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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
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D1442.7 | Magic breath subdues animals. (Cf. D1005.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1005 | Magic breath. Irish: Plummer clxxii, *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1532.2 | Magic breeches bear person aloft. (Cf. D1055.) *Fb "bukser". IV 77b. |
| D1532.13 | Magic brick bears person to moon. (Cf. D935.4.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 221. |
| D1551.8 | Magic brick causes waters to divide. (Cf. D935.4.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D935.4 | Magic brick. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H411.8 | Magic bridge as chastity test. Cannot be crossed by unchaste. (Cf. D1258.) *Bolte Montanus 631; Chauvin VII 168; Child I 267, 269. |
| D1258 | Magic bridge. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1442.1 | Magic bridle restrains all horses. (Cf. D1209.1.) Type 594*.—Greek: Fox 40 (Bellerophon and Pegasus). |
| D1209.1 | Magic bridle. Greek: Fox 40. |
| D1072.3 | Magic brooch. Penzer I 26. |
| D1209.8 | Magic broom. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 152. |
| D1171.10 | Magic bucket. Chinese: Werner 221, 233. |
| D1611.18 | Magic buckle answers for fugitive. (Cf. D1070.) Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 318. |
| D1457 | Magic building provides treasure. |
| D1149 | Magic buildings and parts—miscellaneous. |
| B184.2.3.2 | Magic bull can be milked. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2.3.1 | Magic bull to be flayed. The bull orders the hero (heroine) to flay him and to use his skin for magic purposes. (Cf. B192, B335, B411.1.)—Cox Cinderella 365 (Swedish).—Wyandot: Thompson CColl II 412. |
| B184.2.3 | Magic bull. Arabian: Burton VIII 120 n., 121, XVII 366f.; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1096.3 | Magic bullet. Fb "sølvknap", "sølvkugle" III 737a; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| K1.1.1 | Magic bullock wins fight for master. India: Thompson-Balys. H1588. Contest of dogs. |
| Q551.9.2 | Magic burning to death as punishment for perjury. (Cf. Q263.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D964 | Magic bush. (Cf. D960, D965.) Basile Pentamerone IV 6; Irish: O'Suilleabhain 74, Beal XXI 326; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1006 | Magic buttocks. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 296 n. 83. |
| D1795 | Magic by creeping (running, pulling) through a hole. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 477 s.v. "durchkriechen"; *Lowy Zs. f. Vksk. XXXVII—XXXVIII 85. |
| D1313.12 | Magic cake indicates road. Rolls ahead. (Cf. D1031.2.) —*Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Ariadnefaden" n. 12. |
| D1031.2.2 | Magic cake of figs. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1382.3 | Magic cake protects from heat. (Cf. D1031.2.) Chinese: Werner 186. |
| D1507.5 | Magic cake restores speech. (Cf. D1031.2.) BP II 473; Hdwb. d. Märchen I 335b. |
| D1031.2 | Magic cake. *Type 751; *BP II 527 n. 1.—Chinese: Werner 186. |
| D1611.8 | Magic cakes answer for fugitive. (Cf. D1031.2.) BP II 527. |
| D1543.7 | Magic calabash (gourd) controls winds. (Cf. D965.2.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 86, 405. |
| D965.2 | Magic calabash (gourd). Chinese: Werner 347; Korean: Zong in-Sob 288; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 27, 34, (Yoruba): Ellis 246, (Benga): Nassau 208 No. 33. |
| D1472.2.7 | Magic calabash causes food to be furnished. (Cf. D965.2.) Korean: Zong in-Sob 228; Africa (Lamba): Doke MAFLS XX 32 No. 15, (Yoruba): Frobenius Atlantis X 310ff. No. 53, (Bassari): ibid. XI 100ff. No. 13, (Tim): ibid. XI 233 No. 46. |
| D1601.1 | Magic calabash cooks and cares for child. (Cf. D965.2.) Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 27. |
| D1477.1 | Magic calabash furnishes livestock. (Cf. D965.2.) Africa (Wolof): Equilbecq III 19ff. |
| D1476.1 | Magic calabash furnishes slaves. (Cf. D965.2.) Africa (Yoruba): Frobenius Atlantis X 232f. No. 16. |
| D1463.2 | Magic calabash furnishes treasure. (Cf. D965.2.) Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 246. |
| D1541.1.7 | Magic calabash holding bones raises storm. (Cf. D965.2) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 449. |
| D1361.4 | Magic calabash renders invisible. (Cf. D965.2.)—Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 34. |
| B184.2.5 | Magic calf. Jewish Neuman. |
| D2151.4 | Magic calming of whirlpool. Irish: Plummer xxxi, *Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 841. |
| D1171.5 | Magic can. Fb "kande". |
| D1162.2 | Magic candle. Type 301C*; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1122 | Magic canoe. (Cf. D1121.) Marquesas: Handy 46; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 14e. |
| D1361.15 | Magic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.) *Penzer VI 149 n. 1; *Fb "usynlig" III 985b, "kappe" II 89, IV 253a; Cox Cinderella 517; Thien 30.—Greek: Fox 34, *Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3 (Perseus); Icelandic: Dehmer Primitives' Erzählungsgut in den Islendingasögur 97, *Panzer Sigfrid 281 s.v. "Tarnkappe"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 109, 253.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 339 n. 221a. |
| D1067.2 | Magic cap. *Types 328, 566; *BP I 470ff.; *Aarne MSFO XXV 116; *Chauvin V 229 No. 130; *Fb "kappe" II 89a, "ønske" III 1178b.—Icelandic: Bosa saga 38, Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3 (Perseus), Fox 34; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 253; Korean: Zong in-Sob 152ff.; Japanese: Mitford 185ff; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 339 n. 221a. |
| D1364.21 | Magic card causes sleep. (Cf. D1267.)—Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 62 (to Gonzenbach No. 10); Basile Pentamerone III Nos. 1, 9; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1267 | Magic card. *Köhler-Bolte Zs f. Vksk. VI 62 (to Gonzenbach No. 10);—German Grimm No. 82. |
| D1620.3.2 | Magic carpenter constructs bed and stool that can become big or small, luxurious or otherwise. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1511.1 | Magic carpet cures drunkenness. (Cf. D1155.) Chinese: Werner 192. |
| D1155 | Magic carpet. *Chauvin V 230 No. 130; Fb "luftrejse" II 457a.—Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 111 No. 39; Chinese: Werner 192; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 62. |
| D1111 | Magic carriage. *Chauvin V 229 No. 130. |
| D1921 | Magic carrying power of voice. Irish: Plummer clxxii, *Cross; England, U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1112 | Magic cart. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charette". |
| D1402.7.4 | Magic cartridge kills. (Cf. D1096.) Jijena Sanchez 32. |
| D1583 | Magic carving knife serves twenty-four men at meat simultaneously. (Cf. D1173.) English: Child I 266. |
| D1173 | Magic carving knife. (Cf. D1083.) Magic knife (weapon). English: Child I 266; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 293 n. 1. |
| D1457.1 | Magic castle (palace) provides treasure. (Cf. D1131, F771.) Hartland Science 174; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56 No. 408*A. |
| D1645.3 | Magic castle shines from afar. (Cf. D1131, F771.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château"; *Fb "slot" III 377a. |
| D1131 | Magic castle. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château"; English: Wells 17 (Reinbrun, Gy sone of Warwike); Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56 No. 408A*. |
| B181.1 | Magic cat. (Cf. B211.8, B422.)—BP 146f.; Norlind Skattsägner 47 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross. See also references to B422. |
| D1413.14 | Magic cauldron (cup) to which one sticks. (Cf. D1171.2.) Irish: Plummer clxviii, *Cross. |
| F166.4.2 | Magic cauldron (vessel) in otherworld. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1601.10.2 | Magic cauldron boils a year. (Cf. D1171.2.) Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 110. |
| D1601.10.2.1 | Magic cauldron boils only enough of its contents to satisfy immediate need. (Cf. D1171.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D813.1.2 | Magic cauldron received from lake spirit. (Cf. D1171.2.) —Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 100. |
| D1318.13 | Magic cauldron reveals guilt. (Cf. D1171.2.)—Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 95, Plummer clxxxvi, *Cross. |
| D1472.1.11 | Magic cauldron supplies food. (Cf. D1171.2.) Brown MPh XIV 585; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1171.2 | Magic cauldron. Brown MPh XIV 385.—Irish: Plummer clxxxvi, *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 95, 101, 110; Hindu: Penzer VII 224f. |
| D2091.4 | Magic causes enemies to fight among selves. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 189; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Fables 62, (Ekoi): Talbot 127. |
| D950.18 | Magic cedar tree. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1395.9 | Magic centipede enables captive to make hole in wall. Chinese: Graham. |
| D1033 | Magic cereal (food). |
| D1251 | Magic chain (iron). |
| D1078 | Magic chain (ornament). Wesselski Märchen 174 No. 64; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1381.19 | Magic chain protects from attack. (Cf. D1078.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1388.0.3 | Magic chain protects from drowning. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1563.2.1 | Magic chain renders orchard barren. (Cf. D1078.) Norwegian: Christiansen 91 No. 613, Asbjørnsen og Moe (3d ed.) 240 No. 48. |
| D1421.1.11 | Magic chain summons genie. (Cf. D1251.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| H411.6 | Magic chair as chastity test. Unchaste woman cannot sit in it till bidden. (Cf. D1151.2.) Chauvin VII 168; English: Child I 72f., 75. |
| D1151.2 | Magic chair. *BP II 188; *Chauvin V 229 No. 130.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chaise"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 322 No. 92; Greek: Fox 206, Frazer Apollodorus II 152 No. 4; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1171.6.4 | Magic chalice. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1171.13 | Magic chamber-pot. *BP II 40 n. 2; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 452. |
| D56 | Magic change in person's age. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D55 | Magic change of person's size. Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): *Boas BAM XV 361 (No. 34); Africa (Togo): Einstein 8. |
| D52 | Magic change to different appearance. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D50 | Magic changes in man himself. Irish: Plummer clxxxiv (changes in form, complexion, height, and age). |
| D1532.5 | Magic chariot bears person aloft. (Cf. D1114.) Jones PMLA XXIII 574.—Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 38 n. 2, Fox 115, 213; Irish: Plummer xxvii, *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer VI 21f., 201ff. |
| D1114 | Magic chariot. *Chauvin V 229; Loomis White Magic 35f.; Jones PMLA XXIII 574; *Fb "guldkaret" I 513b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Fox 115, 119, 213, *Frazer Apollodorus I 38 n. 2; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Keith 108, Penzer IV 3ff., 8ff. |
| D806.2 | Magic charm (formula) used injudiciously brings death to owner's wife, children, himself. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1387.2 | Magic charm (writings) preserves chastity. (Cf. D1266.1.) English: Child II 506a; Wells 22 (Sir Beues of Hamtoun). |
| D1444.1.4 | Magic charm allows person to hook mythical eel. (Cf. D1273.) Cook Islands: Bechwith Myth 104. |
| D1411.4 | Magic charm binds deer so that it cannot move. (Cf. D1273.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1557 | Magic charm causes door to open. (Cf. D1273.) India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Venda): Stayt The Bavenda (London, 1931) 351ff. No. 16, (Nubia): Rochemonteix Quelques Contes Nubiens (Cairo, 1888) 112ff. No. 11, (Fang): Trilles XVI 212ff. No. 14, (Gouro): Tauxier Nègres Gouro et Gagou (Paris, 1924) 277f. No. 12, (Mossi): Frobenius Atlantis VIII 239ff. No. 103. |
| D1310.6 | Magic charm gives knowledge. (Cf. D1273.)—Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1361.23 | Magic charm renders invisible. (Cf. D1241.)—Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 34, 178. |
| D1421.5.2 | Magic charm summons army. (Cf. D1273.) German: Grimm No. 136. |
| D1421.3.3 | Magic charm summons dwarfs. (Cf. D1273.) German: Grimm No. 113. |
| D449.1 | Magic charm turns sweets into bugs. (Cf. D522). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1599.5 | Magic charm uproots mandrake. (Cf. D1273.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1402.14.1 | Magic charmed spittle kills. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1036.1 | Magic cheese. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 318 No. 3, 321 No. 59. |
| D1375.1.1.4 | Magic cherries cause horns to grow on person. (Cf. D981.4.) *Aarne MSFO XXV 121. |
| D1376.1.1.2 | Magic cherry makes nose long (restores it). (Cf. D981.4.) Fb "kirsebær" II 133a. |
| D950.4 | Magic cherry tree. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cerisier". |
| D981.4 | Magic cherry. Aarne MSFO XXV 121; Fb "kirsebær"; Penzer I 27. |
| D1472.1.21 | Magic chest supplies food. (Cf. D1174.) Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 160; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1035.1 | Magic chestnut (as food). Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 148, 187, 199, 503. |
| D985.2 | Magic chestnut. Italian: Basile Pentamerone introduction. |
| B171 | Magic chicken (hen, cock). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1481.1 | Magic chicken wing keeps one warm in cold weather. (Cf. D1022.) Chinese: Graham. |
| D1013.1 | Magic chicken-thigh. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1134 | Magic church (temple). |
| D1278.1 | Magic churchyard mould. *Fb "kirkegaardsmuld", "grav"; Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 95; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1261 | Magic cigar. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56 No. 408*A. |
| D1385.7 | Magic circle averts sorcery. (Cf. D1272.) *Chauvin VII 104 No. 378.—Scotland: Baughman. |
| D1446.5 | Magic circle keeps herd within it. (Cf. D1272.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 237. |
| D1402.14 | Magic circle of saliva kills dragon. (Cf. D1001, D1272.) Wesselski Mönchslatein 171 No. 136. |
| D1500.2.4 | Magic circle prevents disease. (Cf. D1272.) Fb "kreds" II 293. |
| D1417.1 | Magic circle prevents escape. (Cf. D1272.) Fb "kreds" II 293. |
| D1381.11 | Magic circle protects from devil. (Cf. D1272.) *Types 810, 815, Fb "kreds" II 293.—Irish: Beal XXI 316; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 693—697, 700; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer II 99 n. |
| D1381.11.2 | Magic circle protects from ghosts. (Cf. D1272.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1381.11.1 | Magic circle protects from wild animals. Chinese: Graham. |
| D1272 | Magic circle. *Types 810, 815; *Chauvin VII 104 No. 378; *Penzer II 98f., III 201, VI 167 n. 3; Saintyves RTP XXV 113; MacCartney Classical Weekly XXII 175 f.; *Loomis White Magic 100; Harou RTP XXV 294.—Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 237. |
| D1323.17 | Magic clairvoyant girdle. (Cf. D1057.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1323.1 | Magic clairvoyant mirror. Type 425; Tegethoff 32; **Rуheim Spiegelzauber; *Liebrecht 85, 88; *BP III 366ff.; *Kittredge Witchcraft 503 n. 1; MacCulloch Childhood 36f.; *Chauvin VIII 191 No. 228; *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 547—565; Fb "spejl" III 481a; *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 202f.; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 232.—England, U.S., Wales: *Baughman; Irish: Beal XXI 323; Icelandic: *Boberg; Chinese: Werner 244, 331; Japanese: Anesaki 325; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 111 No. 39; S. A. Indian (Aztec): Alexander Lat. Am. 62; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 61 No. 12, (Vai): Ellis 200 No. 18, (Mpongwe): Nassau 15 No. 1. |
| D1323.4 | Magic clairvoyant sphere. Shows all that passes on earth by looking at that part of globe. (Cf. D1264.)—*Chauvin V 259 No. 154. |
| D1323.15 | Magic clairvoyant telescope. Shows distant events.—*Fb "kikkert" IV 257a. |
| D1323.2 | Magic clairvoyant vase. (Cf. D1171.7.)—*Chauvin V 259 No. 154. |
| D1323.3 | Magic clairvoyant windows. Twelve, each more powerful than the next. (Cf. D1145.)—*Type 329; *BP III 365. |
| D1415.2.2 | Magic clarinet causes dancing. (Cf. D1223.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "clarinette". |
| D1223 | Magic clarinet. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "clarinette". |
| D935.2 | Magic clay. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D932.1 | Magic cliff. |
| D1368.3 | Magic cloak causes illusion. (Cf. D1053.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1341.2 | Magic cloak makes person old. (Cf. D1053.)—Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1361.12 | Magic cloak of invisibility. (Cf. D1053.)—*Types 328, 400; Cox Cinderella 517; Penzer I 26; Dickson 134 n. 113; *Loomis White Magic 51.—English: Wells 59 (The Turke and Gawin); Irish: Krappe Balor 2 n. 9, *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 55; Welsh: ibid. 106, 190; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10.—Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Mitford 185ff., Ikeda; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 177, (Tinguian): Cole 201 n. 1.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 339 n. 221a. |
| D1651.14 | Magic clock flies only at owner's command. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 367. |
| D1318.8.1 | Magic cloth betrays thief. Calls out, telling who is wearing it. Ibo of Nigeria: Thomas 124. |
| D1413.22 | Magic cloth holds person fast. (Cf. D1413.0.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1314.9 | Magic cloth leads owner to lost horses. (Cf. D1051.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1380.18 | Magic cloth protects. (Cf. D1051.) Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1361.40 | Magic cloth renders invisible. (Cf. D1051.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1318.8 | Magic cloth reveals guilt. (Cf. D1051.) |
| D1612.4.1 | Magic cloth tells where it is hidden. (Cf. D1051.) Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 226. |
| D1051 | Magic cloth. Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 26; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 221; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 226; (Ibo, Nigeria): Thomas 124. |
| D1611.7 | Magic clothes answer for fugitive. (Cf. D1050.) BP II 527; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 12. |
| D1355.11 | Magic clothes produce love. (Cf. D1050.)—Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas I 274. |
| D1069 | Magic clothes—miscellaneous. |
| D1050 | Magic clothes. BP II 527 n. 1.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "habit", "évêque"; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 128, 131 No. 20, 264 No. 50. |
| D1455 | Magic clothing furnishes treasure. |
| D1311.6.2 | Magic cloud answers questions. (Cf. D901.) Chinese: Graham. |
| D1380.25 | Magic cloud protects. (Cf. D901.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D901 | Magic cloud. *Chauvin V 230; Fb "sky"; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1445.6.1 | Magic clouds burn animals. (Cf. D901.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1401.1 | Magic club (stick) beats person. (Cf. D1094.) **Aarne JSFO XXVII 1—96; *Types 563, 534*; *BP I 349ff.; Dickson 133f. nn. 110—116; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330; Missouri French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Jicarilla Apache): Goddard PaAM VIII 225 No. 27, (Tsimshian): Boas BBAE XXVII 225; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 70. |
| D1400.1.7.1 | Magic club (stick) gives victory. (Cf. D1094.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1427.6 | Magic club brings thieves to master. (Cf. D1094.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1438.3 | Magic club flies through air after victim. (Cf. D1094.) S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 75. |
| D1663.1.1 | Magic club kills and revives. (Cf. D1094.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1380.19 | Magic club protects ten men. (Cf. D1094.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1380.6 | Magic coal protects. (Cf. D931.1.) Seligmann 131, *133; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D931.1 | Magic coal. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 69, Beal XXI 326. |
| D1402.30 | Magic coat kills. (Cf. D1052.) Africa: Bouveignes 44. |
| D1381.4 | Magic coat protects against attack. (Cf. D1053.) |
| B171.1.0.1 | Magic cock carries great loads in his ear (load of grain, fox, tiger, bees, wasps, etc., also fire and water).—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B739.1 | Magic cock has elixir in his body which makes people light. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 222. |
| D1035.2 | Magic coconut (as food). Leper's Island: Dixon 127. |
| D1505.5.5 | Magic coconut water restores sight. Marquesas: Beckwith Myth 485. |
| D985.1 | Magic coconut-shell. Sulka of New Britain: Dixon 132 and 132 n. 2. |
| D1472.1.10 | Magic coffee-pot supplies drink. (Cf. D1171.1.1.) Fb "tønde" III 934b. |
| D1171.1.1 | Magic coffee-pot. Fb "tønde" III 934b. |
| D1282 | Magic coil. Chinese: Werner 358. |
| D1470.1.28 | Magic coin fulfills wishes. (Cf. D1288.) N. A. Indian (Skaulitz): Hill-Tout JAI XXXIV 374. |
| D1288 | Magic coin. *Type 745; *Fb "vekseldaler"; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 107, 152, 222; Japanese: Ikeda; N. A. Indian (Skaulitz): Hill-Tout JAI XXXIV 374. |
| D1316.8 | Magic collar indicates falsehood by squeezing throat (hand, foot), truth by falling to ground. (Cf. D1068.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1068 | Magic collar. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1293 | Magic color. |
| D1500.1.32 | Magic comb as cure. (Cf. D1072.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1377.1 | Magic comb changes person's size at will. (Cf. D1072.1.) Köhler-Bolte I 177. |
| D1072.1 | Magic comb. See references to D672; in a large proportion of the occurrences of that motif (Obstacle flight) the comb is one of the magic objects thrown. Köhler-Bolte I 177. |
| D2079.1 | Magic compulsion to break wind under certain conditions. (Cf. D2063.5.) N. A. Indian (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 83. |
| D2121.15 | Magic compulsion to make journey. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 123. |
| D1452.4 | Magic conch shell furnishes money. (Cf. D1029.6, D1470.1.41.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1028.1 | Magic conch shell. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1274.1 | Magic conjuring bag. Filled with nail parings, human hair, feet of toads, and the like. *Kittredge Witchcraft 48ff., 401f. nn. 197—208.—Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 403. |
| D1719.1.3 | Magic contest, magician and giant: magician would make a dog's tail crooked, the giant would straighten it—and so on, ad infinitum. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2147 | Magic control of clouds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2144 | Magic control of cold and heat. (Cf. D1592.) Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 235. |
| D2146 | Magic control of day and night. (Cf. A725, D1546.) |
| D2162 | Magic control of disease. (Cf. D1500.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2158 | Magic control of fires. (Cf. D1271.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2149.4 | Magic control of gravitation. |
| D2149.6 | Magic control of heavenly bodies. (Cf. D2146.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D2151.7 | Magic control of lakes. (Cf. D921.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2152 | Magic control of mountains. (Cf. D932.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2151.5 | Magic control of pond (tank). |
| D2149.7 | Magic control of rainbow. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D2151.2 | Magic control of rivers. *Loomis White Magic 40f.; Irish: Plummer cxlvii—cxlviii, *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 339. |
| D2153 | Magic control of rocks. |
| D2151.1 | Magic control of seas. (Cf. D911.) Irish: Plummer cxlvii, *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 230, 453. |
| D2145 | Magic control of seasons. |
| D2143.6 | Magic control of snow. (Cf. F686.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2157 | Magic control of soil and crops. |
| D2198 | Magic control of spirits (angels). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D2149 | Magic control of the elements—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2140 | Magic control of the elements. (Cf. D1540.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 152ff., 472ff. nn. 1ff., especially n. 4; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2151 | Magic control of waters. (Cf. D1242.1.) Irish myth: *Cross: Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2151.3 | Magic control of waves. (Cf. D911.1, D2151.1.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2151.6 | Magic control of wells (springs). (Cf. A941.5, D927, D1567, F933.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2156 | Magic control over animals. (Cf. D2070.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1110 | Magic conveyances. |
| D1651.3 | Magic cooking-pot obeys only master. (Cf. D1601.10.1, D1171.1.) *Type 565; *BP II 438ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *568. |
| D1252.2 | Magic copper. *Zingerle 589. |
| D2102.5 | Magic corn eaten by animal becomes gold. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 221. |
| D965.8 | Magic corn. (Cf. D973.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1505.15 | Magic cotton-wool restores sight. (Cf. D1299.4.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1299.4 | Magic cotton-wool. |
| D1154 | Magic couch. |
| B184.2.2.2 | Magic cow (ox, bull) from water world. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.2 | Magic cow (ox, bull). Krappe Balor 1; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.2.1.1 | Magic cow gives extraordinary milk. |
| B184.2.1.1.2 | Magic cow gives impossible quantity of milk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.2.1.1.1 | Magic cow gives red milk. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 2. |
| D1611.3 | Magic cow-dung answers for fugitive. (Cf. D1026.2.) BP II 527. |
| D1026.2 | Magic cow-dung. BP II 527 n. 1. |
| B184.2.1 | Magic cow. |
| D1588.2 | Magic cowhide assures heaven for man who dies upon it. (Cf. D1025.5.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1025.5 | Magic cowhide. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1382.9.1 | Magic cowl protects from cold. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1382.9 | Magic cowl protects from fire. (Cf. D1067.3.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1067.3.1 | Magic cowl. Irish: Plummer clxxxi, *Cross. |
| B178.1 | Magic crab. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 222. |
| D1564.5 | Magic cranberry opens wedge and frees hero. (Cf. D981.10.1.) Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 91. |
| D981.10.1 | Magic cranberry. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 91. |
| F809.3 | Magic crop- and rain-producing stone. England: Baughman. |
| D1641.9 | Magic cross removes itself. (Cf. D1299.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1299.3 | Magic cross. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1079.1 | Magic crown. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D1277.1 | Magic crozier. Irish: Plummer cl, *Cross. |
| D1171.8.1 | Magic cruet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B178 | Magic crustacean. |
| D1358.3 | Magic crystal makes owner courageous. (Cf. D1071.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1649.5 | Magic crystals automatically heat for cooking. (Cf. D1601.6.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 972. |
| D1094 | Magic cudgel (club). *Types 563, 534*; BP I 349ff.; *MacCulloch Childhood 214; Aarne MSFO XXVII 1—96; Gaster Thespis 158, Oldest Stories 231; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 9; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 196; Tonga: Gifford 178; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 336 n. 214; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 75; Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 44 No. 4; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 248 No. 25. |
| D1401.1.1 | Magic cudgel beats animals to death for owner. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 70. |
| D1651.2 | Magic cudgel works only for master. (Cf. D1094.) *Type 563; *BP I 349ff.; *Aarne JSFO XXVII 1—96 passim; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 9. |
| D1101.2 | Magic cuirass. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No. |
| H411.4.2 | Magic cup as chastity test: sticks to hands of adulterer. Irish myth: Cross. |
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