Cf. A671.5.). |
| F451.4.1.7 | Entrance to dwarf home leads through some filthy place under the swill hole or swill tub. German: Haas Greifswald. 36 No. 39, 38 No. 40. |
| F211.1 | Entrance to fairyland through door in knoll. Hartland Science 61; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales: Baughman; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 133, 283. |
| F92.5 | Entrance to lower world by making hole in ground. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F92.6 | Entrance to lower world through cave. England: *Baughman. |
| F92.4 | Entrance to lower world through mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 614 n. 48.—Irish myth: Cross; Babylonian: Gilgamesch-Epos IX; Chinese: Graham. |
| F150.2 | Entrance to other world guarded by monsters (or animals). Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Babylonian: Spence 171; Jewish: *Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 47, 74, 80, Rasmussen I 81. |
| F150.2.1 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by giant (champion). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F150.2.3 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by north and south winds. Tonga: Gifford 171. |
| F150.2.2 | Entrance to otherworld guarded by spirits. Jewish: Neuman; Maori: Clark 37. |
| K1341.1 | Entrance to woman's room in golden ram. Princess's curiosity aroused and the golden ram carried into the room. The youth is concealed inside. *Types 854, 900; *BP I 443ff., 446 n. 2; *Krappe Balor 12 n. 41; Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 166 (to Gonzenbach No. 68, cf. No. 23); Rösch FFC LXXVII 109; Philippson FFC L 30. -Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 860*; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 428. |
| K1341 | Entrance to woman's room in hollow artificial animal. |
| K312.2 | Entry by master thief into closely guarded city in wood-gatherer's basket. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K477.3 | Entry into enemy's presence by pretending to be a messenger from a relative. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2131.2 | Envious jackal makes lion suspicious of his friend, the bull. The lion kills the bull. Chauvin II 86 No. 18; Penzer V 42-63, 130 n. 1; B[ö]dker Exempler 277 No. 17; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| W18 | Envious man sets out to kill one who is noted for his generosity. He is won over by the generosity of his intended victim. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| Q302.1 | Envy punished: the found purse. Three men find a purse. They are loath to pick it up, since they will have to divide. The king sees this and assigns them their proper punishments. Chauvin II 120 No. 107. |
| Q302 | Envy punished. (Cf. Q551.6.6, W195.) Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W195 | Envy. (Cf. Q302.) |
| V323.1 | Epicureans regarded as atheists. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2162.2 | Epidemic stops at river (sea) at saint's command. (Cf. D1735.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J2526 | Equal share in the bed. Wishing to prove their equality twelve fools sleep on the ground and put their feet on the one bed provided for the chief. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W25 | Equanimity of the comedian. When he sees his house carried off by a flood, he fiddles the whole time. Type 944*. |
| W25.1 | Equanimity of the enslaved unfortunate. Does not complain when beset by a series of misfortunes. (Cf. N251.1.) Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| A132.3 | Equine god (goddess). |
| D1602.19 | Equipment of slain hunter returns alone. (Cf. D1170.) Eskimo Greenland): Rink 262, Rasmussen I 131. |
| M105 | Equivocal oaths. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P535 | Eric fines (imposed for personal injury, etc.). (Cf. P522.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J1192.2 | Error was in the honey. Trickster takes jar filled with earth but with honey on top as bribe to the judge. He takes the decision in writing. Cheat is discovered and judge sends message that an error has been made. Reply: the decision was right; the error is in the honey. (Cf. J1176.3.) *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 252 No. 170. |
| D1711.1.2 | Esau as magician. Jewish: Neuman. |
| K563 | Escape because of plea that leaves means of egress open. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K544 | Escape by alleged possession of external soul. Monkey caught for his heart (as remedy) makes his captor believe that he has left his heart at home. *Dh IV 1ff.; *Chauvin II 99 No. 57; *Penzer V 127 n. 1; Bødker Exempler 298 No. 62; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 852; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 3, Dixon 193; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 374 No. 56; Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 17 No. 1. |
| K686 | Escape by announcing great catastrophe (end of world or the like). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K634 | Escape by arranging captor's clothes so as to delay him. |
| K551.10 | Escape by asking a last kiss. Uses the opportunity to attack adversary. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 30 No. 69*. |
| K573.1 | Escape by asking girl about to murder him if she will have to assume all the guilt. She reconsiders. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K558.1 | Escape by asking to die falling from a tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K551.6 | Escape by asking to die on a horse. Jones PMLA XXIII 563. |
| K551.6.1 | Escape by asking to ride on sacred buffalo. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K573 | Escape by asserting that captor will have ill luck after killing victim. India: Thompson-Balys. |
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