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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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A
Mythological Motifs
B
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
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
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Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| A151.2 | Garden of the gods. Hindu: Penzer I 66 n. 1, 68, 96, II 34, III 5, 24, 138, VI 82, VII 129, 148, VIII 73, 165, 170, IX 21, 87 n. 4; Irish myth: Cross; Babylonian: Ungnad Das Gilgamesch Epos IX 163, cf. 148, 163ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Gaster Thespis 171, Oldest Stories 48. |
| D961.1 | Garden produced by magic. (Cf. D2178.) Irish myth: Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Penzer VIII 92. |
| D1667.4 | Garden that has not bloomed for twelve years does so when girl steps into it. (Cf. D961.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1675 | Garden wall that cannot be overleapt. Malone PMLA XLIII 401. |
| A2272.1.3 | Garden warbler hears smith beat iron: learns his song. (Cf. A2426.2.2.)—Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 148 No. 55. |
| A2426.2.2 | Garden warbler's song. (See A2272.1.3.) |
| K1816.1 | Gardener disguise. *Types 314, 502, 900; *BP I 446. |
| M13.3 | Gardener made king by minister decides against him in law case and returns lands to plaintiff. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| R131.8.2 | Gardener rescues abandoned child. India: *Thompson-Balys; Palaung tribe: Scott Indo-Chinese 276. |
| J1033 | Gardener who plants vegetable tends it best. Wienert FFC LVI 74 (ET 391), 145 (ST 508); Halm Aesop No. 191. |
| H317.3 | Gardener's son to marry princess if he remains in prison twelve years. India: Thompson-Balys |
| F531.3 | Gargantuan feats. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H87 | Garlands (flowers) as token. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B776.0.1 | Garlic juice dangerous to poisonous animals. Penzer II 296. |
| D1385.2.8 | Garlic protects from evil spirits. (Cf. D1383.5.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2188.1.1 | Garment appears and disappears in reply to command. Spence 76. |
| H36.2 | Garment fits only true king. (Cf. H41.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1335.17 | Garment gives bearer magic strength. (Cf. D1052.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F1034.3.3 | Garment hidden in hole cut in thigh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P94 | Garment must be removed in presence of certain high chiefs. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 376. |
| D1766.1.3 | Garment produced by prayer. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1381.3.1 | Garment proof against all but man's own sword. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F821.10 | Garments emitting aromatic perfume. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F821.9 | Garments grow with man wearing them. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B56 | Garuda-bird. Lower part man, upper part bird.—*Penzer I 103, VII 56 n. X 159; Chauvin V 228, VII 12.—Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 345.—Indonesian: Dixon 224.—Panchatantra (trans. Ryder) 94ff.; Penzer-Tawney X 159 "Garuda". |
| A671.5 | Gate around hell. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 130, Boberg. |
| F776.1 | Gate as high as heavens and huge as a mountain. Malone PMLA XLIII 403. |
| P555.3 | Gate of captured town (castle) to be widened until overlord's spear can pass through crosswise. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A661.0.1.1 | Gate of heaven guarded by clap of thunder and mysterious sword. Chinese: Werner. |
| A661.0.1 | Gate of heaven. |
| D1557.4 | Gate of temple opens and shuts by magic. (Cf. D1131.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1552.6 | Gate or wall opens and closes, letting saint through. (Cf. D1554.) *Loomis White Magic 89. |
| F1009.2 | Gate swallows axes trying to force it open. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F59.3 | Gate to upper world. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| E499.1 | Gay banquet of the dead. (Cf. E541.) England, U.S.: *Baughman; N. Y.: Jones JAFL LVII 241. |
| B240.6 | Gazelle as king of animals. Africa (Luba): De Clerq Zs. f. Kolonialspr. IV 195f. No. 8. |
| H151.12 | Geese tell of beauty of their mistress and bring about recognition. *Type 533; Köhler-Bolte I 347; Italian: Basile Pentamerone IV No. 7. |
| D1531.11 | Gem gives power of flying. (Cf. D951.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 1056. |
| J1289.14 | Gem offered by monarch to one who can first go around the kingdom. Trickster goes around king and says king is kingdom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1154 | Genealogy of summer and winter. Icel.: Boberg. |
| C984.6 | General conflagration for breaking tabu. S. Am. Indian (Witoto): Métraux MAFLS XL 36. |
| A2423 | General quality of animal's voice. |
| W11.8 | General sends for king so that the latter may get credit for victory. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| F531.0.3 | Generation of men at the Deluge gigantic. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q42 | Generosity rewarded. *Chauvin V 14 No. 68; *Penzer VIII 130ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charité"; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa III No. 152, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 202—204, 210; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 897, 904, 934, 988; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 38. |
| Q42.3 | Generosity to saint (god) in disguise rewarded. (Cf. Q1, Q45.1.) Alphabet Nos. 297, 344, 365; Scala Celi 39b No. 222; Irish: Beal XXI 304, 325, O'Suilleabhain 2, 68; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa II No. 86, III Nos. 168—171, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 83—85, 181f., 210; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 485; Chinese: Graham. |
| W11.5 | Generosity toward enemy. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| W11 | Generosity. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Keller, Espinosa Jr. No. 200; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W11.16 | Generous king gives away his only eye. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| W11.15 | Generous person refuses no man anything. (Cf. C871.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2074.2.4 | Genie called by writing his name on papers and burning them. (Cf. D1421.) Chauvin V 244 No. 143. |
| G369.2 | Genie in form of smoke, taking shape with three wings, one on back. Chauvin V 262 No. 154. |
| G634 | Genie sleeps with eyes open. Chauvin VI 2 No. 181 n. 1. |
| J1919.5 | Genitals cut off through ignorance. |
| F400.1 | Geniti (geilti) glinne, bánánaig, bocánaig, and other supernatural beings associated with confusion or strife. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A1127.2 | Gentle west wind said to be exhausted from fleeing deity. Maori: Clark 46. |
| X1550 | Geography and topography—miscellaneous motifs. |
| J2494 | Getting a box on the ears. The man, advised to cure his wife with a box on the ears, goes to the pharmacy and gets one. He cures his wife. *Type 1372; Fb "ørefigen" III 1182; *Jacobs list s.v. "Box on ears"; Christensen DF XLVII 208 No. 62. |
| J2173.2 | Getting a sword to lift the cheese. A numskull sees a cheese by the side of the road and tries to lift it up with his sword, but the sword is too short. He leaves the cheese and goes away to borrow a longer sword. Meantime someone else takes the cheese. Field Pent Cuckoo 8; England: Baughman. |
| T453 | Getting advice from a woman in bed. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| J2129.3 | Getting all the eggs at once. A peasant kills his hen so that he can immediately get all the eggs she will lay during the next year. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 53; Scala Celi 4b No. 21. |
| K1023 | Getting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stung. Type 49; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1637*; Mexican: Espinosa JAFL XXIV 419ff.; Chinese: Graham; Indonesia: Coster-Wijsman 38 No. 26; N. A. Indian (Menomini): Skinner JAFL XXVI 75; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 44ff.; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 51 No. 10, 83 No. 16, Remus 135 No. 28, (Virginia): Parsons JAFL XXXV 274. |
| F381 | Getting rid of fairies. |
| J2101 | Getting rid of the cat. In a land in which cats are not known, one is bought at a great price. It eats many mice. By misunderstanding, they think the cat is a monster. In order to get rid of it they set the house on fire. *Type 1281; BP II 72 n. 1; Christensen DF XLVII 219ff. no. 82. |
| J2113 | Getting the calf's head out of the pot. A calf gets its head caught in a pot. A fool cuts off the calf's head and then breaks the pot to get it out. Clouston Noodles 89; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B15.7.5 | Ghormuhas: men's bodies, horses' heads, one leg, cannibals. (Cf. B21.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E268 | Ghost (revenant) kills by spewing water from his mouth on Hallowe'en. (Cf. F211.1.1.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E363.1 | Ghost aids living in emergency. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E363.6 | Ghost aids living otherwise. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| E234.4 | Ghost an unjustly executed man. Real murderer found. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 194. |
| E291.2.2 | Ghost animal guards treasure. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E332.1 | Ghost appears at road and stream. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E236.4.1 | Ghost appears at time of death, foils lawyer who is counterfeiting a will for the newly-deceased. England, Holland: *Baughman. |
| E321.5 | Ghost appears often to wife and daughter. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E236.4.2 | Ghost appears to remind his brother of the terms of his will. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E379.4 | Ghost as confederate of man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E421.3.4 | Ghost as fiery bull. Tobler 81; England, Ireland: *Baughman. |
| E421.3.2 | Ghost as firebrand. Fb "spøgelse" III 520b. |
| E421.3.1 | Ghost as glowing wheel. *Fb "hjul" I 626b, "spøgelse" III 521a, "gloende" IV 181b. |
| E422.1.11.3 | Ghost as hand or hands. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E575 | Ghost as omen of calamity or ill fortune. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E451.4.1 | Ghost asked to identify self "in name of God." U.S.: Baughman. |
| E599.4 | Ghost asks alms (from one who does not know that asker has died) at usual place and time. England: Baughman. |
| E332.3.3 | Ghost asks for ride in automobile. |
| E545.18 | Ghost asks to be taken to former home. (See all references to E332.3.3.1.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| E412.3.2.1 | Ghost asks to wash his shirt. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| E261.5 | Ghost beats living man with whip. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E553 | Ghost becomes log during day. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 101. |
| E459.4 | Ghost bound and jailed. England: Baughman. |
| E299.4 | Ghost breaks windows. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E271.1 | Ghost brings disaster on sailors. U.S., England: *Baughman. |
| E402.1.1.1 | Ghost calls. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E434.10 | Ghost cannot cross new door sill. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E434.8.1 | Ghost cannot harm person wearing a cross. England: Baughman. |
| E434.8 | Ghost cannot pass cross or prayerbook. (Cf. D1266.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 335b s.v. "Geister"; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E592 | Ghost carries burden. |
| E592.2 | Ghost carries coffin on back. Wimberly 238. |
| E599.7 | Ghost carries lantern. (Cf. E371.10, E472, E594, E530.1, F491.1.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| E592.1 | Ghost carries own dead body. Kai (German New Guinea): Dixon 142. |
| E299.1 | Ghost causes machinery to run unattended. Canada, England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E292 | Ghost causes storms. England: *Baughman. |
| E272.4 | Ghost chases pedestrian on road. England: Baughman. |
| E545.11 | Ghost chooses own requiem. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E266.1.1 | Ghost claims a life every seven years by drowning person in river. England: *Baughman. |
| E445.1 | Ghost comes through certain crevice: when this is barred she never returns. Tobler 92. |
| F451.5.4.1 | Ghost conceals herself with dwarfs. Tobler 66. |
| E402.1.1.3 | Ghost cries and screams. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E432 | Ghost deceived. |
| E459.1 | Ghost demands a body and soul before it will agree to be laid. Monk provides cock and sole of shoe. England: Baughman. |
| E436.1 | Ghost detected by strewing ashes. Their footprints remain in the ashes. Fb "spor" III 500a; Gaster Germania XXV (1880) 290ff.; Dh III 153; Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 297; Güntert Kalypso 75; Kruyt Het Animisme 398; Mansikka Religion der Ostslaven (Helsinki, 1922) 181, 184. |
| E436 | Ghost detected. |
| E545.12 | Ghost directs man to hidden treasure. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E279.2 | Ghost disturbs sleeping person. (Cf. E281.2.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E556.1 | Ghost drinks liquor. England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| E556 | Ghost drinks. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E437.3 | Ghost driven into body of dead crow, buried under path. England: Baughman. |
| E236.6 | Ghost drives away his relatives who are trying to get estate from his wife. England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| E264 | Ghost drives priest into oven. Fb "ovn" II 774a. |
| E541.2 | Ghost eats living human beings. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E443 | Ghost exorcized and laid. *Fb "bande" IV 24a, "Jesus" II 41a; Tobler 65; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 115 No. 11; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 11; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 7 No. 51, 27 No. 243; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 251; West Indies: Flowers 430. |
| E324.2 | Ghost family visits grave of father. England: Baughman. |
| E451 | Ghost finds rest when certain thing happens. |
| E419.9 | Ghost flits between two graves reputed to contain body. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E272.3 | Ghost frightens people off bridge into stream. England, Wales: *Baughman. |
| E334.2 | Ghost haunts burial spot. (Cf. E411.1.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E284 | Ghost haunts cloister. Herbert III 83 (étienne de Bourbon). |
| E275.1 | Ghost haunts mine after tragedy. (Cf. E336.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E279.4 | Ghost haunts park, terrifies watchers. England: Baughman. |
| E281.3 | Ghost haunts particular room in house. England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E275 | Ghost haunts place of great accident or misfortune. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 25 No. 225. |
| E334.1 | Ghost haunts scene of former crime or sin. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E285 | Ghost haunts well, prevents drawing water after dark. England: Baughman. |
| E552 | Ghost in form of bear sneezes. (Cf. E423.2.1.) Tobler 56. |
| E291.2.1 | Ghost in human form guards treasure. Canada, England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E426.1 | Ghost in shape of a bag. Lithuanian: Balys Ghosts. |
| E422.4.3 | Ghost in white. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 681f. |
| E452.2 | Ghost invisible during day. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 99. |
| E454 | Ghost is laid by giving it a never-ending or impossible task. (Cf. H900, H1010.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E581.2.1 | Ghost jumps on horse behind man. (Cf. E262.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 681. |
| E446 | Ghost killed and thus finally laid. N. A. Indian (Sioux): Dorsey RBAE XI 491f., (Fox): Jones PAES I 101 No. 7, (Osage): Dorsey FM VII 26 No. 21; Eskimo: Kroeber JAFL XII 181, (Greenland): Holm 55, Rasmussen III 182. |
| E247 | Ghost kills man who had had ghost exorcised for too short a time. England: Baughman. |
| E232.3 | Ghost kills man who interferes with ghostly activity. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E281.0.1 | Ghost kills man who stays in haunted house. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E471 | Ghost kisses living person. *Fb "gjenganger" I 444a. |
| E437.7 | Ghost laid and confined in sheepfold. England: Baughman. |
| E437.6 | Ghost laid and confined inside building. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E452 | Ghost laid at cockcrow (dawn). Fb "spøgelse" III 519b, "kok" IV 272b; Köhler-Bolte III 581; Wimberly 248.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "coq"; Scotch: Campbell Tales II 94—112 passim; English: Child II 228, V 294; Finnish, Swedish: Wessman 1 No. 6; India: *Thompson-Balys; Melanesian, Polynesian: *Dixon 141 n. 24; Kai (German New Guinea): ibid. 144; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 96 No. 7, (Teton): Dorsey AA o.s. II (1889) 151. |
| E459.5 | Ghost laid at midnight. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E443.5 | Ghost laid by adjuring it to leave "in the name of God." Wales: Baughman. |
| E443.6 | Ghost laid by baptizing children in its presence. England: *Baughman. |
| E445 | Ghost laid by barring off. |
| E446.3.1 | Ghost laid by beating body to pieces. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 99. |
| E443.8 | Ghost laid by Bible. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E443.1 | Ghost laid by blessing grave. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 115 No. 10. |
| E442.2 | Ghost laid by burial outside village on far side of stream, with four iron nails driven into the corners of the grave. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E446.2 | Ghost laid by burning body. *Fb "spøgelse" III 522a, "brænde" IV 69a.—Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E446.2.1 | Ghost laid by burning lock of hair. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| E459.6 | Ghost laid by burying bell from church in one pond, the clapper in another. If the two ever come together again, the ghost can walk. England: Baughman. |
| E443.2.3 | Ghost laid by confessor to priest. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 99. |
| E443.9 | Ghost laid by consecrated water. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E446.3 | Ghost laid by decapitating body. Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3546A, Legends No. 621. |
| E443.7 | Ghost laid by fasting. England: Baughman. |
| E443.2.2 | Ghost laid by formulistic prayer. England: *Baughman. |
| E443.2.4.1 | Ghost laid by group of ministers. By prayer and services, usually with "bell, book, and candle" or some modification of the procedure. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E442 | Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. (Cf. D712.10, E431.16.2.) *Fb "pæl" II 904ab, "jærn" II 61a; England, U.S.: *Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3546B, Legends No. 698, Ghosts; S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 686. |
| E441.2 | Ghost laid by placing stones in throat of the corpse. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| E443.2 | Ghost laid by prayer. Fb "løse" II 517b; Icelandic: Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E443.2.4 | Ghost laid by priest (minister). England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E446.5 | Ghost laid by pushing it into water. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux RBAE CXLIII (3) 685. |
| E443.4 | Ghost laid by raising a cross. Icelandic: Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E441 | Ghost laid by reburial. Icelandic: Boberg; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 115 No. 12; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 12; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3590; U.S.: Baughman. Cf. Gaster Exempla 222 No. 175. |
| E443.2.1 | Ghost laid by saying masses. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 95, 99, Beal XXI 330, 332; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 319; English: Wells 61 (Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne); U.S.: Baughman (E341.3.2.). |
| E444 | Ghost laid by talisman. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fantфme"; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 62. |
| E437.2 | Ghost laid in body of water. England, Ireland, Wales: *Baughman. |
| E437.4 | Ghost laid under stone. England: *Baughman. |
| E437.5 | Ghost laid under tree. England: Baughman. |
| E459.2 | Ghost laid when bones are brought to home country from foreign soil. England: Baughman. |
| E451.1 | Ghost laid when crime has been confessed. (Cf. E412.5.) Fb "løse" II 517a. |
| E459.7 | Ghost laid when his skull is thrown into the Ganges. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E451.8 | Ghost laid when house it haunts is destroyed or changed. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E459.3 | Ghost laid when its wishes are acceded to. England: Baughman. |
| E441.1 | Ghost laid when leg is buried. Fb "løse" II 517a. |
| E451.4 | Ghost laid when living man speaks to it. Fb "løse" II 517a; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E451.2 | Ghost laid when penance is done. (Cf. E411.0.2.1.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung". |
| E451.10 | Ghost laid when rest of poem is recited. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| E451.9 | Ghost laid when revenge is accomplished. Korean: Zong in-Sob 122f. |
| E451.5 | Ghost laid when treasure is unearthed. Fb "løse" II 517b; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda (Cf. E371ff.). |
| E451.3 | Ghost laid when vow is fulfilled. (Cf. E415.3.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 336 s.v. "Geister, Erlösung"; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn V (1897) 266ff., (1934) 196ff.; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E266.2 | Ghost leads people to commit suicide. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E544.1.2 | Ghost leaves a ring with the living. England: Baughman. |
| E544.1.1 | Ghost leaves behind a crucifix. England: Baughman. |
| E544 | Ghost leaves evidence of his appearance. (Cf. E322.3.3.1, E542. 1ff.) Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E421.2.1 | Ghost leaves no footprints. Canada, England: *Baughman. |
| E544.1 | Ghost leaves object after appearance. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E588 | Ghost leaves stench behind. Fb "stank"; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 276, Rasmussen II 275. |
| E530.1.1 | Ghost light follows ghost. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.3 | Ghost light haunts burial spot. England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E231.3 | Ghost light hovers over hiding place of body of murdered person. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.5 | Ghost light indicates impending calamity. Scotland: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.7 | Ghost light indicates route funeral will take. (Cf. D1825.7.1.) England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E530.1.4 | Ghost light on farm indicates that occupants will move shortly. Scotland: Baughman. |
| E530.1.6 | Ghost light serves as death omen. (Cf. D1812.5.) England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E481.5 | Ghost lives midway between heaven and earth. Fb "spøgelse" III 519b. |
| E272.5 | Ghost misleads traveler on road. See similar actions of fairies, witches, Will-o-the-wisp. (Cf. F402.1.1.) Wales: Baughman. |
| E402.1.1.2 | Ghost moans. (Cf. E547.) Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E587.2.1 | Ghost most numerous on St. Thomas Eve and St. Thomas Day. England: Baughman. |
| E389.1 | Ghost must be summoned by king else he appears head downward. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E225.1 | Ghost of abortion. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 274, 392, 410, 439, Holm 88, Rasmussen III 181f. |
| E522.2 | Ghost of bear. (Cf. E423.2.1.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 87. |
| E524 | Ghost of bird. (Cf. E423.3.) |
| E521.4 | Ghost of calf. (Cf. E423.1.8.1.) *Fb "kalv" II 79a; U.S.: Baughman. |
| E521.3 | Ghost of cat. (Cf. E423.1.2.) Kittredge Witchcraft 497 n. 41. |
| E412.5 | Ghost of church desecrator cannot rest. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E524.2 | Ghost of cock. |
| E521.2 | Ghost of dog. Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Geist"; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 22 No. 202; Jewish: *Neuman; Texas: Bishop Pub. Texas Folklore Soc. XV 119—21; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 488, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 228. |
| E521 | Ghost of domestic beast. |
| E544.1.3 | Ghost of drowned man leaves puddle of salt water where he stands. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E327.4 | Ghost of father returns to rebuke child. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E265.1.2 | Ghost of father slaps son's face; a cancer grows there. Canada: Baughman. |
| E523 | Ghost of fish. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 33. |
| E522.1 | Ghost of fox (Cf. E423.2.3.) Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 310 No. 24. |
| F531.6.14 | Ghost of giant. Broderius § 17; *Höttges FFC CXXII 133; Westphalia: Zaunert Westfälische 5; Ditmarsch: Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 210; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 41, 206, 357. |
| E524.1 | Ghost of goose. Fb "gasse" I 425a. |
| E521.5 | Ghost of hog. Fb "svin" III 676b. |
| E521.1 | Ghost of horse. *Howey 31; *Fb "stud" III 619b, "hest" I 599b, "helhest" I 584b; *Kittredge Witchcraft 177 n. 31; *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 164ff.; England: Baughman. |
| F471.1.4 | Ghost of hunter as nightmare. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3686. |
| E225 | Ghost of murdered child. English: *Child I 218 No. 20; Tobler 30; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 114 No. 9; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 39 No. 9; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 40 No. 3; New York: Jones JAFL LVII 241, 244; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 392, 410, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 181. |
| E363.5.1 | Ghost of murdered girl appears and lends jewels needed for a ball in exchange for flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E334.2.1 | Ghost of murdered person haunts burial spot. (Cf. E413.) Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E334.3 | Ghost of person abandoned by faithless lover. (Cf. E211ff.) England, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E334.2.2 | Ghost of person killed in accident seen at death or burial spot. England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E415.3 | Ghost of priest cannot rest because he failed to say certain masses for the dead. (Cf. E341.3, Q521.6.) Canada, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E521.1.3 | Ghost of race horse wins race in competition with living horses. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E334.5 | Ghost of soldier haunts battlefield. England: *Baughman. |
| E521.5.1 | Ghost of sow. Fb "sø" III 450a. |
| E266.1 | Ghost of suicide drags people into stream. England: *Baughman. |
| E334.4 | Ghost of suicide seen at death spot or near by. (Cf. E411.1.1, E431.16.) England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| E334.2.3 | Ghost of tragic lover haunts scene of tragedy. (Cf. E337.3.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| N576.3 | Ghost of treasure's human owner as guardian. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| H175.5 | Ghost of unknown child passes over heads of parents and bursts in a spray of blood. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 183. |
| E522 | Ghost of wild beast. |
| E261.4.1 | Ghost of witch in her coffin chases man. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E367.5 | Ghost of woman chides unbeliever. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 291. |
| E321.4 | Ghost often visits his widow and her new husband. England: Baughman. |
| E332.3 | Ghost on road asks traveler for ride. (Cf. E581, E582.) |
| E554 | Ghost plays musical instrument. U.S.: Baughman. |
| E554.1 | Ghost plays organ. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 676. |
| E725.2 | Ghost possesses girl and she speaks in dialect unknown to her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E299.2 | Ghost prevents removal of box from abbey. The box takes on miraculous weight. England: Baughman. |
| E279.3 | Ghost pulls bedclothing from sleeper. England, Ireland, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
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