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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
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
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| B214.3.1 | Laughing toad. Chinese: Graham. |
| F1041.11.1 | Laughter from chagrin. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| J1784.1 | Laughter of boy thought to be spirits' laughter. Africa (Masai): Fuchs 21ff. No. 4. |
| J411.7 | Laurel and olive tree scorn thornbush as umpire in their dispute as to who is most useful. Wienert FFC LVI 43 (ET 12), 74 (ET 392), 92 (ST 46). |
| D1365.1.3 | Laurel causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.9.)—Hartland Science 204. |
| P510 | Law courts. *E. v. Künssberg Rechtliche Volkskunde (Halle, 1936); **Spargo Juridicial Folklore in England (Durham N.C., 1944); Irish myth: Cross. |
| X1741.3 | Law of gravity is petrified in petrified forest. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| P551.6 | Law requiring military service of women revoked through influence of saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| J2046 | Law student forgets his speech. Absurd results. Nouvelles Récréations No. 76. |
| P14.9 | Law that nobody may give the king bad tidings. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| P541 | Law-making. Irish myth: Cross. |
| A1580.2 | Laws given directly by deity. Jewish: Neuman. |
| P541.2.1 | Laws made at feast every seven years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P541.2 | Laws made at yearly feast. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P522 | Laws. |
| B272.1 | Lawsuit against animals. *Saintyves RTP XXVII 155. |
| B270.2 | Lawsuit between owl and mouse. Africa. (Wakweli): Bender 38. |
| B270.1 | Lawsuit between the owl and kite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1623 | Lawyer agrees to pay debt on winning his first case. He refuses to plead so as not to pay. Debtor sues him for double the amount due him. If he wins he has to pay and if he loses he has to pay double. He settles debt. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| X318 | Lawyer loses tongue in death because he sold it in life. Alphabet No. 40. |
| X317 | Lawyer thrown back into mud when rescuers learn that he is a lawyer. Mensa Philosophica No. 37. |
| X314 | Lawyer who tries to practice without lying fails. He enters religious order and tries to conduct the legal business without lying. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 127; Crane Vitry 155 No. 52; Scala Celi 7b No. 47; Alphabet No. 483. |
| P422 | Lawyer. Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 202. |
| K488 | Lawyer's dog steals meat. The lawyer tells the butcher that the dog's owner (himself) is liable for damages. He ask double the amount of the damages as fee. Type 1589. |
| P422.1 | Lawyers punished in hell. Alphabet Nos. 42, 43. |
| E443.0.1 | Laying ghost causes great storm. (Cf. D2141.) England: *Baughman. |
| J2314 | Layman made to believe that he is a monk. *Type 1406; *Bédier Fabliaux 265, 468; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 866; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| J1734 | Layman's ignorance of medicine. |
| Q5 | Laziness punished; industry rewarded. |
| Q321 | Laziness punished. (Cf. Q495.1.) Spanish: Espinosa Jr. No. 188; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 127; Africa (Wakweli): Bender 104f. |
| W111 | Laziness. Types 368*, 675, 822, 843*, 1370*, 1405, 1454*, 1561, 1950; *Chauvin IX 33f. Nos. 25, 26; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 30; Missouri French: Carrière; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 175; West Indies: Flowers 581. |
| W111.2.7 | Lazy boy always says that it is raining. The peasant and the boy sleep during the rain in the hay barn. When the peasant asks, the boy always says that it is still raining. Type 1560**. |
| T125 | Lazy boy and industrious girl matched. Jesus (incognito) as matchmaker. *Type 822. |
| W111.2.8 | Lazy boy says he cannot walk. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| J713.1 | Lazy boy vainly asks God of the Seasons to delay the plowing season. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W111.5.4 | Lazy dog wakes only for his meals. Wienert FFC LVI 73 (ET 381), 126 (ST 348); Halm Aesop No. 413. |
| W111.5.2 | Lazy girl does not know where the spring is. Type 1453*. |
| L114.1 | Lazy hero. *Type 675; *Fb "doven" IV 102b; *Chauvin VI 64 No. 233 n. 1, 202; Oesterley No. 91; Icelandic: *Boberg; Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 416. |
| W111.4 | Lazy husband. Fansler MAFLS XII 236. |
| Q5.1 | Lazy jackal punished; industrious pig rewarded. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W111.5.3 | Lazy man asked direction only points with his foot. *Dh II 115ff.; England: Baughman. |
| W111.5.10 | Lazy man asks if wood is split before he accepts it as a gift. U.S.: Baughman. |
| W111.5.10.1 | Lazy man is being taken to poorhouse or out of town or to cemetery to be buried alive. The group take pity on him, offer him various articles to help him get started again. One offers a bushel of corn. The lazy one rises up from the bottom of the wagon or coffin where he has been lying: "Is the corn shelled?" Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| W111.5.11 | Lazy man misses seeing the sheriff's funeral; he is facing the wrong way as the procession passes. U.S.: Baughman. |
| W111.1.1.2 | Lazy man's belongings burn. He is too lazy to stop rats from playing with lighted candle. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| W111.5.1 | Lazy mother given shoes of cotton; son knows that she will not wear them out. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 204 No. 406. |
| Q5.2 | Lazy owl punished; industrious hummingbird rewarded. Africa (Wute): Sieber 200. |
| J67.1 | Lazy pupil determines to be more diligent by watching man building home one wattle at a time, and seeing how water fills hole one drop at a time. Irish myth: Cross. |
| W111.2.0.1 | Lazy servant gets others to perform his duties. |
| W111.5.6 | Lazy son-in-law: afraid of a dog. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| W111.3.1 | Lazy wife in soiled dress thinks husband is bringing her a new dress from market. He is bringing a goose. Type 1371*. |
| Q495.1 | Lazy wife taken naked in bundle of straw to a wedding. (Cf. Q321.) Type 902*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 902*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 902*; Russian: Andrejev No. 902*; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| W111.3.3 | Lazy wife throws bread out of window instead of putting it back into oven. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 126 No. 1389. |
| J1011 | Lazy woman resumes her work. She sees how a little bird by persistence pecks a hole in a stone. Type 843. |
| E501.1 | Leader of the Wild Hunt. *Rühlemann passim. |
| H135 | Leaf (chip) sent down stream as a warning to one below. (Cf. H35.4.) Child I 40b, 487a; *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt 301ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1524.8.1 | Leaf serves as boat for saint. England: Baughman. |
| D1524.8 | Leaf serves as boat. (Cf. D955, D1121.) |
| K1339.8 | Leak in roof over woman's bed: in rain must go to bed with trickster. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 305 n. 109s; S. A. Indian (Tenibé): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 140. |
| L455 | Lean dogs envy arena-dog his fatness. Later see their error. Wienert FFC LVI 56 (ET 169), 94 (ST 75). |
| K476.6 | Lean geese substituted for fat by trickster. Pierre Faifeu No. 5. |
| J2226 | Learn to swim before going into the water. Type 1293; Russian: Andrejev No. 1292*. |
| J252 | Learned person worth two unlearned. Latter wastes time, former not. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *2445. |
| P420 | Learned professions. |
| H607.2.1 | Learned professor from one university examines by signs a professor at another university (actually shoemaker or miller or the like). England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| J1803 | Learned words misunderstood by uneducated. |
| W111.5.9 | Learning a trade in bed. Working independently, the lazy fellow spoils the materials received—starts making something big, which at the end turns to nothing. For example, begins with forging a plough: this becomes an axe, the axe a knife, and knife a needle, the needle—nothing. (Cf. J2080.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2446*. |
| X652 | Learning the Bavarian language. A caretaker of an estate recently sold to a Bavarian sits among the swine so as to learn Bavarian. *Wesselski Bebel I 201 No. 80. |
| J124 | Learning the virtue of patience from children. When their meals are stolen, they quietly search for them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V51 | Learning to pray. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1819.4 | Learning to read by magic. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F695.3 | Learning to read in extraordinarily short time. *Loomis White Magic 24; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| J762 | Leave a loophole for escape. |
| D1501.7 | Leaves assist in childbearing. (Cf. D955.) Marquesas: Handy 58. |
| E64.1.1.2 | Leaves of life and death. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2769 | Leaves of plant—miscellaneous. |
| A2760 | Leaves of plant. |
| F979.3 | Leaves of tree make melody for saints. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| F979.2 | Leaves of tree open and close to give saint passage. Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| D1470.2.1.1 | Leaves turn into fish to feed family. (Cf. D955.) Chinese: Graham. |
| T415.1 | Lecherous brother. Wants to seduce (marry) his sister. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 314A*; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 408; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 305 n. 109. |
| T411.1 | Lecherous father. Unnatural father wants to marry his daughter. (Manekine.) *Types 510B, 706; BP I 295ff., *301 n. 5, II 45ff.; *Hibbard 25ff.; *Cox Nos. 131—208; Saintyves Perrault 187ff.; Köhler-Bolte I 420, II 184ff.; Wienert FFC LVI *83 (ET 497), 115 (ST 256); Cosquin études 3ff.; Rohde Der griechische Roman 37ff., 448; Dickson 199.—Irish myth: Cross; English: Wells 129 (Emare); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 325 No. 6; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "père"; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 6, III No. 2, *Rotunda; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 46 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 304 n. 109p; Africa (Ibo, Nigeria): Thomas 139. |
| K1812.14 | Lecherous prince disguises as merchant in order to kill his grand-children. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| K1387 | Lecherous trickster seduces women from tree and loses them. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 331 n. 195. |
| D1383.5 | Leek in beer protects against poison. (Cf. D983.3.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1389.12 | Leek put under the tongue of supposed dead person preserves him from harm by burial. (Cf. D983.3.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| Z311.1 | Left eye only vulnerable spot. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P526 | Legal principles. |
| P524 | Legal security. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H222.1 | Legitimacy of children tested by dipping them in river. English: Child I 271 n. |
| A128.3 | Legless and armless deity supported on animal. Borneo: Dixon 165. |
| Q451.2.4 | Legs cut off as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Heptameron No. 48. |
| K2152.2 | Legs of a corpse cause accusation of murder. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1537A*; Russian: Andrejev No. 1537 I*. |
| D1610.17.1 | Legs of bedstead talk. (Cf. D1154.1.1.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A2234.3 | Lemur looks where forbidden: has big eyes. (Cf. A2332.3.1.) —Fang: Nassau 235 No. 3. |
| J1556 | Lender repays borrower for deceptive loan. |
| Z41.5 | Lending and repaying: progressively worse (or better) bargain. Type 2034C*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2009*; Africa (Tonga): Torrend Specimens of Bantu Folklore (New York, 1921) 169ff., (Ila): Smith and Dale II 392ff. No. 17, (Pende): Frobenius Atlantis XI 265 No. 4, (Bassari): ibid. 97ff. No. 12, (Ashanti): Rattray 268 No. 73. |
| V73.6 | Lent. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K978.1.1 | Leopard and crocodile both sent for the dog. Neither has seen a dog nor have they seen each other. Man sends them to the same place saying that the dog will be there. They kill each other. Africa (Fjort): Dennett 99 No. 26. |
| B621.5 | Leopard as suitor. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J411.10 | Leopard ashamed of having been bitten by lizard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K607.3.3 | Leopard concealed in bundle betrays self when threat is made to run spear through bundle. Africa (Cameroon): Lederbogen 65. |
| K1715.5 | Leopard frightened away by report of lizard's presence. Lizard has bitten leopard before. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K711.2 | Leopard persuaded to enter bag in order to see trickster perform marvel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K2011.1.4 | Leopard poses as brother and kills child. Africa (Ziba): Rehse ZsKS III 343f. No. 17. |
| B375.7 | Leopard released: grateful. Africa (Fang): Tessman 195f. |
| N228 | Leopard tied in bag in water floats to shore and finds a mate. Grateful to trickster who has tied him up. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| K730.3 | Leopard traps lion by having two doors to cave, one large, one small. Lion enters large entrance and leopard leaves by small and attacks back of lion. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K1015.2 | Leopard wants teeth filed: large stone dropped from tree knocks all leopard's teeth out. Africa (Cameroon): Lederbogen 63. |
| B15.7.7 | Leopard with nine tails. Africa (Chaga): Gutman Globus XCI 239ff. |
| A165.2.1.1.5 | Leopards as God's messengers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| K2112.2 | Leper (beggar) laid in queen's bed. She is thus incriminated. *Fb "seng" III 187b; *Child II 39ff.; Hibbard 35, 285 n. 5; *Dickson 166 n. 14; India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 138 No. 63. |
| N864 | Leper as helper. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| K2276 | Leper as villain. West Africa: Tremearne FL XXII 464ff. |
| D2142.0.4 | Leper controls winds. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/45). |
| V221.3.1 | Leper cured by the kiss of a saint. *Loomis White Magic 103. |
| L112.7.1 | Leper hero. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/45). |
| K1317.2 | Leper intercepts letter and takes paramour's place with princess. Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 237 No. 79. |
| V293 | Lepers as sacred persons. Irish myth: Cross. |
| P162 | Lepers. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| Z311.3 | Leprosy cured by holy water except on thumb. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C941.1 | Leprosy from breaking tabu. Gaster Exempla 187 No. 10.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| T462.1 | Lesbian love: women give birth to monsters as result. India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Navaho): Matthews MAFLS V 81, (Fox): Jones PAES I 151ff. |
| T462 | Lesbian love. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J356 | Less inconvenience in fighting though tired than in losing all for a little rest. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| K551.9 | Let me live as long as this candle lasts. Man who has sold his soul to devil thus escapes. (Cf. G303.12.5.4.) Type 1184*; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 36, Beal XXI 313. |
| J2227 | Let them eat cake. The queen has been told that the peasants have no bread. Type 1446*; Bolte Montanus 601 No. 48. |
| V211.10 | Letter (message) of Christ. Irish myth: *Cross. Cf. North Carolina: Brown Collection I 642. |
| J2528 | Letter believed against clear evidence. Fool believes letter apparently reporting his uncle's death, though he has just seen uncle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| K1317.2.2 | Letter delivered to wrong man. He substitutes for the lover. Heptameron No. 35; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1601.32 | Letter delivers self. (Cf. D1266.) |
| T92.4.2 | Letter falsified and elopement with false lover arranged. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1601.32.1 | Letter from captive prince asking for help flies through the air to addressee. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2163.5.2.1 | Letter read by holy man stops emperor from devastating country. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| Q564 | Letter sent to the relatives from man punished in hell. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 467f. |
| F883.2.1 | Letter shot into sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1738.6 | Letting in the light. Backwoods preacher tells couple that they are living in darkness. The woman responds that she has been trying for years to get her husband to cut a window in the house. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| B16.4.1 | Leviathan casts up gorge which spreads disease. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B16.4.1.1 | Leviathan causes cataclysm by striking earth with tail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B61 | Leviathan. Giant fish.—Hebrew: Job 41:1, Psalms 104:26, Isaiah 27:1; Jewish: *Neuman.—Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2135.0.1 | Levitation. Person able to raise self in the air. *Cowell Jataka index s.v. "air"; *Toldo IV 77; Alphabet No. 459; *Loomis White Magic 47.—Irish myth: *Cross; England, Scotland, Wales, U. S.: *Baughman; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 490. |
| V453 | Levites as religious order. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| J1262.4 | Levity regarding biblical passages. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1262.4.1 | Levity regarding the paternoster. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J1261.1 | Levity toward name of God. |
| P522.1 | Lex talionis. One life for one life. Equal number must be given up by each feuding side. (Cf. P535.) Irish myth: Cross (P548.2); India: Thompson-Balys; New Guinea: Ker 61. |
| K1084 | Liar brings about fight between dupes. Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys; West Indies: Flowers 535. |
| K1084.2 | Liar brings enmity between friends. Wesselski Märchen 195; Africa (Fang): Tessman 68ff. |
| U235.1 | Liar cannot be healed even when taking bath in the Ganges. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X902 | Liar comes to believe his own lie. He tells a lie so often that he believes it himself. (Cf. X611.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| H1318 | Liar escapes from devil: quest for greater liar. (Cf. G303.16.19.3, K210, X905.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X904.2 | Liar reduces the size of his yarn when challenged. U.S.: Baughman. |
| J815.1 | Liar rewarded by the apes. King of apes asks visitors how they like his children (courtiers). Truthful visitor tells that they are very ugly, and is punished. Liar praises their beauty and receives reward. *Types 48*, 68**; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 381; *Gerber MLN IV (1889) 479; Wienert FFC LVI 47 (ET 53), 104 (ST 168); Alphabet No. 33; Scala Celi No. 36. |
| V12.9 | Libations. Drink poured out to the gods. Greek: Homer passim; Chinese: Graham. |
| D2176.2 | Lice banned by magic. Irish: Plummer clxx, Cross. |
| A2302.6 | Lice made smaller. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1452.3 | Lid of casket furnishes money. (Cf. D1174.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1235.2 | Lie about cow's rich milk. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1815.1 | Lie about rough railroad. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1402 | Lie about the fast-growing plants. |
| X912 | Lie concerning babyhood and boyhood of hero. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X911 | Lie concerning birth of hero. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X903 | Lie used as catch tale. (Cf. Z13.) Type 2200; U.S.: Baughman. |
| X1743.3 | Lie: 900,000 roofs on point of needle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1663.1 | Lie: air from healthy climate revives dying person. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1203 | Lie: animal's food affects him in unusual way. (E.g. Pine tops: milk good for cough syrup.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1204 | Lie: animals eat one another up. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1202 | Lie: animals inherit acquired characteristics or conditions. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1401.1 | Lie: animals live inside great vegetable, usually feeding from it. Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1741.4 | Lie: anvil swims river. (First ed. X961.24.) Type 1930; BP III 258. |
| X1242.0.1.1 | Lie: ass with silver nose hunts hares. (First ed. X961.32.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1012.1 | Lie: axes ground on boulders rolling down hill. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1727.1 | Lie: barber shaves wife's beard. (First ed. X961.17.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1653.2 | Lie: blue snow. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1643.1 | Lie: bullfrogs several years old cannot swim — have never had water to learn in. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1211.1 | Lie: cat scratches out bear's tongue. (First ed. X961.36.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1856.1 | Lie: child throws down a kid. (First ed. X961.30.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1856.2 | Lie: child throws down mill-wheels from one town to another. (First ed. X961.31.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X943.1.1 | Lie: child throws out elephant's carcass. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1642 | Lie: clouds beaten by man until they promise to water his crops thrice daily. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1523.1 | Lie: country so steep that people look up chimney to see when the cows come home. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1235.4 | Lie: cow climbs to roof. (First ed. X961.7.) Type 1930; BP III 258. |
| X1235.5 | Lie: cow puts bread in oven. (First ed. X961.22.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1344.1 | Lie: crab hunts hare. (First ed. X961.34.) Type 1930; BP III 258. |
| X1211.2 | Lie: crippled cat uses wooden leg to kill mice. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1252.1 | Lie: crows mow meadow. (First ed. X961.14.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1791 | Lie: deaf, dumb, blind, and lame men catch hare. (First ed. X961.33.) Type 1930; BP III 116, 258. |
| X913 | Lie: death of extraordinary man. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1215.10 | Lie: dog with remarkable scent. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1256.1 | Lie: doves tear up wolf. (First ed. X961.37.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1654.1 | Lie: dry rain. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1633 | Lie: effect of heat on animals. |
| X1340 | Lie: extraordinary amphibia and other animals. |
| X961 | Lie: extraordinary bodily skills. |
| X1023 | Lie: extraordinary equipment of remarkable man. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1287 | Lie: extraordinary fireflies. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1654.2 | Lie: extraordinary floods produced by heavy rain. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1233 | Lie: extraordinary hog. Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1025 | Lie: extraordinary machinery of remarkable man. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1031.7 | Lie: extraordinary piles of garbage from great kitchen. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1024 | Lie: extraordinary tools of remarkable man. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1215.7 | Lie: fast dog. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1653.1 | Lie: fast-melting snow leaves horse dangling in air. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1215.6 | Lie: ferocious dog. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1153 | Lie: fish caught by remarkable trick. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1156.1 | Lie: fish caught with another's cries. (First ed. X961.10.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1546.1 | Lie: fish pond supplies both fresh fish and cooked. Italian Novella: Rotunda (X925.1). |
| X1623.3 | Lie: flame freezes: startling results. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1294.1 | Lie: flies build bridge. (First ed. X961.15.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1796.1 | Lie: footless man outruns swift horse. (First ed. X961.3.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1342.3 | Lie: frog eats plowshare. (First ed. X961.25.) (Cf. J1531.2.) Type 1930; BP III 258. |
| X1623.2.1 | Lie: frozen words thaw out in the spring. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1244.1 | Lie: goat carries one hundred cartloads of grease. (First ed. X961.13.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1244.2 | Lie: goats heat oven. (First ed. X961.21.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1061 | Lie: great boat or ship of remarkable man. (Cf. F861.) |
| X923 | Lie: great girth of large person. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1321.1.2 | Lie: great snake is thought to be a log. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X922 | Lie: great weight of large person. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1215.12 | Lie: greyhounds drag mill out of water. (First ed. X961.19.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1401.2 | Lie: harvesting great vegetable. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1267.2 | Lie: hawk swims. (First ed. X961.11.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1654.2.1 | Lie: heavy rain of boiling water melts palace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1031.2 | Lie: help in big kitchen. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X959.1 | Lie: hero breaking wen causes wall to fall down. (Cf. D1562.3, F610.) Korean: Zong in-Sob 67 No. 37. |
| X958 | Lie: hero responsible for topographical features (lakes, rivers, etc.). (Cf. A901.) Canada, England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1401.3 | Lie: hole from which great vegetable is removed. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1547.2.1 | Lie: honey flows up high mountain. (First ed. X961.9.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1321.3.1 | Lie: hoop snake. Snake takes its tail in its mouth and rolls like a hoop toward its victim. (Cf. B765.1.) U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1241.2.3 | Lie: horses knead dough. (First ed. X961.20.) Type 1930; BP III 244ff. |
| X1643 | Lie: how dry weather affects animals. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1122.1 | Lie: hunter shoots projectile great distance. England: Baughman. |
| X1122 | Lie: hunter with remarkable marksmanship. |
| X1130 | Lie: hunter's unusual experiences. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1396 | Lie: imaginary snakes. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1122.3 | Lie: ingenious person bends gun barrel to make spectacular shot. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1215.8 | Lie: intelligent dog. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1503.3 | Lie: land where all things are sold for the same price. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| X1233.1.1 | Lie: large boar has bristles as long as pitchfork tines. England, Scotland: *Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1879*. |
| X1215.2 | Lie: large dog. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1233.1 | Lie: large hog. |
| X1151 | Lie: large number of fishermen in one spot. U.S.: Baughman. |
| X1321.2 | Lie: large number of snakes. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1435.1 | Lie: large potatoes. Canada, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1411.3 | Lie: large pumpkin vine. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1411.1.1 | Lie: large watermelon. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| X1258.1 | Lie: man carried through air by geese. (First ed. X916.) Type 1881; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| X1858 | Lie: man cuts ice with own head. (First ed. X961.28.) Type 852; BP II 514. |
| X1726.1 | Lie: man cuts off own head and eats it. (First ed. X927.) Africa (Vai): Ellis 239 No. 46. |
| X1857 | Lie: man drowned on mountain. (First ed. X961.26.) Type 1930; BP III 258. |
| X1733.1 | Lie: man lifts heavy load, sinks into solid rock. U.S.: *Baughman. |
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