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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
V
Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| K621 | Escape by blinding the guard. Pepper or tobacco thrown into his eyes. *Type 73; *Thompson CColl II 440f.; Dh IV 184; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 2, 124; Louisiana Creole: Fortier MAFLS II 115; Alu: Wheeler 42, 48; N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 95; Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 45f. No. 6, (Wute): Sieber ZsES XII 174, (Cameroon): Meinhof 89; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Remus 30 No. 7, 47 No. 10, Nights 95 No. 18, 280 No. 47, (Virginia): Parsons JAFL XXXV 262, (North Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXX 178, (South Carolina): Parsons JAFL XXXVIII 219; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 240 No. 13, 247 No. 23. |
| K626 | Escape by bribing the guard. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K685 | Escape by catching hold of limbs of tree while passing under it. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K649.11 | Escape by cutting fetters on stones, etc. Icelandic: Lagerholm 38, *Boberg. |
| K629 | Escape by deceiving the guard—miscellaneous. |
| K620 | Escape by deceiving the guard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K630 | Escape by disarming (making pursuit difficult). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K521 | Escape by disguise. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K521.4.3.1 | Escape by disguising as a washerman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K521.1 | Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skin. *Types 311, 510B, 1137; *BP I 399ff., III 375 (incident B2); *Hackman Polyphemsage 160ff.; *Fb "hest" I 599b; English: Wells 20 (William of Palerne); Africa (Fang): Einstein 76, Trilles Proverbs 203. |
| K521.1.2 | Escape by dressing in bear's skin. Þiðriks saga I 261—72 (cf. 339—40); Asbjørnsen and Moe No. 58 (type 590); Gonzenbach No. 68 and Köhler's notes. |
| K550.1 | Escape by equivocal oath. (Cf. K475.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| K579 | Escape by false plea—miscellaneous. |
| K551.23 | Escape by false plea: jackal asks to be able to clasp tree before crocodile kills it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K550 | Escape by false plea. A captive makes a request or proposes an action that permits him eventually to escape. *Type 122A; *BP II 207; India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 246; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 306 n. 109cc; West Indies: Flowers 515. |
| K575 | Escape by false prophecy: if corpses are buried in city, it will become a ruin: king releases condemned man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K545 | Escape by falsely reporting approach of rescuers. Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 276. |
| K542 | Escape by falsely reporting one's ability to escape. "I should be caught if there were not an escape at the back." When the captors run to the rear, the captive escapes. Type 66**. |
| D2165.1 | Escape by flying through the air. (Cf. D2135.0.1, R324.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| K547.12 | Escape by frightening tiger into thinking goat in cave is the ghost of his father. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K547 | Escape by frightening would-be captors. (Cf. K1710.) Pierre Faifeu No. 27. |
| K625 | Escape by giving narcotic to guards. Boje 112ff.; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K649 | Escape by help of confederate—miscellaneous. |
| K640 | Escape by help of confederate. |
| K515.4 | Escape by hiding in kettle. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 105. |
| K515.5 | Escape by hiding in rice-bin. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 184. |
| K515.6 | Escape by hiding in the earth. Africa (Fang): Einstein 151. |
| K515 | Escape by hiding. |
| R341 | Escape by intervention of Providence. (Cf. F942.1.) |
| K608 | Escape by laughing and crying at same time. Captured bird cries in thinking of her little ones and laughs under pretext that the hunter is wasting his time instead of taking the treasure which she pretends is in her house. The hunter leaves her. *Chauvin II 172 No. 2, V 135 No. 64 n. 1. |
| K525.10 | Escape by leaving behind false images made of spittle. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 176. |
| K548 | Escape by making attacker believe there are many defenders. (Cf. K2368.) |
| K521.4.6 | Escape by making sheaths of bark for fingers: hero leaves without awakening nymph wives who make him sleep with fingers in mouth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K625.2 | Escape by making the watchmen drunk. Irish myth: Cross (K649.1); U.S.: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K540 | Escape by overawing captor. |
| K561 | Escape by persuading captor to talk. |
| K606.2 | Escape by persuading captors to dance. Africa (Wachaga): Gutmann 36. |
| K606.1.1 | Escape by playing magic music. Captor is compelled to dance while victims escape. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 100 No. 18. |
| K606.1 | Escape by playing music. Fb "spille" III 488a. |
| K606.1.2 | Escape by playing sleep-bringing music. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K601 | Escape by posing as member of murderer's family or tribe. India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 130, (Basuto): Jacottet 2 No. 1, (Fjort): Dennett 106 No. 30. |
| K601.1 | Escape by posing as preceptor of tiger's deceased father. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K629.1 | Escape by pretended bathing of guard. Boiling water used. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K611.2 | Escape by pretended cooking. Girl pretends to be cooking meal for animal husband: escapes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K622.1 | Escape by pretended debate as to which must be judged. Jackals thus induce leopard to permit them to enter their cave, while he waits in vain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K611.1 | Escape by pretended lousing. Captive pretends to louse the captor but deceives him by cracking berries in the teeth (or the like). India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 326 n. 174; S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Alexander Lat. Am. 314, Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 502. |
| K571 | Escape by pretending to dance so as to be untied. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 44; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 12 No. 3. |
| K551.4.7 | Escape by pretending to go for bath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K551.4.5 | Escape by pretending to go to river and wash clothes. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| K567 | Escape by pretending to perform errand (do work) for captor. Africa (Thonga): Junod 212, (Kaffir): Theal 188, (Ekoi): Talbot 233; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Friends 60 No. 8, Nights 366 No. 65. |
| K551.4.8 | Escape by pretending to return for hair ribbon. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Star Husband 133. |
| K611 | Escape by putting captor off guard. |
| K521.1.4 | Escape by putting on old woman's skin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K541 | Escape by reporting oneself invulnerable and overawing captor. *Chauvin VIII 136 No. 132; India: Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 513f.; Philippine (Tinguian): *Cole 195. |
| K534.1 | Escape by reversing horse's (ox's) shoes. *Fb "sko" III 288b, "gе" IV 194b, "hestesko" IV 214a; Laport FFC LXXXIV 49; Köhler-Bolte II 381; *Child III 476n., 479f., 487, 489; *Babler Sudetendeutsche Zs. f. Vksk. VII (1934) 77; England: Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus II 8 n. 1; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 324 No. 155; Chinese: Chavannes 500 Contes II 407; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis VII 6. |
| K534 | Escape by reversing shoes (boat). |
| K534.2 | Escape by reversing snowshoes. U.S.: Baughman. |
| K534.4 | Escape by rowing boat stern foremost. Irish myth: Cross (K534.1). |
| K522.5 | Escape by shammed burial. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K522.6 | Escape by shammed drowning; wrecked boat or coffin lands. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K522.8 | Escape by shammed hanging. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K522.1 | Escape by shamming death: blood and brains. The trickster covers himself with paint (or the like) so that he will be thought to have bled to death (or with milk so that it will be thought that his brains have been knocked out). *Type 3; Dh IV 243; Krohn JSFO VI 55ff.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 329 n 191a; Africa (Kaffir): Kidd 242 No. 9. |
| K522 | Escape by shamming death. *Type 33; *BP II 120, III 345; *Chauvin VIII 136 No. 132; Liebrecht Zur Volkskunde 112 No. 23; *Penzer V 79 n. 3; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1013, 1019; Korean: Zong in-Sob 18 No. 9; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 106, *Dixon 191 n. 13; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 384; Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 584, (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75; Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 273 No. 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 120 No. 27, (Benga): Nassau 228 No. 34, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 175, (Fang): Trilles 205. |
| K523 | Escape by shamming illness. Maori: Clark 167; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 78, (Angola): Chatelain 99 No. 6. |
| K523.2 | Escape by shamming leprosy. *Chauvin VIII 136 No. 132. |
| K523.1 | Escape by shamming madness. (Cf. K523.0.1.) Malone PMLA XLIII 400; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 258ff., *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K555.2.2 | Escape by singing an endless song. The soldier's bargain with Death. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1084A*; Russian: Andrejev No. 1084 I*; Rumanian: Schullerus FFC LXXVIII No. 1615*. |
| K606 | Escape by singing song. Captive gradually moves away and at last escapes. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 109; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 137 n. 1. |
| K606.1.2.1 | Escape by singing watchmen to sleep. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo 92, 101, *Boberg. |
| K527 | Escape by substituting another person in place of the intended victim. *Type 953; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 126 No. 60; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 149; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1314); Africa (Benga): Nassau 89ff. No. 4, (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 382 No. 2, (Ekoi): Talbot 33, (Wute): Sieber ZsES XII 188, (Fang): Tessman 46, (Bankon): Ittman, ZsES XVII 9; West Indies: Flowers 512. |
| K527.2 | Escape by substituting brother for intended victim, namely self. Pierre Faifeu No. 1; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K528.2 | Escape by substituting self for another condemned to die. Holy man substitutes self for deacon held by heathen. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K533 | Escape by successive disguises. Chinese: Graham. |
| K606.0.2 | Escape by teaching song to watchman. India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 277. |
| K634.1 | Escape by throwing captor's clothes on the fire. Type 67*. |
| K626.1 | Escape by throwing money (treasure) so that guards fight over it. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K525 | Escape by use of substituted object. The object is attacked rather than the intended victim. *Types 160*, 311; *BP I 398ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière, Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 8 n. 2 (Zeus and Kronus); India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 37, Dixon 200, *201 n. 38; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 51; Chinese: Graham; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 65, Rink 107, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 194; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 355 n. 282; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 226 No. 33. |
| K621.2 | Escape from animals by blowing ashes into their faces. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| R324.1 | Escape from battle by flying in air. Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 81, 86, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 315, 541f., (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 151, (Greenland): Rasmussen III 99f., Rink 320, 455, 460. |
| K531 | Escape from battle by magic invisibility. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 66, *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Greek: Fox 127 (Paris). |
| K572 | Escape from captor by means of flattery. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K622.2 | Escape from captor by throwing objects to great distance which captor tries to procure. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Wute): Sieber ZsES XII 172. |
| R215.2 | Escape from death by boiling oil. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K500 | Escape from death or danger by deception. *Chauvin VIII 136 No. 132; Wienert FFC LVI 52 (ET 113—118); Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: DeVries's list Nos. 1—8. |
| A1029.5 | Escape from deluge in box or basket. American Indian (Thompson River): Teit JE VIII 230, (Apache): Gould JAFL XXXIV 319, Russell JAFL XI 253ff., (Guarayu): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 438, (Cubeo): Goldman ibid. (3) 798, (Chaco): Nordenskiöld Indianerleben 253f. |
| A1024 | Escape from deluge in cave. Andaman Is.: Beckwith Myth 319; American Indian (Cheyenne): Dorsey FM IX 36, (Arawak, Antis, Yuracare): Spence The Problem of Atlantis 95. |
| A1029.3 | Escape from deluge in pot or jar. S. Am. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 170, (Guarayu): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 438. |
| A1021.0.2 | Escape from deluge in wooden cask (drum). Chinese: Graham; S. A. Indian (Guaporé): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379. |
| A1026 | Escape from deluge on foot. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 84. |
| A1025 | Escape from deluge on island. Society Is.: Dixon 39. |
| A1022 | Escape from deluge on mountain. Greek: Grote I 93; Hebrew: Genesis 8:4, Neuman; Hindu: Keith 99; India: Thompson-Balys.—Philippine: Dixon 179; Borneo: ibid. 180; West Caroline Is.: ibid. 257; Australian: ibid. 280; Polynesian: ibid. 38 n. 118; Cook Group: ibid. 39 n. 121; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 215.—N. Am. Indian (Bella-Bella): Boas MAFLS XXV 1f., (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 232ff., (Luiseсo): Du Bois UCal VIII 157, (Shasta): Dixon JAFL XXIII 36, (Blackfoot): Wissler paAM II 19, (Chiricahua Apache): Opler MAFLS XXXVII 1f., (Zuсi): Benedict CU XXI 10ff.; S. Am. Indian (Araucanian): Alexander Lat. Am. 330, (Inca): ibid. 230, (Yunca, Peru): ibid. 230, (Caingang, Amazon): ibid. 312. (Only a selection of references for North and South America.). |
| A1023 | Escape from deluge on tree. India: Thompson-Balys.—American Indian (Paiute): Steward UCal XXXIV 372, (Plains Cree): Skinner JAFL XXIX 350, (Fox): Jones JAFL XIV 233ff., (Catawba): Speck CU XXIV 23, (Ackawoi): Alexander Lat. Am. 270, (Caingang): ibid. 312, (Guayaki): Métraux-Baldus BBAE CXLIII (1) 444, (Maina): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 649. |
| A1029 | Escape from deluge—miscellaneous. |
| A1020 | Escape from deluge. |
| H543 | Escape from devil by answering his riddles. *Type 812; BP III 12ff.; Fb "spørgsmеl" III 524b; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 754; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 275 No. 86. |
| D2165.2 | Escape from drowning by drying up all waters. (Cf. D2151.2.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| R215.3 | Escape from execution on flying wooden horse. (Cf. D1626.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 839. |
| R215.1 | Escape from execution pyre by means of wings. *Type 575. |
| R215.1.2 | Escape from execution pyre through underground passage. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 600b. nn. 17—18. |
| R215 | Escape from execution. |
| R218 | Escape from fairyland. (Cf. F210.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R212 | Escape from grave. |
| R213 | Escape from home. |
| F101.4 | Escape from lower world by magic. Thompson CColl II 336ff. (Tehuano, Shuswap). |
| F101.7 | Escape from lower world by spider's thread. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.6.1 | Escape from lower world on bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.6.2 | Escape from lower world on horse of lightning. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F101.5 | Escape from lower world on miraculously growing tree. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K611.2.1 | Escape from madman by sending him for cooking water. (Cf. K605.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R253 | Escape from nest of giant bird by seizing two young birds and jumping. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 201. |
| N255 | Escape from one misfortune into worse. |
| R211.7 | Escape from pit of snakes by means of rope. (Cf. Q465, R41.3.1.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| R211.9 | Escape from prison because of bribed guards. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 355. |
| D1395.6 | Escape from prison by use of charm (formula). (Cf. D1273.) Penzer I 136f.; Dickson 220 n. 12.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 298, *Boberg. |
| D1395.1 | Escape from prison by use of magic fiddle. (Cf. D1233.) *Types 851, 853. |
| D1395.7 | Escape from prison by use of magic hymn. (Cf. D1275.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1395.3 | Escape from prison by use of magic purse. (Cf. D1192.) *Types 851, 853. |
| D1395.2 | Escape from prison by use of magic tablecloth. (Cf. D1153.1.) *Types 851, 853. |
| R211 | Escape from prison. Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| K579.3.1 | Escape from pursuers by pretending to be one of them. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F381.2.1 | Escape from pursuing fairies by strewing path with bananas. Africa (Ashanti): Rattray 55. |
| K579.3 | Escape from robbers by pretending to be going the same way but separating at the first opportunity. Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Exempla 198 No. 66. |
| R175.1 | Escape from sacrificial altar on ram with golden fleece. Greek: Grote I 117. |
| B541.1 | Escape from sea on fish's back. (See also B551.)—*Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 868; *Chauvin V 4 No. 2. |
| R216.1 | Escape from ship by jumping into the sea. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| R216 | Escape from ship while captors quarrel. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| R211.4 | Escape from slavery (pirates). (Cf. R61.) Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K661 | Escape from suspicion of crime. |
| K551.25 | Escape from threatened captivity by pretending to send for object for captor. Irish: Cross (K1231). |
| K1227.10 | Escape from undesired lover by alleging menstrual period. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T321 | Escape from undesired lover by miracle. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T323 | Escape from undesired lover by strategy. |
| T320 | Escape from undesired lover. Heptameron No. 26; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Schlauch Romance in Iceland (New York, 1934) 105f., *Boberg. |
| M106 | Escape from vengeance caused by broken oaths. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G276 | Escape from witch. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K521.5 | Escape in huge pumpkin shell. (Attempted.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K521.4.3 | Escape in humble disguise. (Cap o' Rushes.) *Type 510B; *Cox Cinderella; *BP II 45; *Saintyves Contes de Perrault 187, 196ff.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 385ff., (Ojibwa): Laidlaw Ontario Arch. Rep. (1918 reprint) 36. |
| K532.1 | Escape in mist of invisibility. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K521.1.3 | Escape in monkey-skin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K625.1 | Escape of girl foiled by hero's refusal to take narcotic. Type 306; Africa (Ronga): Junod Les Chants et les Contes des Ba Ronga (Lausanne, 1897) 317ff. No. 30. |
| Q157 | Escape of hostages miraculously prevented as reward for piety. (Cf. Q20.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B542.2 | Escape on flying horse. (Cf. B41.2.)—*Chauvin V 227f. No. 130; Missouri-French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K611.3 | Escape on ship on wheels after having deceived the captor into laying away sword and helm to receive pretended gift. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| R211.3 | Escape through underground passage. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 7. |
| R326 | Escape to fairyland. (Cf. F210.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| R321.2 | Escape to moon. Pursued hero escapes to moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R321 | Escape to the stars. Fugitives rise in the air and become stars. (Cf. R324.) Greek: Fox 250; Hindu: Keith 76; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 218 No. 98; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 360; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 291f. nn. 71, 71a; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 158, 164, (Jivaro): ibid. 149. |
| K532 | Escape under mantle of invisibility. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K603 | Escape under ram's belly. By hiding under the belly of a ram the hero escapes under the legs of the blind ogre. *Type 1137; **Hackman Polyphemsage 160ff.; *BP III 375; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 163—7; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K525.6 | Escape, leaving dog as substitute. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 569—70. |
| J217.1 | Escaped lamb delivers himself to shepherd rather than to slaughter. Wienert FFC LVI 71 (ET 354), 115 (ST 252); Halm Aesop No. 377. |
| R200 | Escapes and pursuits. |
| D2165 | Escapes by magic. (Cf. D1395.) English: Wells 43 (Arthour and Merlin); Irish: Plummer cxxxix, *Cross; Icelandic: Юorsteins saga Vikingssona 400, Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R219 | Escapes—miscellaneous. |
| R210 | Escapes. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J641 | Escaping before enemy can strike. |
| K1517.12 | Escaping paramour said to be a deity. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N392.1 | Escaping prisoner falls by accident onto tiger's back and is carried away. Korean: Zong in-Sob 175 No. 75. |
| A2433.1 | Establishment of animal haunt. (See A2212.2.) |
| A1594.1 | Establishment of doctor's fees. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 279. |
| A1100 | Establishment of natural order. |
| A1180 | Establishment of present order—miscellaneous motifs. |
| A1119 | Establishment of present order: waters—miscellaneous. |
| A1110 | Establishment of present order: waters. |
| A1130 | Establishment of present order: weather phenomena. |
| A1129 | Establishment of present order: winds—miscellaneous. |
| A1120 | Establishment of present order: winds. Jewish: Neuman; India. Thompson-Balys.—Tonga: Gifford 16; Quileute: Farrand JAFL XXXII 269ff.; Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 224. |
| A1150.1 | Establishment of times for sowing and reaping. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B19.9 | Eternal bats. S. A. Indian (Guarani): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 93. |
| P413.1 | Eternal ferryman. Always transports passengers and when the ruler is in danger takes his place. (Cf. Q25.) Cosquin Lorraine I 215. |
| A102.6 | Eternal god. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1883 | Eternal youth. (Cf. F167.9, F172.) Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 424, 447. |
| J1271 | Eunuch visits augurer to see whether he is to be a father. "When I look at the livers, you are to be a father. When I look at you, I see that you are not even a man." Wienert FFC LVI 40; Babrius No. 54. |
| J1254 | Evading a direct answer which may trap one. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E501.17 | Evading or combating the wild hunt. |
| J1741.1 | Evangelium secundum Pergamum. Pergamus, a rival city of Luca, objects to the reading of the Evangelium secundum Lucam, insisting that it be "secundum Pergamum". *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 345. |
| D1812.3.3.7 | Eve in vision sees Cain drink Abel's blood. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J1279.2 | Even God can overdo it! Returning sailor finds his hovel transformed into a fine house. "Where does all this come from?" Wife: "God's bounty." Illegitimate child greets mother. Same question, same answer. Sailor: "I don't want God to help me so much!" Italian Novella: *Rotunda |
| A1101.1.2 | Even trees could speak in golden age. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1652.11 | Ever-burning candle. (Cf. D1162.2.) Irish myth: Cross; *Loomis White Magic 32f., 87. |
| D1652.6 | Ever-burning lamp. (Cf. D1162.1, D1645.) Chauvin V 4 No. 443; Jewish: Gaster Exempla 220 No. 163, *Neuman; Fb "lys" II 483a. |
| D1652.1.4 | Ever-renewing cheese. (Cf. D1036.1.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 318 No. 3, 321 No. 59. |
| F162.1.1 | Everblooming garden in otherworld. *Wimberly 148; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1652.13 | Everlasting wine-odor. (Cf. D1046.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2245 | Every fruit tasted. Fool tastes every piece of fruit before giving it to his master. Penzer V 94; Chauvin VII 115. |
| U66 | Every man has his price. |
| D432.2.1 | Every piece of shattered cowrie-shell turns into an armed man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z72.5 | Every third year as period of tribute. Irish myth: Cross. |
| U66.1 | Every woman has her price. |
| M364.11 | Everyone buried in saint's soil shall go to heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K2155 | Evidence of crime left so that dupe is blamed. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 26, 44, Beal XXI 307, 316; India: *Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 555. |
| V462.13 | Evil ascetic misuses magic powers obtained through religious meditation. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G269 | Evil deeds of witches—miscellaneous. |
| G260 | Evil deeds of witches. *Kittredge Witchcraft passim; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3665; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 160—171 passim. |
| A1031.3 | Evil demons set world on fire. S. Am. Indian (Yuracare, Tupinamba, Arawak): Métraux MAFLS XL 36. |
| E501.18 | Evil effects of meeting wild hunt. |
| D2071.1.1 | Evil eye averted by spitting. (Cf. D1001, D1776.) *Fb "spytte" III 514b; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2071.1.2 | Evil eye averted by swinging cat over child's cradle. Fb "overse" II 771a. |
| D2071.0.1.1 | Evil eye covered with bag or hide while owner is stoned. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2071.0.1 | Evil eye covered with seven veils. *Krappe Balor 25; Gaster Oldest Stories 45. |
| D2071.0.2 | Evil eye from exposure to magic concoction. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2061.2.1.1 | Evil eye sets bird on fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2071 | Evil Eye. Bewitching by means of a glance. *Krappe Balor 9ff.; *Chauvin V 161 No. 84, VIII 143 No. 144 n. 1; *Fb "öje" III 1167ab, 1168a; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 686; Elworthy The Evil Eye (London, 1895); Jahn über den Aberglauben des bösen Blicks bei den Alten; Pitre Le jettatura ed il mal occhio in Sicilia (Kolozsvár, 1884); Seligman Der böse Blick und Verwandtes (Berlin, 1910); Maclagen, R. C. The Evil Eye in the Western Highlands (London, 1902); Penzer II 298; *Hertz Abhandlungen 181ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1384.2 | Evil inclination enters body at time of conception. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2083 | Evil magic in the dairy. *Kittredge Witchcraft 163ff., 480ff.; Fb "smør" III 412—13. |
| J225.8 | Evil mother has fine funeral, good father poor. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 50. |
| D1812.5.1.29 | Evil omen: scavenger carrying headload of wood. India: Thompson-Balys |
| Q320 | Evil personal habits punished. |
| M358.1 | Evil predictions concerning journeys. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D479.7 | Evil smells transformed into sweet fragrances, and vice versa. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| Q393 | Evil speech punished. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 50. |
| E728.1.1 | Evil spirit cast out of person by killing and resuscitating. Köhler-Bolte I 442ff. |
| E728.1 | Evil spirit cast out of person. England, U.S.: Baughman; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G346.4 | Evil spirit drinks water supply dry. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2176.3.1 | Evil spirit exorcised by burning fish. *S. Prato La Tradition III No. 2 (1889) (Tobit); Jewish: *bin Gorion Born Judas II 360f. |
| D2176.3.1.1 | Evil spirit exorcised by burning medicine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2176.3.2 | Evil spirit exorcised by religious ceremony. (Cf. V10ff.) Holy name, sign of cross, prayer, etc. Fb "Jesus" II 41; Irish: Beal XXI 325; Italian Novella: Rotunda; *Chauvin VIII 41 No. 8AB; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer III 37; Korean: Zong in-Sob 60, 128. |
| D2176.3.3 | Evil spirit exorcised by saint. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2176.3 | Evil spirit exorcised. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F402.1.11.3 | Evil spirit harpoons sleepers. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 68. |
| D2151.2.3.1 | Evil spirit holds back water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2736 | Evil spirit in spite puts bark and thorns on tree. (A2751.1, A2752.) —Persian: Carnoy 283. |
| F402.1.11.2 | Evil spirit kills and eats person. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 88. |
| F405.14 | Evil spirit laid after it is tormented by exorciser. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E728 | Evil spirit possesses person. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F402.1.11.4 | Evil spirit's kiss fatal. Korean: Zong in-Sob 18. |
| G302.1.2 | Evil spirits born of echo in chaos. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1766.7.1.1 | Evil spirits conjured away in name of deity. (Cf. D1385.) Fb "lygtemand" II 473 b.—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 31f., 66, Beal XXI 310, 325; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D2176.3.3.0.1 | Evil spirits exorcised by death of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2177.3 | Evil spirits imprisoned in stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2177.4 | Evil spirits kept out by stone wall. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F402 | Evil spirits. Demons. See whole chapter "G" for witches and ogres. —Greek: Grote I 66. |
| S322.4 | Evil stepmother casts boy forth. *Types 592; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| S322.4.2 | Evil stepmother orders stepdaughter to be killed. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S322.7 | Evil stepmother works stepdaughter to death in absence of merchant husband. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E785.1.1 | Ewe's hide grafted to skinless head of wounded man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K657 | Exaggerated tales about escapes. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| R131.11 | Exalted person rescues abandoned child. Dickson 170. |
| J1943 | Examining the sundial by candle-light. Numskull tries to find the time of night. Clouston Noodles 76; England: Baughman. |
| F530 | Exceptionally large or small men. Krappe Neuphilologische Mitteilungen XXIV 1—10. |
| P427.7.9.1 | Excessive demands of poets. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H301 | Excessive demands to prevent marriage. *Chauvin V 63 No. 19 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| T211.9 | Excessive grief at husband's or wife's death. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| Q42.1.3 | Excessive hospitality causes chieftain to become poor. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K144 | Exchange of alleged ghee (liquid butter) for goat (cow). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K527.3 | Exchange of clothes between master and his servant. Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| D871.1.1 | Exchange of common cow for gold-dropping cow made by daughter when her father stops at her home for the night. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.9.9.10 | Exchanging things with the devil. The cheat appears later. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3302, Legends Nos. 437, 441, 559—77. |
| E412.1 | Excommunicated person cannot rest in grave. Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 323. |
| Q436 | Excommunication from religious association as punishment. Jewish: *Neuman. |
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