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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
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| K1716 | Hare as ambassador of the moon. Hare claiming to be ambassador of moon shows elephant the moon irritated in a spring. Elephant is persuaded that the moon is angry. *Penzer V 101 n. 1; Chauvin II 96 No. 49; Panchatantra III 2 (tr Ryder 308); B[ö]dker Exempler 294 No. 54; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V12.4.7 | Hare as sacrifice. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| K767 | Hare carries disguised lion covered with honey, thus luring animals into trap. Africa (Dzalamo): Meinhof 281. |
| K929.13 | Hare causes pursuing she-bear to stick between trees and kills her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B754.1.2 | Hare changes sex periodically. Jewish: Neuman. |
| J975 | Hare demands equal rights for all animals. Reprimanded for presumption. Wienert FFC LVI 57 (ET 181), 92 (ST 43); Halm Aesop No. 241. |
| K521.10 | Hare escapes lion by being bundled in brushwood. Africa (Dzalamo): Meinhof ZsES XI 281. |
| K1018 | Hare flatters other animals into letting it bite off their ears. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K362.5 | Hare in lion's skin gets meat from lioness. Africa (Thonga): Junod 211. |
| J61 | Hare instructs his sons to use their eyes to advantage. Type 72*. |
| K562.2 | Hare persuades cat to perform two gallops before eating him: escapes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K713.3 | Hare persuades wolf and fox to put their heads in loops on rope and thus strangles them to death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K571.1 | Hare promises to dance if doorway is left free: escapes. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 180*; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2239.1 | Hare punished for perjury: eyes deep in head. (Cf. A2332.4.1.). —Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 13 No. 70. |
| E501.5.5.1 | Hare pursued in wild hunt. Plischke 66. |
| B557.11.3 | Hare rides on winged elephant. Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 12. |
| A2215.2 | Hare runs away at creation; almost loses tail. When, as the most timid of all beasts, he runs away, God throws a tail at him from a pile of tails. (Cf. A2378.4.1.)—Dh III 185.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 13 No. 72; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 72. |
| A2461.1 | Hare sleeps with open eyes as defense. Dh III 234. |
| K813.2 | Hare tricks civet cat into being eaten by lion. Africa (Dzalamo): Meinhof ZsES XI 281. |
| J885.1 | Hare upbraided by sparrow for letting self be carried off by eagle rejoices when sparrow is carried off by hawk. Wienert FFC LVI 56 (ET 164), 103 (ST 160). |
| J2066.8 | Hare waits in vain for leaves to fall from palm tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2066.9 | Hare waits in vain for man's hand to fall off. He sees it dangling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2234.4 | Hare weeps for mother when forbidden: moon hits him and cleaves lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A2231.8, A2342.1.)—Bushman: Bleek and Lloyd 59. |
| B15.3.4.1 | Hare with horns. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1347.6 | Hare's stomach causes fecundity. (Cf. D1015.5.1.)—Jewish: Neuman. |
| B291.3.2.1 | Hares carry taxes to court. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| U242 | Hares fearing death outrun pursuing dogs. Wienert FFC LVI 51 (ET 103), 142 (ST 476); Japanese: Ikeda. |
| Q243.1.1 | Harlot punished by being burned (in hell). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| W151.1 | Harlot weeps when her impoverished lover leaves her to think that she has left him his coat. *Crane Vitry 214 No. 200; Herbert III 16; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 10; Scala Celi 87b No. 512; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J455 | Harm of association with flatterers. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 739. |
| D1649.2.1 | Harp comes at owner's call. (Cf. D1231.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1427.5 | Harp compels one to follow. (Cf. D1231.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B82.1.2 | Harp music makes merman restore stolen bride. *Fb "havmand" I 571a, II 725. |
| D1311.1 | Harp struck for divination. (Cf. D1231.)—Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 15 No. 1. |
| T55.9 | Harper as love messenger sent by girl. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| P428.1 | Harper. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| K33 | Harpooning contest won by deception. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 314 n. 134. |
| B52 | Harpy. Bird with arms and breasts of woman.—Greek: Fox 111, *Grote I 216f.; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 564. |
| A878.3.2 | Hart(s) eating of the earth-tree. Holmberg Baum 67ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 332ff., Boberg. |
| D1812.5.0.5 | Haruspices: divination by condition of animal's liver. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1494; *Frazer Pausanias IV 5. |
| V70.4 | Harvest-festival. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K42 | Harvesting contest. |
| J1932.6 | Harvesting early for half a crop. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1455 | Has never died yet. Slave (workman) recommended to master whose recent slaves have died: "He has never died while I owned him." *Clouston Book of Noodles 8; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| N342 | Hasty condemnation of man who accidentally becomes suspected of crime. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| N340 | Hasty killing or condemnation (mistake). |
| N349 | Hasty killing or condemnation—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1323.10 | Hat gives clairvoyance. (Cf. D1067.1.)—Fb "hat" I 563b; Saintyves Perrault 291. |
| D1300.1 | Hat gives magic wisdom. (Cf. D1067.1.) *Type 328. |
| D1313.2 | Hat thrown in air indicates road. (Cf. D1067.1.)—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chapeau". |
| D1546.1.1 | Hat which turns the sun. (Cf. D1067.1.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chapeau".—Danish: Boberg. |
| D1931 | Hate induced by magic. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| A1388.1 | Hate released among mankind. Greek: Fox 78. |
| T548.1.1 | Hateful or lovely child to be born first? Childless parents' prayer answered: they are to have two children, one hateful, one lovely. Choice as to which is to come first. Köhler-Bolte I 520ff. |
| P454 | Hatter. Sébillot Métiers No. 10 pp. 52ff. |
| L431.1 | Haughty mistress makes extravagant demands of lover: repaid. (Glove and the Lion.) *Shearin MLN XXVI 113; *Buchanan Modern Language Review IV 183 n. 1; Krappe MLN XXXIV 16; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 349 n. 256. |
| E607.3 | Hauling canoe over dead man's body causes return from dead in new form. Maori: Dixon 55. |
| E432.1 | Haunting ghost deceived so that he cannot find road to return. Jellinek Zs. f. Vksk. XIV 323. |
| A2433.4 | Haunts of birds. |
| G18 | Haunts of cannibals. |
| A2433.6.3 | Haunts of crab. |
| G302.5 | Haunts of demons. |
| F531.6.2 | Haunts of giants. |
| A2433.5 | Haunts of insects. |
| A2433.6 | Haunts of reptiles, etc. |
| A2433.5.3 | Haunts of spider. (See A2211.6, large stones, A2261.2, dusty corners.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2433.6.1 | Haunts of tortoise (turtle). |
| A2433.3 | Haunts of various animals—mammals. |
| J2174.3 | Having the head dressed before hanging. A man who has hurt his head in trying to hang himself has the head dressed by a doctor and then goes and hangs himself. Clouston Noodles 6. |
| A2275.5.2 | Hawk (vulture) loses grandmother: still hovers and seeks her. (Cf. A2471.3.)—Ibo (Nigeria): Basden 274, (Cameroon): Mansfield 233. |
| A522.2.3 | Hawk as culture hero. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 3, BBAE CXLIII (1) 368. |
| B291.1.10 | Hawk as messenger. Africa (Pooloki): Einstein 105. |
| F982.3 | Hawk carries hand of man to saint displeased by handclasp. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N698 | Hawk carries off necklace from bathing queen and drops it by lucky girl, who gets reward. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1267.1 | Hawk flies away with geese on a line. They have been tied together as a protection. (First ed. X912.) *Type 1876; BP III 337. |
| A878.3.5 | Hawk in the earth-tree. Holmberg Baum 67ff.—Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 332ff., Boberg. |
| B152.3 | Hawk lighting on man points out criminal. Korean: Zong-in-Sob 123 No. 59. |
| K815.8 | Hawk persuades doves to elect him their king. Kills them. Wienert FFC LVI 47 (ET 60), 97 (ST 107). |
| A2442.2.5 | Hawk's flight. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 189. |
| A2216.5 | Hawk's tail cut in two by sword as he is being transformed. Cause of his forked tail. (Cf. A2378.5.2.)—Dh III 54. |
| D1385.2.3 | Hawthorn protects travelers. (Cf. D950.13.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| G272.2.3 | Hawthorn used as protection against witches. England: Baughman. |
| A2711.4.1 | Hazel gives Virgin Mary shelter. Blessed. *BP III 477; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 198f., 204. |
| D1311.4.1.2 | Hazel used by druids for divination. (Cf. D950.1.)—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A2302.2 | Hazel-cock's body made smaller. (See A2231, A2213.1.) Dh III 2.—Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 51. |
| J1636 | He has a family to support. Ruler to servant stealing his game: "If you wish any I'll send you some." U.S.: Baughman; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| P525.3 | He nearest to blood of slain man must avenge his death. Irish myth: Cross. |
| N125.1 | He upon whom feather (wisp) falls to be king's fool. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P11.5 | He who can fill out a certain wide seat chosen as king. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| P11.4.1 | He who can open palace door to be king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| U11.2 | He who steals much called king; he who steals little called robber. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 351; Scala Celi 20a No. 120; Alphabet No. 334; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| H1574.3.2 | He who wins maiden queen is king. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K2323.2 | He-goat bleats and frightens animals assembled for fight. Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 246—248; Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 89. |
| V61.4 | Head buried one place, body another. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Q421.1.1 | Head cut off and hung on tree outside village. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E783.1 | Head cut off and successfully replaced. *Kittredge Gawain 147ff.; Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 61, *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Quiché): Alexander Lat. Am. 175; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 113 No. 8, (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 10. |
| X372.2 | Head cut off to cure snakebite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q551.8.5 | Head falls off when man lies to saint. (Cf. Q263.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F162.5.2 | Head in otherworld well emits stream of water from mouth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E431.7.2.1 | Head of beheaded man separated from body (by walking between them) to prevent return. (Cf. E721.1.2.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G223 | Head of beheaded witch mends if rubbed with salt. *Fb "hoved" I 654b. |
| E431.9.1 | Head of corpse thrown on water to prevent return. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| E12.2 | Head of decapitated person is replaced backwards. Later is readjusted. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1380.3 | Head of divinity as protection of land. Buried. (Cf. D992.) *Kittredge Gawain 180 n. 1.—Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 105. |
| F531.1.2 | Head of giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A179.4 | Head of god bitten off by shark. Hivaoa (Marquesas): Handy 108. |
| N332.3.1 | Head of killed snake bites and kills king. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H105.4 | Head of monster as token (proof) of slaying. Africa (Ronga): Junod Les Chants et les Contes des Ba-Ronga (Lausanne, 1897) 317ff. No. 30. |
| S139.2.1 | Head of murdered man displayed before his own house. *Siberian and North Pacific Coast of America: Jochelson JE VI 381. |
| S139.2.1.1 | Head of murdered man taken along as trophy. Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 43, 77. |
| C541.2 | Head of slain man must not be moved. Fb "hoved" I 655a. |
| C948.8 | Head shattered for breaking tabu. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q488.2 | Head shaved as punishment. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D711.1.1 | Head transferred from one man to another; second man's head in first man's hand. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S139.2.2.4.1 | Head used as ball. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| N2.3.1 | Head wagered. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B15.1.1 | Headless animals. *Fb "hovedløs" IV 223a. |
| D1615.8 | Headless body sings. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E783.6 | Headless body vital. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B15.1.1.1 | Headless dog. North Carolina: Brown Coll. I 636. |
| E422.1.1.4 | Headless ghost carries head under arm. (Cf. F511.0.4.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E521.2.2 | Headless ghost of dog. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 682. |
| E521.5.0.1 | Headless ghost of hog. (Cf. E422.1.1.) Fb "svin" III 676b. |
| E521.1.1 | Headless ghost of horse. *Howey 62; *Fb "stud" III 619b, "hest" I 599b, "helhest" I 584b; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| E422.1.1.3.1 | Headless ghost rides horse. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| E423.1.1.2.1 | Headless ghostly dog. (Cf. B15.1.1, E422.1.1.) England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| F531.1.2.1 | Headless giant. (Cf. F511.0.1.) Broderius § 37; Irish myth: Cross; Hanover: Kuhn u. Schwarz Norddeutsche Sagen (Leipzig, 1848) No. 167.3; Pomerania: Rosenow 51 No. 46; N. A. Indian (Navaho): Alexander N. Am. 163. |
| E501.4.2.7 | Headless horse in wild hunt. Plischke 30. |
| J876 | Headless king and tailless tiger, each afraid of other, agree to be friends. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| E783.7 | Headless man lives four (seven) years. (Cf. Q551.8.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| G361.3 | Headless ogre. Penzer IX 88 n. |
| F167.5 | Headless people in otherworld. Siuts 218. |
| F511.0.1.1 | Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast. *Chauvin VII 87 No. 373 bis n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F511.0.1 | Headless person. (Cf. F401.4, F531.1.2.1.) *Chauvin VII 77 No. 121; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F511.0.1.2 | Headless persons cannot smell or hear. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| E422.1.1 | Headless revenant. *Fb "hoved" I 655b, "hovedløs" IV 223a; Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 6, 301 No. 18, 311 No. 46; India: *Thompson-Balys; England, U.S.: *Baughman; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 680, 683, 693. |
| S139.2.2.1.1 | Heads (tongues) of slain enemies as trophies. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S139.2.2.1.6 | Heads brandished to intimidate foe. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| S139.2.2.1.4 | Heads of defeated enemies hung on conqueror's saddle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| P555.2.1 | Heads of fallen enemies piled up after battle. Irish myth: Cross. |
| S139.2.2.1 | Heads of slain enemies impaled upon stakes. (Cf. Q421.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| E545.21 | Heads of slain people in magician's house advises hero. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1663 | Heads of various people. |
| Q421.1 | Heads on stakes. Punishment by beheading and placing the heads on stakes. *Taylor Romanic Review IX 21ff.; *BP III 368, IV 113; *B. Lewis Classical Mythology and Arthurian Romance 107ff.; Child V 482 s.v. "heads". — Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Africa: Frobenius Atlantis III 78; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 214 No. 73. |
| H901.1 | Heads placed on stakes for failure in performance of task. Unsuccessful youths are beheaded and heads exposed. Hero sees them when he sets out to accomplish his task. *Types 329, 507A; *BP III 368; *Taylor Romanic Review IV 21ff.; *Brown Iwain 137 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 119, Frazer Apollodorus II 160 n. 2; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| J1513 | Healed with his own medicine. |
| K233.6 | Healer to take payment in satisfaction at patient's recovery. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q161 | Healing as reward. |
| B510 | Healing by animals. |
| F950.9 | Healing by sprinkling water and replacing flesh. Chinese: Graham. |
| Q161.2 | Healing of disease as reward. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 188 No. 128. |
| D1500.1.7.2.1 | Healing power of saint's spittle. *Loomis White Magic 103f. |
| V256.1 | Healing spittle of Virgin Mary. (Cf. D1500.1.7.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.4.10.3 | Healing with hair of dog that bit one. **Wesselski Erlesenes 13ff. |
| J2412.5 | Healing with the cherry tree. A man whose wife refuses to talk remembers that a priest drank black cherry juice whenever he lost his voice. He cannot get the cordial but concluding that a limb of the cherry tree will have the same effect beats his wife with is. She is cured. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 715. |
| Q145.1.1 | Health as reward for drink. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| J232 | Health chosen as the most precious thing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H1582 | Health test. Penzer III 272 n. 1. |
| D1812.5.2.5 | Hearing bird cry a good omen. |
| D1812.5.2.5.1 | Hearing cuckoo call a good omen. Alphabet No. 727. |
| D1812.5.2.5.2 | Hearing heron's cry a good omen. Greek: Homer Iliad X 275. |
| V41.2 | Hearing masses causes triumph in tournament. Angel takes absent knight's place. He is delayed by going to mass. *Liebrecht 29; Alphabet No. 462; Scala Celi 130b No. 714; *Ward II 662; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1812.5.2.3 | Hearing thunder on setting forth a good omen. *Kittredge Witchcraft 45, 398 n. 172; *Frazer Pausanias III 417 (lightning on the right). |
| Q469.6 | Heart and liver of murderer torn out. (Cf. Q211.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Chinese: Werner 339. |
| Q469.6.1 | Heart and liver of son to be torn out. (Cf. S194.) French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| F1041.1.1.1 | Heart breaks at third drink from silver canister. Fb "hjærte" I 631. |
| F1041.1.1.3 | Heart breaks from sorrow. Hdwb. d. Märchens I 439a n. 267; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 883. |
| F1041.1.1.2 | Heart breaks when girl hears lover kiss another. Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 3. |
| F1041.1.3.6 | Heart breaks when girl learns men are slain in battle on her account. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J2572 | Heart may not be able to stand winning mistress. Man told it is well he did not obtain girl he loved because his heart might not have been able to stand it. Heptameron No. 58. |
| B11.2.9 | Heart of dragon. Fb "hjærte" 631b. |
| D1335.1.2 | Heart of enemy eaten produces magic strength. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 5. |
| Q469.6.0.1 | Heart of murderer cut out. (Cf. Q211.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1361.8 | Heart of unborn child renders person invisible. (Cf. D997.1.1.) *Fb "hjærte" I 631b, IV 218b.—Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 293 No. 1. |
| D2062.1 | Heart removed by magic. Penzer I 129. |
| E786 | Heart successfully replaced. *Type 660. |
| L131 | Hearth abode of unpromising hero (heroine). *Cox 1—52, 87—121, 437, 446, 493; *Fb "askefis" IV 17b; Saintyves Perrault 124ff.; *Cosquin Contes indiens 494ff.; Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 115; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 119; Italian: Basile Pentamerone I No. 6; Chinese: Graham; N. A. Indian (Micmac): Michelson JAFL XXXVIII 45ff. |
| D1683 | Hearth cleaned by angel always free of ashes. (Cf. D1147, V230.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A411.4 | Hearth-god. Greek: Grote I 55 (Hestia, Vesta). |
| F1041.1.1.4 | Hearts break when lovers are told beloved is dead. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| A733 | Heat and light of the sun. |
| F1041.16.4 | Heat of saint's anger sets cowl afire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2144.3 | Heat produced by magic. (Cf. D2091.10, D2143.6.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| H1511.1 | Heat test: swallowing red-hot stones. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 312 n. 120c. |
| H1511 | Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire. Type 513; German: Grimm No. 71; Finnish: Kalevala rune 31; Chinese: Graham; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 311 n. 120; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 72 No. 11. |
| J215.3 | Heathcock prefers home with hardships to travel in foreign lands. *Type 232. |
| V381 | Heathen beats his god because of misfortune. (Cf. V123.) *Boje 101; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 238 No. 185. |
| F767.1 | Heathen city surrounded by a yellow river, furious and impassable. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V356.2.1 | Heathen idols sink into earth up to their necks through power of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H1573.1.1 | Heathen swallowed by earth. Proof of his belief. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2465.4.1 | Heating water for woman to wash in. Boiling water poured over her. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A641.1 | Heaven and earth from egg. They are the two halves of an egg shell. Eros escapes as they are separated.—Greek: Fox 5.—Indonesian: L. d. Backer L'Archipel indien 232. |
| A625.2.1 | Heaven and earth originally connected by navel string. Navel string cut.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A657.2 | Heaven and earth touch each other at east, west, and south. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A133.2.2 | Heaven as God's throne, earth His footstool. Jewish: Neuman. |
| Q172.6 | Heaven as reward for renouncement of long life. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2371.1 | Heaven entered by a trick. *Type 330; *BP I 343, II 189, III 303; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 210; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas II 164, 349; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2371.1.3 | Heaven entered by trick: "wishing sack" thrown in. Trickster wishes himself in the sack. *Type 330; *BP II 158, 163, 188f.; *Fb "Himmerige" I 611a. |
| K2371.1.6 | Heaven entered by trick: angel tricked by drink into telling woman how to enter. *Stiefel Zs. f. Vksk. VIII 280. |
| K2371.1.2 | Heaven entered by trick: demanding back the charity gift. The trickster demands of Peter an article which he has given in charity. He then sits on it as his own property within the gates. *BP II 163. |
| K2371.1.1 | Heaven entered by trick: permission to pick up cap. Trickster throws a cap or leather apron inside the gate. *BP II 163, 189; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 83. |
| K2371.1.4 | Heaven entered by trick: sitting on Peter's chair. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330. |
| K2371.1.5 | Heaven entered by trick: slipping in along with holy person. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 94 No. 807*. |
| A661.0.9 | Heaven surrounded by seven walls. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A625.1 | Heaven-mother—earth-father. Kachin (North Burma): Scott Indo-Chinese 263. |
| A661 | Heaven. A blissful upper world.—Kohler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York 1923); Jeremias Hölle und Paradies bei den Babyloniern (Leipzig 1903); Gaster Thespis 286; Irish myth: Cross, Beal XXI 330; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 312; German: Grimm Nos. 3, 35, 81, 82, 112, 167, 175, 178; Egyptian: Müller 176; Persian: Carnoy 345; Hindu: Keith 99, 131, 201.—Japanese: Anesaki 237, 241.—Haida: Alexander N. Am. 263; Eskimo: ibid. 7; Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 81; Maya: ibid. 138, 140; Isthmian tribes (Panama): ibid. 193. |
| F51.1.5.1 | Heavenly being's hair as sky-rope. Australia: Howitt-Siebert JAI XXXIV (1904) 121. |
| A38 | Heavenly bodies as creator's companions. |
| F961.0.5 | Heavenly bodies bear witness for and against man. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A700.4 | Heavenly bodies created after the plant world. Jewish: Neuman. |
| A700.1 | Heavenly bodies from objects thrown into sky. The Christ Child throws mud pies into the sky and creates sun, moon, and stars.—*Dh II 78ff.; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 325—26. |
| F961.0.3 | Heavenly bodies lament. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A700.2 | Heavenly bodies vomited up by creator. Bushongo: Werner African 144. |
| D1291 | Heavenly body as magic object. |
| F883.1.6 | Heavenly books. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A152.5 | Heavenly curtain surrounds God's throne. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2163.2.1 | Heavenly help in battle. *Loomis White Magic 122. |
| E755.1.1 | Heavenly hierarchy. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. Maori: Clark 182. |
| A790.1 | Heavenly lights originate from firmament. Jewish: Neuman. |
| T257.0.1 | Heavenly maidens are not jealous. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A661.0.2.1 | Heavenly music caused by four columns under Lord's chair. Irish myth: Cross. (Cf. A661.0.3.). |
| A744 | Heavenly smith is hammering on the moon. Africa (Sudanese): Frobenius Atlantis VII 18f. |
| A152.8 | Heavenly throne has Jacob's face engraved on it. Jewish: Neuman. |
| M311.0.4 | Heavenly voices proclaim birth of future child hero. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F961.0.6 | Heavens bleed. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| A1050 | Heavens break up at end of world. *Olrik Ragnarök 480 s.v. "Himmel". |
| T373 | Heavy chastity belt imposed on wife. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D2143.3.1 | Heavy fog is at once dispelled by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 106. |
| V249.2.1 | Hebrew the language of the angels. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1482.1 | Hebrew the language of the inhabitants of heaven. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F134.1 | Hebrides, Isle of Man (Falga) as otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| E501.1.8.3 | Hecate as leader of wild hunt. Pauly-Wissowa s.v. "Hekate"; Rohde Psyche II 84. |
| J652.4.1 | Hector warns Trojans against attacking the stronger Greeks. Warning disregarded. Disastrous defeat. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J2133.11 | Hedgehog and crab jump from boat after turtle. They fall on floating leather. Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 128. |
| B191.5 | Hedgehog builds castle. Icel.: Boberg. |
| L315.13 | Hedgehog defeats tiger by jumping into tiger's mouth and tormenting him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2220.1 | Hedgehog's skin reward for good deed. (Cf. A2311.4.)—Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 146 No. 44. |
| J311 | Heed not the past. |
| V12.4.4.1.1 | Heifer as sacrifice. Greek: Homer passim. |
| T539.4 | Heifers covered by supernatural bull conceive miraculously. Irish myth: Cross. |
| V118.0.1 | Hell as a monastery—the devil, abbot; sinners, monks. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A671.0.4 | Hell confused with fairy land. Irish myth: Cross. |
| E755.2.4.1 | Hell fires kindled according to sins of sinners. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A671.0.1 | Hell located to the north. Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 319. |
| F83 | Hell of women in south of otherworld. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F109.2 | Hell shown to Jonah by fish. Jewish: Neuman. |
| E752.5 | Hell-hounds accompany soul to lower world. Wimberly 120. |
| A671 | Hell. Lower world of torment.—Jeremias Hölle und Paradies bei den Babyloniern (Leipzig 1903); Kohler Heaven and Hell in Comparative Religion (New York 1923); *Landau Hölle und Fegfeuer in Volksglaube, Dichtung, und Kirchenlehre (Heidelberg, 1909); *Jataka Index s.v. "hell".—Norse: De la Saussaye 256, 291, MacCulloch Eddic 303, Herrmann Saxo Gr. II 588, *Boberg; Greek: Fox 143; Egyptian: Müller 179; Babylonian: Spence 128; Persian: Carnoy 345; Hindu: Penzer X 169 s.v. "Hades", Keith 100, 160; India: Thompson-Balys.—Japanese: Anesaki 237.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 80; Maya: ibid. 138; Chaco: ibid. 324; Chibcha: ibid. 198; Eskimo: Alexander N. Am. 7. |
| J552.4 | Helmet left for woman to quarrel with. Woman insists upon quarreling with a nobleman. He says, "If you wish to quarrel, I shall leave my helmet here. You can talk to it." Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 641. |
| D1361.20 | Helmet renders invisible. (Cf. D1101.4.)—Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 47 n. 3; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
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