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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
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Magic
E
The Dead
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Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
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
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| Z71.16.4 | Formulistic number: twenty-six. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z71.16.14 | Formulistic number: twenty-two. |
| Z71.16 | Formulistic numbers—miscellaneous. Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 430. |
| Z71.0.2 | Formulistic numbers: a number plus one (101, 1001, etc.). R. M. Meyer Archiv f. Religionswissenschaft X (1907) 89ff.; *BP IV 397ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| Z71.3.0.1 | Formulistic numbers: fivefold (e.g. 50, 500). Africa (Luba): De Clerq Zs KS IV 202. |
| Z71.5.0.1 | Formulistic numbers: sevenfold (e.g. 49, 70, 70,000, 7,777). (Cf. Z71.15.) Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 943; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 78 No. 43, 80 No. 46. |
| Z71.1.0.2 | Formulistic numbers: threefold (e.g. three times thirty). Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Fang): Einstein 49. |
| Z71 | Formulistic numbers. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Zahl"; Penzer I 242 n. 3, 255 n. 2, VI 14 n. 1; Feilberg Dania II 185ff. |
| Z80 | Formulistic rimes. |
| C713 | Forsaken merman. Tabu: association of fairy's (merman's, etc.) human wife (husband) with human relatives. |
| D1136.1 | Fort produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fort". |
| Q552.14.1 | Fortress built on Sunday destroyed by tempest. (Cf. C631, Q223.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| K776.1.1 | Fortress captured as harper puts garrison to sleep with music while besiegers place fingers in ears. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F163.5 | Fortress in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F163.5.1 | Fortress of metal (gold, silver, etc.) in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Q595.1 | Fortress ravaged when saint is refused admittance. (Cf. Q227.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| N111.2.1 | Fortuna blind. *Patch Fortuna 44 n. 2. |
| N111.2.3 | Fortuna half white, half black. *Patch Fortuna 43 n. 4. |
| N111.2.2 | Fortuna with two faces. *Patch Fortuna 43 nn. 3, 4. |
| N111 | Fortuna. Luck (fate) thought of as a goddess. **Patch Fortuna; *Penzer I 106f., 135, II 49, 116, III 24, 74, 298, VI 42, 72, 105 n. 1, 124, 156, 159, VII 70, VIII 87; Frazer Pausanias III 424; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| L11 | Fortunate youngest son. Always has good luck. *Type 1650; BP II 69ff.; MacCulloch Childhood 365; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 93, 281, 434, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 630, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 265, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 309, (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 16. |
| N114 | Fortune as an old woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N102 | Fortune comes to deserving and undeserving. Jewish: Neuman. |
| N411.3 | Fortune from informing foreign king of use of saddle, bridle, and stirrups. *Chauvin VII 19 No. 373D n. 2. |
| N412 | Fortune from trifling sum sent abroad with merchant. *Chauvin VI 65 No. 233 n. 1. |
| N111.2.1.1 | Fortune has one eye, watches over everybody. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B161.2 | Fortune learned from serpent. Fb "orm" II 759b. |
| N251.5 | Fortune of the lucky wife. A luckless man becomes successful in all his undertakings when he marries a lucky woman and lives by her luck. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 737B*. |
| Z134.1 | Fortune personified as a matron in fine clothing. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| Z134 | Fortune personified. (Cf. N111.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K2.1 | Fortune to go to direction cat jumps. King will give wealth to person toward whom the cat jumps. Clever woman has brought mouse along and thus entices the cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1812.3.2 | Fortune told by cutting sand. Africa (Vai): Ellis 214 No. 29. |
| N111.3.2 | Fortune with pair of scales in his hands weighs man's balance. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X461.1 | Fortune-teller shows others how to get rich but remains poor himself. (Cf. J1062.) Herbert III 22 No. 186; Crane Vitry 250 No. 266. |
| D1812.3.3.2 | Fortune-telling dream induced by sleeping in extraordinary place (position). *Fb "sove" III 472b, 473a. |
| J461.1.2 | Fortune, Intellect, Knowledge, and Health dispute as to which is the greatest. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N111.4 | Fortune's dealings with men. |
| N111.3.1 | Fortune's wheel turned by dead king in mountain. Armenian: Ananikian 34. |
| N111.3 | Fortune's wheel. **Patch Fortuna 147ff.; *Köhler-Bolte II 66; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 122, Beal XXI 336; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| N181 | Fortunes of the rich man and of the poor man. The Fortune of the rich brother tells the poor brother to seek his luck under a bush. The poor man goes there and Fortune tells him to become a merchant. He becomes rich. Type 735; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T586.1.5 | Forty sons born in one day. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1714.3.1 | Forty wise men foretell violent rainstorm. Failing to convince people, they go into a cave. After the shower they come out. The people call them fools. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P273.1.3 | Foster brother as constant adviser. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P273 | Foster brother. *Valtyr Gudmundsson "Fуstbrædralag" in prjár Ritgjörethir (Kaupmannahöfn, 1892) 29—55; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P273.1.1 | Foster brothers avenge each other. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P271.6 | Foster children return foster father's love: avenge him, etc. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P271.5 | Foster father as constant helper. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P271 | Foster father. **C. Schubert Der Pflegesohn (Nourri) im Heldenepos (Marburg, 1906); Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P272.2 | Foster mother as helper. (See all items under P272.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P272 | Foster mother. Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| P270.1 | Foster parents fined for blemish on child. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P270 | Foster relatives. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P274 | Foster sister. |
| P275.1 | Foster son commits adultery with foster father's wife. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P275 | Foster son. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2074.2.4.1 | Foster-mother summoned by saying her name. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| C985.3 | Foul breath from breaking tabu. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A689.2 | Foul odor in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q222.3 | Foul portrayal of Jesus on the Cross brings punishment to the artist and the man responsible. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| H561.1.2 | Found mortar taken to king reveals peasant girl's wisdom. Peasant finds mortar in his field and against his daughter's advice takes it to the king, who demands the pestle as well. Peasant laments that he has not followed daughter's advice. King summons her. *Type 875; De Vries FFC LXXIII 15ff., 62ff. |
| S261 | Foundation sacrifice. A human being buried alive at base of the foundation of a building or bridge. *Krappe Balor 165 n. 1; *Gaidoz Mélusine IV (1888) No. 2; Krappe Revue Celtique XLIII (1926) 124ff. — Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 39 (Arthour and Merlin), 42 (Nennius' Historia Britonum); Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 200; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 81; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 73 No. 620; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3519; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 133 No. 81; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 139, 151, 157; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| N861 | Foundling helper. Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 96; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| L111.2 | Foundling hero. *Dickson 144ff. n. 147; Hdwb. d. Märchens II 120b; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri-French: Carrière; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Tonga: Gifford 130; N. A. Indian: Lowie JAFL XXI 27. |
| T35.1 | Fountain (well) as lovers' rendezvous. Malone PMLA XLIII 402; Nouvelles de Sens No. 3; Irish myth: Cross; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1641.1 | Fountain (well) removes itself. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D941.) Irish: Plummer cli, *Cross (D1641.1, D1641.13); Jewish: Neuman. |
| A941.5.0.1 | Fountain breaks forth through power of Virgin Mary. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D925.1.0.1 | Fountain bursts forth where water is not available for baptismal ceremonies of future saint. *Loomis White Magic 23. |
| D1364.1 | Fountain causes magic sleep. (Cf. D925.)—Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Brunnen" nn. 108—110.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fontaine"; Irish: Plummer cli, clxxii, *Cross. |
| F716.1 | Fountain gives water on Wednesdays and Fridays. Milk on Sunday and wine on feast-days. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 66; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D925.1.2 | Fountain gushes up at place where saint's head was cut off. *Loomis White Magic 37. |
| F716.1.1 | Fountain has taste of wine. (Cf. F718.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.3 | Fountain hot or cold as desired. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1543.1 | Fountain insures favorable wind when drained. (Cf. D925.) Irish: Plummer cli, Cross. |
| D925.2 | Fountain is inhabited by sacred oracular fish. *Loomis White Magic 38. |
| F716.4 | Fountain jet which remains immovable. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (F933.3). |
| D1647 | Fountain magically dries up. (Cf. D925.) Irish: Plummer cli, *Cross. |
| D925.1 | Fountain magically made. Irish: Plummer cl, Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Exempla 225 No. 206. |
| D1472.1.1 | Fountain miraculously supports life. (Cf. D925.) Irish: Plummer cl, *Cross. |
| F162.8.1 | Fountain of any temperature desired in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1346.2 | Fountain of immortality. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1, D1338.1.1.)—Hindu: Tawney I 499. |
| D1338.1.1 | Fountain of youth. (Cf. D925, D926, D927, D1341.1.) Water from certain fountain rejuvenates.—**Hopkins JAOS XXVI 1—67, 411—415; Penzer Ocean IV 145; DeCock Studien 16ff.; *Fb "ungdom" III 979b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fontaine"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 11; U.S.: *Baughman; Greek: Rohde Der griechische Roman 222; Japanese: Ikeda.—Alexander Lat. Am. 20 n. 6, 349.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50a. |
| D1567.7 | Fountain produced from drop of water. (Cf. D1242.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1766.6.1 | Fountain produced from sign of the cross. (Cf. D925.1.) Irish: Plummer cl, Cross. |
| F425 | Fountain spirit. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 53 No. 443; Japanese: Anesaki 267. |
| H411.11.2 | Fountains as chastity tests. One fountain of clear water, other muddy. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F162.8.2 | Fountains in otherworld—one or more streams flow into each, one or more out. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1663.4 | Fountains poison and cure. One, with bronze vessel, tastes sweet and poisons; other, with iron vessel, tastes bitter and cures. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E751.4 | Four (five) groups on Judgment Day. (Cf. A661.0.5.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A671.2.2.5 | Four (three) rivers in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1273.1.2 | Four as magic number. Irish myth: *Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 9. |
| D1314.14 | Four balls given to each of four impoverished men point out places where they should dig. (Cf. 1256.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Z16.1 | Four brothers construct a woman. Whose is she? India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P251.6.2 | Four brothers. Types 653, 655. |
| T586.4.1 | Four calves to one cow at a birth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| Z71.2.5 | Four categories of souls at Judgment. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F982.2 | Four cats carry coffin. Type 326; Fb "ligkiste" II 422b. |
| T586.1.1 | Four children at a birth. Haiti: Alexander Lat. Am. 30. |
| J210.1 | Four choices, all of which are evil; man to make one choice only. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F165.7.1 | Four columns around fire in otherworld castle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P12.6.1 | Four duties of king to subjects: devotion, protection of subjects, justice, and increase of his kingdom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A665.2.1.2 | Four dwarfs support the sky. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 264—65. |
| A841.4 | Four earth-nails. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F111.0.1 | Four earthly paradises. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A671.2.4.13 | Four fires in hell. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A665.2.1.1 | Four gods at world-quarters support the sky. India: Thompson-Balys.—Aztec: Krickeberg Märchen der Azteken 208, 316. |
| A651.1.2 | Four heavens. Irish myth: Cross (A651.1.6.).—S. Am. Indian (Chamacoco): Métraux MAFLS XL 25. |
| K1218.1.4.1 | Four importunate lovers are forced to hide in four-compartmented chest which is sold. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A841.2 | Four maidens as earth-supports. One is at each of the cardinal points. (Cf. A842.).—Hindu: Keith 134. |
| J1545.2 | Four men's mistress. A husband disguises as a priest to hear his wife's confession. She says that she has been mistress of a servant, a knight, a fool, and a priest; i.e., her husband when he was her servant, and later her knight. He had then been a fool for demanding her confession, and was a priest because he had heard it. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 793; Wesselski Mönchslatein 109 No. 93; Boccaccio Decameron VII No. 5 (Lee 198); Scala Celi 49a No. 275; *Hibbard 41 n. 12; Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No 78; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| A665.3.1 | Four mountains support sky. Patch PMLA XXXIII 618 n. 61. |
| Z71.2.4 | Four places that cleanse the soul. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N549.1 | Four pots of rupees magically appear on horns of buffaloes stuck in pond, and poor owner becomes rich. India: Thompson-Balys |
| A871.2 | Four rivers, rising in paradise, water primitive world. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B244.1.4 | Four royal families of snakes. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 231. |
| A665.2.1 | Four sky-columns. Four columns support the sky.—Cook Zeus II 140ff.; Frobenius Erdteile VI 165ff.—Egyptian: Müller 35. |
| F51.0.2 | Four sky-ropes. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A871.1 | Four streams from four corners of earth. Patch PMLA XXXIII 623 n. 77. |
| A716.1 | Four suns at first: culture hero shoots three down.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 420. |
| Z71.2.6 | Four things that prevent the holy life. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Z71.2.7 | Four things to which the glory of the world is compared. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A651.0.2 | Four world systems. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 117, 1033. |
| A841.1 | Four world-cords. Earth is suspended from the sky by cords at four corners. India: Thompson-Balys; Cherokee: Alexander N.Am. 60. |
| M414.4 | Four year old girl cursed. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| B15.4.1.3 | Four-eyed jaguar. S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| B15.4.1.2 | Four-eyed tiger. S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 144. |
| F517.1.2.1 | Four-footed man. Sikes FL XX 421.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B15.1.2.3 | Four-headed animal. |
| B15.1.2.3.1 | Four-headed monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.0.2.3 | Four-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1561.1.5 | Four-leaf clover brings good luck. (Cf. D965.7.) *BP III 201; *Fb "firkløver". |
| D1323.14 | Four-leaf clover gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D965.7.)—*BP III 201. |
| F169.1.3 | Four-sided silver column on otherworld island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J761.2 | Fourth horse must carry all. Miller has four horses to carry grain. He uses only one, so that it soon dies. Four horses are childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. Don't heap all burden of securing salvation on the fourth horse, old age. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 291. |
| J2413.4.1 | Fowl makes another animal believe that he has had his leg cut off. Says that he has received large pay. He has his leg hidden under his wing. The elephant (hippopotamus) cuts his off and bleeds to death. (Cf. J2401.) Africa (Fang): Nassau 235 No. 4, (Congo): Weeks 205. |
| J2413.4.2 | Fowl makes another animal believe that he has had his neck cut off. He has his neck hidden under his wing. The hare cuts his off and dies. (Cf. J2401.) Africa (Thonga): Junod 216; American Negro: Parsons JAFL XXX 190, 226, MAFLS XVI 34, Work JAFL XXXII 401. |
| J514.6 | Fowler wants two rubies as ransom for a caught goose; loses goose and both rubies. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F989.22.1 | Fowls eat gold and silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H48.2 | Fox (in man's form) betrays identity when he procures fox-food for human wife. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 123. |
| H48.1 | Fox (in man's form) cries out like a fox in his sleep. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 122. |
| J864.2 | Fox about to be hanged asks to be allowed to see geese. (Cf. J2174.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 29. |
| J1565.1 | Fox and crane invite each other. Fox serves the food on a flat dish so that the crane cannot eat. Crane serves his food in a bottle. *Type 60; Wienert FFC LVI 54 (ET 141), 98 (ST 123); Halm Aesop No. 34; *Crane Exempla 202 No. 165; Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 64 No. 13. |
| J262.1 | Fox and noisy but empty drum. Chauvin II 86 No. 21; Bødker Exempler 278 No. 20; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J242.3 | Fox and panther contest in beauty. Fox's spirit worth more than panther's skin. Wienert FFC LVI *43 (ET 1), 142 (ST 482); Halm Aesop No. 42. |
| B121.2 | Fox as alchemist. Chinese: Werner 381, Krappe CFQ III (1944) 125f. |
| B147.1.2.1 | Fox as beast of ill-omen. Chinese: Werner 370; Icel.: Boberg. |
| A522.1.4 | Fox as culture hero. S. Am. Indian (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 369, (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484. |
| B294.1 | Fox as divider of dying man's gifts. Fb "ræv" III 113b. |
| B240.8 | Fox as king of animals. Wienert FFC LVI 47. |
| B291.3.1 | Fox as messenger. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K934 | Fox as shepherd. A woman in search of a shepherd tries the voices of applicants. The wolf and the bear are rejected, the fox accepted. Type 37*. |
| J871.1 | Fox asking for favor set on by dogs. Thankful to have saved life. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| L315.3 | Fox burns tree in which eagle has nest. Revenges theft of cub. Herbert III 12; *Crane Vitry 194 No. 144. |
| J954.2 | Fox claims that certain statues are of his ancestors. Ape shows that he is a liar. Wienert FFC LVI *44 (ET 17), 100 (ST 140); Halm Aesop No. 43. |
| K652 | Fox climbs from pit on wolf's back. *Type 31; Wienert FFC LVI 52 (ET 119), 97 (ST 117); Halm Aesop No. 45; Jacobs Aesop 220 No. 82; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia, Indo-China: *Dixon 189 n. 9, cf. DeVries's list No. 4. |
| K2055 | Fox confesses sins but is immediately ready to steal again. *Crane Vitry 264 No. 297; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 29. |
| K2027 | Fox confesses to cock, then eats him. Herbert III 44, 34. |
| K714.9.1 | Fox deceives lion into entering pit. Jewish: Neuman. |
| L462 | Fox destroys nest of bird who boasts of nest's warmth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B151.1.3 | Fox determines road to be taken. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1822.2 | Fox disguised as scholar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K362.5.1 | Fox drinks the milk of a tiger's mate by giving her a misleading message. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 180. |
| K341.25 | Fox drops goldsmith's child to get him away from gold bench he is working on and thus steal gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1022.6 | Fox eats cake: gets brass pot caught on neck. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K443.7 | Fox eats his fellow-lodger: accuses another and demands damages. He spends the night with a cock in a house. He eats the cock but in the morning accuses the sheep of having eaten it. In the next inn likewise he says that the ox has eaten the sheep, etc. In compensation he demands a larger animal each time. Type 170. |
| B275.1.2 | Fox executed for thefts. Nouvelles Récréations No. 29. |
| B253.3 | Fox fasts as penance. (cf. B251.4.)—Irish myth: Cross. |
| K828.2 | Fox feigning illness admitted to hen-roost and kills the hens. Herbert III 36; Hervieux IV 221 No. 50; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K2061.2 | Fox feigns to be playing with sheep: dog drives him off. Wienert FFC LVI 53 (ET 125), 96 (ST 96); Halm Aesop No. 38. |
| U131.1 | Fox finally converses with lion whom he had feared at first. Wienert FFC LVI 60 (ET 224), 111 (ST 224); Halm Aesop No. 39; Jacobs Aesop 208 No. 34. |
| J488 | Fox had rather meet one hen than fifty women. English: Wells 184 (The Fox and the Wolf). |
| J2351.1 | Fox holds conversation with his members, attracts attention, and is caught. He scolds in turn his feet, eyes, ears, and tail. In his excitement he sticks out his tail from his hiding place. *Type 154; **Krohn Mann und Fuchs 11; *BP I 518 n. 1; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 33 No. *135C. |
| B584.1 | Fox holds in its mouth a beautiful flower which he gives to hero. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1785.6 | Fox in coffer thought to be devil. Pierre Faifeu No. XXXII. |
| K828.1 | Fox in sheepskin gains admission to fold and kills sheep. *Herbert III 36ff.; Hervieux IV 222 No. 51; Jacobs Aesop 209 No. 39; Wienert FFC LVI 45 (ET 35), 68 (ET 325), 96 (ST 100); Halm Aesop No. 376; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| J873 | Fox in swollen river claims to be swimming to distant town. Wienert FFC LVI 62 (ET 244), 125 (ST 339); Halm Aesop No. 30; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 30 No. 66B*. |
| W121.2.2 | Fox insults caged lion. Wienert FFC LVI 56 (ET 160), 112 (ST 232); Halm Aesop No. 40. |
| K235.1 | Fox is promised chickens: is driven off by dogs. Type 154; *Krohn Mann und Fuchs 11. |
| J1075.2 | Fox is terrified on first seeing lion. The third time she meets him she has no fear. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J655.2 | Fox jeers at fox-trap. Is caught. Type 68*. |
| B215.3 | Fox language. Nouvelles Récréations No. 29. |
| K1632 | Fox leads ass to lion's den but is himself eaten. When he gets there the ass kicks him so that he falls on the lion's bed. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 29 No. 50, Espinosa III Nos. 210f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1715.14 | Fox overawes lion cubs by his boasting and eats their food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1075 | Fox persuades bear to lie in the haycock and wait for sheep. He sets fire to the hay. (Cf. K1013.2.) Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| K827.1 | Fox persuades bird to show him how she acts in a storm: he devours her. (Bird has advised other bird how to avoid the fox; he is revenged.) *Type 56A; Dh IV 279; Chauvin II 112 No. 81; Bødker Exempler 306 No. 82; Spanish: Espinosa III No. 258f.; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 36 No. 5, (Hottentot): Bleek 21 No. 11; West Indies: Flowers 529. |
| K815.1 | Fox persuades cock to come down and talk to him. Kills him. Chauvin II 94 No. 44; Bødker Exempler 291 No. 48; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| J341.1 | Fox prefers to bear weight of his tail rather than give part of it to ape. *Crane Vitry 204 No. 171; Herbert III 15. |
| J1391.5 | Fox pretends that he has been to the farmyard only to see if any of his kindred were there. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1251.1.1 | Fox pretends to be guarding the sky and watching the earth. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K499.10 | Fox pretends to go to work, but goes out to sleep. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 175. |
| D2158.1.1 | Fox produces fire by striking tail to ground. Chinese: Werner 370. |
| J811.2 | Fox refuses to mediate between lion and lioness. Lion decides to abandon lioness because of her bad odor. Ass, hog, and fox as judges. Ass says she has bad odor: lioness slaps him. Hog says she has not: lion slaps him. Fox says that he has a bad cold and cannot smell. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 29 No. 52*. |
| B541.2 | Fox rescues man from sea. Type 506; BP III 494ff.;—N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 405ff. (Passamaquoddy, Shuswap). |
| K921 | Fox rids himself of fleas. He lets himself sink in water somewhat with a bundle of hay. The fleas gather on the hay-bundle and he dives into the water. Type 63*; *Fb "ræv" III 114a; Russian: Andrejev No. 63; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K1114 | Fox rings the bell. The bear eats a horse which has a bell tied around its neck. The fox rings the bell and gets blamed. Type 40*; Russian: Andrejev No. 40. |
| J644.1 | Fox sees all tracks going into lion's den but none coming out. He saves himself. Wienert FFC LVI *53 (ET 131), 96 (ST 92); Halm Aesop No. 246, cf. No. 262; Jacobs Aesop 217 No. 73; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *50A; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A Indian (Tuxtapec): Mechling JAFL XXV 203; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 189, (Hottentot): Bleek 19 No. 10; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 243 No. 18. |
| K827.4 | Fox shams death and catches crows that come to feed on him. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| B736.4 | Fox sheds tears. Jewish: Neuman. |
| K1354.2.3 | Fox sleeps with tiger's wife by giving her deceptive message from her mate. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 180. |
| W152.1 | Fox spoils his food rather than divide with ape. Wienert FFC LVI 58 (ET 193), 133 (ST 393). |
| A2215.5 | Fox struck with churn-dash: hence white tail. (Cf. A2378.8.1.)—Cf. Type 3.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 15 No. 79; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 43. |
| J864.1 | Fox stumbles over violin. Chased from chicken coop by dogs. When he stumbles he says, "What a fine opportunity to dance if I had time!" Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 33 No. 135A, Espinosa Jr. No. 24. |
| J953.13 | Fox thinks his elongated shadow at sunrise makes him as large as elephant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1788 | Fox threatens to catch bird, who feeds him her young as appeasement. He threatens to push down tree or to fly. Type 56A; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| K543.1 | Fox to crocodile who has caught him by the tongue: "Those are the dirty clothes I've been washing!" She lets go. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J512.10 | Fox tries to mask as dove, but loses all thoughts of murder. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K815.1.1 | Fox tries to persuade cock to come down and talk to him. Cock calls dog and fox flees. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2131.5.7 | Fox trying to drown jug. Sticks his head into it and gets drowned himself. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *66; Russian: Andrejev No. *64. |
| B212.1 | Fox understands human speech. Nouvelles Récréations No. 29. |
| B15.7.4 | Fox with eight-forked tail. Japanese: Anesaki 325, Ikeda. |
| J684.1 | Fox with lion protector goes hunting alone and is killed. Wienert FFC LVI *59 (ET 214), 92 (ST 58); Halm Aesop No. 41. |
| J811.6 | Fox with three hundred fables ready to tell against lion conveniently forgets them. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1300.7 | Fox-heart gives magic wisdom. (Cf. D1015.1.5.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| K2061.10 | Fox's plan detected by crickets: cricket wings in his excrement. Wienert FFC LVI 53 (ET 126), 96 (ST 94, 222); Halm Aesop No. 400. |
| K2323.1 | Fox's tail drops and frightens animals. In war between birds and quadrupeds the fox's lifted tail is to be the signal for the attack. Gnats sting the fox under the tail. He drops it and the quadrupeds flee. *Type 222; BP II 435ff.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2213.4.2 | Fox's tail pulled out long. (Cf. A2378.3.4.)—Dh III 3. |
| F531.4.11.2 | Foxes as giant's lice. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 150. |
| K728 | Foxes crawl into whale's house and are killed. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 319; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 216; N. A. Indian: Boas RBAE XXXI 324. |
| N339.3 | Foxes crowd into house and are suffocated. Eskimo (Koryak): *Jochelson JE VI 363. |
| J682.1 | Foxes desert their allies, the hares, when they foresee defeat by the eagle. Wienert FFC LVI 48 (ET 64), 106 (ST 187); Halm Aesop No. 236. |
| K496 | Foxes persuade man to plant cooked plants. They eat them at night. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| Q88.1 | Fra Lippo Lippi is freed by Moors because of his greatness as a painter. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1500.1.26 | Fragments of gibbet as cure. (Cf. D1278.) Kittredge Witchcraft 142, 461 nn. 25, 26. |
| N384.4 | Fraternity initiate dies of fright. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| S73.1.1 | Fratricide in order to gain control of kingship. Irish myth: *Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 492. |
| S73.1.4 | Fratricide motivated by love-jealousy. (Cf. T257.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q211.9 | Fratricide punished. (Cf. Q411, Q414.0.13.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| S73.1 | Fratricide. Krappe Revue des études Anciennes XXXV (1933) 146ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Grote I 219; Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 13; Tonga: Gifford 83; Maori: Clark 157, Beckwith 157. |
| F451.6.10 | Frau Holle lives with dwarfs. (Cf. F475.1.) German: Pröhle Harz. No. 230. |
| K157 | Fraudulent permission sold. |
| F451.9.1.13 | Frederick the Great drove dwarfs across Black Sea. German: Sieber 61. |
| K642 | Free animal saves its captured friend. |
| M231 | Free keep in inn exchanged for good story. *Fb "kro" II 303a. |
| Q121 | Freedom as reward. |
| E501.1.5 | Freemason as wild huntsman. Schweda 38. |
| Q388 | Freemasonry punished. |
| Q388.1 | Freemasons forced to dance till they sweat blood. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 13 No. 114. |
| K1339.1 | Fresh hides spread on grass; girl slips up and is deflowered. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 309. |
| K2352.1 | Fresh hides spread so that enemy slips and falls. Herrmann Saxo II 327, 596; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F711.4 | Fresh water in sea. |
| K1363.2 | Friar adds missing nose (fingers) to unborn child: foetus is imperfect and he will substitute for absent husband. Is praised by the latter on his return. Nouvelles Récréations No. 9; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; West Indies: Flowers 538. |
| K1839.5 | Friar disguises as soldier and steals from concubine. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K2111.3 | Friar refuses to keep promise after enjoying woman and is accused of rape. Castrated. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F470.0.1 | Friar Rush as mischief maker. *Kittredge Witchcraft 216, 524 nn. 27—31. |
| W153.5 | Friar so miserly that he stays in ditch three days before "lending" a hand to his rescuers. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1354.3.1 | Friar undertakes to awaken girl. He follows her mother's order according to his own interpretation. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1526 | Friar's trousers on adulteress's bed: relic to cure sickness. The husband is duped into believing that the friar has come to visit the sick. *Bolte Frey 248; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| N127.4 | Friday as auspicious day. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P315.2 | Friend gives false witness to set free his accused friend. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 99f. |
| N455.8 | Friend lingering in the kitchen learns of friend's distress and helps him. Icelandic: Göngu-Hrуlfs saga 307, Boberg. |
| P316 | Friend sacrifices his life for the other. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1369. |
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