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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
K
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D1368.5 | Magic forest seems to stretch farther as mortals travel within. (Cf. D941.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D941 | Magic forest. Saintyves Perrault 65; Wimberly 124.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer VIII 222 n. 2. |
| D940 | Magic forests. |
| Q551.11 | Magic forgetfulness as punishment. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| C945 | Magic forgetfulness for breaking tabu. *Fb "spise" III 495a; German: Grimm Nos. 113, 127, 186, 193; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2000 | Magic forgetfulness. *Cox Cinderella 511; *Kittredge Witchcraft 55, 406 nn. 241, 242.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oubli"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 457, Rasmussen III 145. |
| D2004.6 | Magic forgetting of wife when husband removes shirt she has given him. Fb "glemme" I 462. |
| D1273 | Magic formula (charm). *Types 676, 677; DeCock Studien 156; Encyc. Religion and Ethics III 392; *Chauvin V 10 No. 7, 60 No. 19 n. 1; *Grendon JAFL XXII 105ff.; *Ohrt Danmarks Trylleformler, ibid. Trylleord Fremmede og Danske; *Hestesko FFC XIX; *Kittredge Witchcraft 31f., 386ff. nn. 71, 72, 90, 104; *Fb "Læsning" II 502f.; Penzer I 138ff.—Irish: Plummer cl, clxxix, *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "charme", "blessure"; English: Child I 28, 48, 55, 391f., II 441, 445, 450; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 16; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 84 No. 746; Finnish: Kalevala runes 16, 26; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 288f; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 300 No. 10; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.—Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 9, 61; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 101, 143, (Kaffir): Theal 41 No. 2, 45 No. 2, 30 No. 1, 125, (Ekoi): Talbot 401, (Yoruba): Ellis 253 No. 4, 271, (Basuto): Jacottet 100 No. 15, (Angola): Chatelain 183ff. No. 22.—Eskimo: Rink 107 No. 3. |
| D1413.0.1.1 | Magic formula causes persons to stick together. (Cf. D1273.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1551.9 | Magic formula causes sea to open up. (Cf. D1273.) Korean: Zong in-Sob 26, 170. |
| D1555.3 | Magic formula causes silver to hide itself in mountain. (Cf. D1273.) Chinese: Graham. |
| D1556.1 | Magic formula causes tree to open. (Cf. D1273.) *Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum"; BP III 139f. |
| D1361.26 | Magic formula renders invisible. (Cf. D1273.)—Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 310. |
| D1136 | Magic fort. |
| Q570.1 | Magic foul disease as punishment for persecution of Christians remitted. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1541.1.3 | Magic fountain causes storm (rain). (Cf. D925, D926, D2143.1.) *Hamilton Romanic Review II 355ff., V 213ff.; *Brown Iwain 13ff., *126f.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1307; Holmberg Die Wassergottheiten 181ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Wells 65; French: Chretien de Troyes Iwain (ed. Foerster) lines 380ff. |
| F162.8 | Magic fountain in otherworld. (Cf. F162.1.2.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1313.11 | Magic fountain indicates road for saint by removing itself. (Cf. D925.)—Irish: Plummer cli, *Cross. |
| D1341.1 | Magic fountain makes person old. (Cf. D925, D1338.1.1.)—*Fb "ungdom" III 979b; Boberg. |
| D1766.1.1 | Magic fountain produced by prayer. (Cf. D925.1.) Irish: Plummer cl, Cross. |
| D1467.1 | Magic fountain produces gold. (Cf. D925.) French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10. |
| D1505.5.3 | Magic fountain restores sight. (Cf. D925.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fontaine"; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D925 | Magic fountain. (Cf. D926, D927.) *Dh II 154; *Wünsche Die Sagen vom Lebensbaum und Lebenswasser (Leipzig, 1905); *Hopkins JAOS XXVI 1—67, 411—413; *Fb "ungdom" III 979b; Penzer IV 145; *Patch PMLA XXXIII 670 n. 67.—Irish myth: *Cross, Plummer cl—clii, clxxii; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fontaine"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 10—12; Tirol: Zingerle 588; Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50a.; Lat. American: Alexander Lat. Am. 20 n. 6, 349. |
| D965.7 | Magic four-leaf clover. *BP III 201; Fb "firkløver". |
| D1015.1.5 | Magic fox heart. Jewish: Neuman. |
| B177.2 | Magic frog. Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 124 s.v. "Frosch"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1796 | Magic from maiden walking naked in public. Hartland Science 83. |
| D1375.1.1 | Magic fruit causes horns to grow on person. (Cf. D981.) —Philippine: *Fansler MAFLS XII 17. |
| D1375.4.2 | Magic fruit causes tail to grow. (Cf. D981.) Aarne MSFO XXV 123.—Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 16. |
| D1501.4 | Magic fruit from Yggdrasil placed in fire makes childbirth easy. (Cf. D981.) Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 331, Boberg (D1501.2). |
| D1461.1 | Magic fruit furnishes treasure. (Cf. D981.) Indonesian: DeVries's list No. 195. |
| D1310.10 | Magic fruit gives supernatural knowledge. |
| D981.0.1 | Magic fruit juice. |
| D1376.1.1 | Magic fruit makes nose long (restores it.) |
| D1375.2.1 | Magic fruit removes horns from person. (Cf. D1375.1.1, D981.) |
| D981 | Magic fruit. *Type 566; *Aarne MSFO XXV 122; Fb "næse" II 716b; *Penzer VI 216; *Basset 1001 Contes I 143; *Chauvin VI 74 No. 239.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Tawney I 259f., 310n., 382, II 142n., 198n., 596n.; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 105; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesian: DeVries's list No. 195. |
| D980 | Magic fruits and vegetables. |
| D1150 | Magic furniture. BP II 527. |
| D1065.6 | Magic gaiters. Penzer I 27. |
| D1015.2 | Magic gall-bladder of animal. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 214 No. 32; (Ekoi): Talbot 27. |
| D1317.2 | Magic gall-bladder warns of danger. (Cf. D1015.2.)—Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 214 No. 32. |
| D1209.7 | Magic game board (chessboard). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1407.3 | Magic game board helps win. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1667 | Magic garden grows at once. (Cf. D961.) Africa (Benga): Nassau 216 No. 33. |
| D961 | Magic garden. *Type 550; BP II 232.—Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Penzer I 66f.; N. Am. Indian (Tsimshian): Boas RBAE XXXI 182; Africa (Benga): Nassau 208 No. 33. |
| D960 | Magic gardens and plants. |
| D983.4 | Magic garlic. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1052 | Magic garment (robe, tunic). *Fb "ønske" III 1178b.—Irish. Plummer clxxx, clxxxi, *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "robe"; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 165; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth *491, 499f.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 303 n. 109i. |
| D1500.1.25 | Magic garment as remedy. (Cf. D1052.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1445.5 | Magic garment kills animals. (Cf. D1052.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1414.5 | Magic garment makes weapons useless. (Cf. D1052.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1382.10 | Magic garment prevents burning. (Cf. D1052.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 210 No. 159. |
| D1381.3 | Magic garment protects against attack. (Cf. D1052, D1053.) *Thien Motive 30; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1712.—Icelandic: Corpus Poeticum Boreale II 354, Möbius Háttatal II 130, *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1447.2 | Magic garment protects against wild animals. (Cf. D1052.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1388.0.4 | Magic garment protects from drowning. (Cf. D1052.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1382.6.1 | Magic garment protects from fire. (Cf. D1052.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 210 No. 159. |
| D1383.1 | Magic garment protects from poison. (Cf. D1052.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1344.9 | Magic garment renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1052.)—Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 210, III 105, 117, 153. |
| D1442.12 | Magic garment tames animals. (Cf. D1052.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1063 | Magic garter. *Fb "hosebеnd" I 650b; *Chauvin V 230 No. 130. |
| D1381.31 | Magic gate swallows axes trying to force it open. (Cf. D1146.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1549.3.4 | Magic gem causes river waters to recede. (Cf. D1071, D1551.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2172.2 | Magic gift: power to continue all day what one starts. One woman measures linen; another throws water on pig. BP II 215, 438; *Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Erste" nn. 112—149; Irish: Beal XXI 306; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 750A@1*. |
| D1500.2.6 | Magic girdle prevents disease. (Cf. D1057.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1566.2.7 | Magic girdle produces stream of water to quench fire. (Cf. D1057.1.) Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/221). |
| D1381.14 | Magic girdle protects from all wounds. (Cf. D1057.1.) English: Wells 55 (Gawayne and the Grene Knight.). |
| D1389.16 | Magic girdle protects from pain. (Cf. D1057.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1514.2 | Magic girdle relieves pain. (Cf. D1057.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1356.1 | Magic girdle represses lust. (Cf. D1057.1.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1057.1 | Magic girdle. Herbert III 207; Oesterley No. 10.—Middle English: Wells 55 (Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight), 85 (Sowdone of Babylone); Irish: Plummer clxxxi, *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Werner 218; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/152, 221, z-G. 3/1146, 1301.). |
| D2082.1 | Magic glance reduces tree to ashes. Another restores it. Penzer V 123. |
| D1472.1.16 | Magic glass supplies drink. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) Fb "tønde" III 934b. |
| D1066 | Magic glove. Fb "styrke" III 630a.—Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1503.17 | Magic gloves heal wound. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1029.2.2 | Magic goat tail. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.5 | Magic goat. |
| D1652.5.1 | Magic goblet (cup) cannot be filled. (Cf. D1171.6.2, D1472.1.14.) Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1316.6 | Magic goblet (cup) indicates truth or falsehood. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1171.6.2 | Magic goblet (glass). *Fb "tønde" III 934b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 213 n. 2. |
| D1396.1 | Magic goblet breaks spells. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1503.8 | Magic goblet heals wounds. (Cf. D1171.6.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1507.8 | Magic gold taken from hill restores speech when it is laid under the tongue of dumb person. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk I 250, Boberg. |
| D1252.3 | Magic gold. |
| D1213.1 | Magic gong. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D973 | Magic grains. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1310.10.3 | Magic grape gives supernatural knowledge. (Cf. D981.8.) —Jewish: Neuman. |
| D981.8 | Magic grape. (Cf. D1375.1.1.8.) Aarne MSFO XXV 121; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1375.1.1.8 | Magic grapes cause horns to grow on person. (Cf. D981.8.) *Aarne MSFO XXV 121. |
| D1463.6 | Magic grass furnishes treasure. (Cf. D965.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1413.21 | Magic grass holds person fast. (Cf. D965.12.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1411.3 | Magic grass holds person fast. (Cf. D965.12.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1355.21 | Magic grass produces love when girl sleeps on it. (Cf. D965.12) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D965.12 | Magic grass. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Graham. |
| D1419.1.1 | Magic grave compels person to laugh (shriek). (Cf. D1299.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1262 | Magic grinding-stone. Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 81 No. 13. |
| C946.3 | Magic growth of members for breaking tabu. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 83. |
| D1234 | Magic guitar. Chinese: Werner 121; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 231, 278. |
| D1652.4 | Magic gun is always loaded. (Cf. D1096.1.) Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330. |
| D1096.1 | Magic gun. *Type 304, 594*; *Fb "bøsse" IV 86b, "skyde" III 345b.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fusil"; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 330. |
| D1469.4 | Magic hail on lake causes treasure to spring from it. Cf. D902.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D902.3 | Magic hail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1611.2 | Magic hair answers for fugitive. (Cf. D991.) *BP II 527; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 129ff. |
| D1564.4.2 | Magic hair cuts down iron tree. (Cf. D991.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1428.1 | Magic hair draws back quiver from which it has been taken. (Cf. D991.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 150. |
| D1402.2 | Magic hair in man's eyebrow kills all who see it. (Cf. D991.) Irish: Plummer cxl, Cross. |
| D1023 | Magic hair of animal. Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| D1023.4 | Magic hair of ant's beard. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D1023.1 | Magic hair of bear. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| D1023.2 | Magic hair of fox. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| D1023.3 | Magic hair of lion's tail. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D1072 | Magic hair ornaments. |
| D1355.5 | Magic hair produces love. (Cf. D991.)—Wesselski Märchen 196; Frazer Golden Bough III 270.—N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Teit MAFLS VI 73 No. 23, (Shuswap): Teit JE II 708 No. 34 (in the last two named references, the hair is a woman's pubic hair); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1475.5 | Magic hair produces soldiers. (Cf. D991.) India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Tosa): Equilbecq III 291ff. |
| D1436 | Magic hair stretches after fugitive. (Cf. D991.) Molucca: Dixon 231. |
| D1421.1.9 | Magic hair summons demon. (Cf. D991.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1421.0.3 | Magic hair when thrown into fire summons supernatural. helper. (Cf. D991.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2070.1 | Magic hair-ball used for bewitching. (Cf. D991.3, D1274.1.) North Carolina: Brown Collection I 668. |
| D991 | Magic hair. *Fb "guld" I 512a, "hеr" I 771ab, "styrke" III 630a; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1274; Köhler-Bolte I 126, 573; *Penzer VIII 59 n. 3; MacCulloch Childhood 211; Chauvin V 230 No. 130; *Wesselski Märchen 196; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 150.—Irish myth: Cross; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 67 No. 508A*; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 117 n. 3, Fox 69, 77; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.—N. A. Indian (Mohegan): Speck JAFL XVI 106; (Micmac): Rand 356, 369 Nos 67, 71, Leland 83, (Skidi Pawnee): Dorsey MAFLS VII 102, 113 Nos. 28, 31, (Wichita): Dorsey CI XXI No. 19, (Modoc): Curtin Myths of the Modocs (Boston 1912) 32, 46, (Ojibwa): Radin GSCan II 51; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 97; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 131. |
| D1072.2 | Magic hairpin. Chinese: Werner 264. |
| D1421.4.1 | Magic hairs summon giant. He gives hero some hairs from his own beard. (Cf. D991.) Malone PMLA XLIII 412; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1425.2 | Magic hairs summon husband. (Cf. D991.) Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 150. |
| D1095 | Magic hammer (Mjölnir). Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 78ff. |
| D1401.6 | Magic hammer beats person. (Cf. D1209.4.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1335.13 | Magic hammer gives strength. (Cf. D1209.4.)—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 22 (Thor). |
| D1209.4 | Magic hammer. Type 308*; Jewish: Neuman; Korean: Zong in-Sob 144. |
| D1154.3 | Magic hammock. Africa (Vai): Ellis 200 No. 18. |
| D1413.12 | Magic hand causes sword to stick to it. (Cf. D996.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1503.9 | Magic hand heals wounds. (Cf. D996.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D996 | Magic hand. *Penzer III 150; *Baker AA o.s. I 51ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1524.12 | Magic handaxe comes to one over water. (Cf. D1206.) Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 84ff., 101. |
| D1069.1 | Magic handkerchief. Korean: Zong in-Sob 91f. |
| H411.12 | Magic harp as chastity test. Plays out of tune at approach of unchaste girl. (Cf. D1231.) English: Child I 269. |
| D1441.1.3.2 | Magic harp calls animals together. (Cf. D1231.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1612.5.2 | Magic harp gives alarm when it is stolen. (Cf. D1231.) Japanese: Anesaki 229. |
| D1402.22 | Magic harp kills. (Cf. D1231.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1651.7.1 | Magic harp plays only for owner. (Cf. D1231.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1507.7 | Magic harp restores speech. (Cf. D1231.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1231 | Magic harp. Hertz Spielmannsbuch 71, 363; *Fb "harpe" IV 201b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Child V 482 s.v. "harp"; Greek: Grote I 214; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1542.1.3 | Magic hat brings flood. (Cf. D1067.1.) N. A. Indian (Haida): Alexander N. Am. 261. |
| D1361.14 | Magic hat renders invisible. (Cf. D1067.1.)—Fb "usynlig" III 985b, "hat" I 563b, IV 202b.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chapeau". |
| D1601.3 | Magic hat works independently. (Cf. D1067.1.) Lkuсgen: Hill-Tout JAI XXXVII 342. |
| D1067.1 | Magic hat. *Fb "hat" I 563b, "usynlig" III 985b; Mt. 581*; Saintyves Perrault 291.—Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 596; Greek: Fox 195 (Hermes); Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chapeau"; N. A. Indian (Haida): Alexander N. Am. 261, (Lkuсgen): Hill-Tout JAI XXXVII 342. |
| D950.13 | Magic hawthorn. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D950.1 | Magic hazel tree. *BP III 477. Irish: Plummer cliii, *Cross. |
| D985.3 | Magic hazel-nut. Irish myth: *Cross; Italian: Basile introduction. |
| D1500.1.7.1.1 | Magic head (of saint) heals diseases. (Cf. D992, D1500.1.13.) Irish myth: Cross (D1500.1.6.1). |
| D1380.3.1 | Magic head of horse as protection of land. (Cf. D1011.) Hdwb. d. Abergl. VI 996.—Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1532.8 | Magic head-dress bears person aloft. (Cf. D1067.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1067 | Magic head-wear. |
| D992 | Magic head. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 105; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "tête"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1500.1.5.1 | Magic healing apple. (Cf. D981.1, H1333.3.1.5.) *Chauvin VI 133 No. 286; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Apfel" n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 253 No. 196. |
| D1500.1.2.2 | Magic healing ashes. (Cf. D1271.1.) Seligmann 134, *137.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1500.1.30 | Magic healing banquet. (Cf. D1030.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1500.1.27.2 | Magic healing bell. (Cf. D1213.) Irish myth: *Cross (D1500.1.32). |
| D1500.1.7.3 | Magic healing blood. (Cf. D1003.) *Fb "blod" IV 46b; Penzer I 98; *Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 386 n. 67; Irish myth: *Cross (D1500.1.9); Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1500.1.22 | Magic healing book. (Cf. D1266.) Type 611; Kittredge Witchcraft 146, 465 nn. 68—73 passim. |
| D1500.1.16 | Magic healing bottle. (Cf. D1171.8.) Chinese: Werner 202. |
| D2161.4.16.1 | Magic healing by passing hand over affected parts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1500.1.23 | Magic healing charm (spell). (Cf. D1273.) Kittredge Witchcraft 31f., 387f. nn. 75; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; England, Wales, U.S.: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1500.1.2.1 | Magic healing coal. (Cf. D931.1.) Seligmann 131, *133. |
| D1500.1.11 | Magic healing drink. (Cf. D1040, D1242.) Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1500.1.1 | Magic healing fountain. (Cf. D925, V134.) Irish: Plummer cl, *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fontaine"; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1500.1.5 | Magic healing fruit. (Cf. D980.) |
| D1500.1.4.1 | Magic healing grass. Chinese: Graham. |
| D1500.1.35 | Magic healing handkerchief. (Cf. D1056.1.) S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 182. |
| D1500.1.27.1 | Magic healing harp. (Cf. D1231.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1500.1.3.1 | Magic healing hazel tree. (Cf. D950.1.)—BP III 477; Irish: Plummer cliii, Cross. |
| D1500.1.4.3 | Magic healing herb. (Cf. D965.) Korean: Zong in-Sob 220. |
| D1500.1.29 | Magic healing honey. (Cf. D1037.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1500.1.18.4 | Magic healing lake. (Cf. D921.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1500.1.4.2 | Magic healing leaves. (Cf. D955.) Tonga: Gifford 28. |
| D1500.1.2.4 | Magic healing lime. (Cf. D931.1.4.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1500.1.33.1.2 | Magic healing milk of lioness. (Cf. D1018.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1500.1.33.1 | Magic healing milk. (Cf. D1018.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1500.1.19.2 | Magic healing oil from saints (sacred places). (Cf. D1500.1.10.) Loomis White Magic 79, 104, 115. |
| D1500.1.4 | Magic healing plant. (Cf. D965.) *Fb "blad" IV 44a; Type 612; Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "herbe"; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1500.1.20 | Magic healing powder. (Cf. D1246.) Chinese: Werner 375. |
| D2161 | Magic healing power. *Type 712; *Kittredge Witchcraft 30, 385 n. 64; *Fb "sygdom" III 699b; *Weinrich Antike Heilungswunder (Giessen, 1909); Wesselski Mönchslatein 136 No. 116; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 118; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 170, 193, 240, 248, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 43, 82, (Greenland): Rink 279, 327, 370, 431, 440, 459, 467, Rasmussen III 172, 190, 209. |
| D1500.1.15 | Magic healing ring. (Cf. D1076.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 151, 470f. nn. 126—129; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1500.1.18.6 | Magic healing river. (Cf. D915.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1500.1.19.1 | Magic healing salve restores severed feet. (Cf. D1240.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1500.1.19 | Magic healing salve. (Cf. D1244.) Type 611; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1500.1.24 | Magic healing song. (Cf. D1275.) Fb. "kanariefugl" II 85; H. C. Andersen "Nattergalen".—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1500.1.2.3 | Magic healing soot. (Cf. D931.1.1.) Seligmann 137, *138. |
| D1500.1.7.2 | Magic healing spittle. (Cf. D1001, D1505.2.) *Fb "spytte" III 514b, 515a; Irish: Plummer clxxvii, *Cross (D1500.1.8); Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1500.1.21 | Magic healing wand. (Cf. D1254.1.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "baguette". |
| D1500.1.18 | Magic healing water. (Cf. D1242.1.) *Type 590; Seligmann 13ff., *106; Fb "vand" III 1001b, "livets vand" II 439b; MacCulloch Childhood 67f.—Irish myth: *Cross; Babylonian: Spence 178; Jewish: Neuman; Arabian: Burton Nights S VI 213; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 23; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 354 nn. 279, 279a. |
| D1827.1 | Magic hearing of noises which portend death. (Cf. D1812.) |
| D1827 | Magic hearing. |
| D1015.1 | Magic heart of animal. |
| D997.1.1 | Magic heart of unborn child. *Fb "hjærte" I 631b. |
| D2064.0.2 | Magic heart-sickness. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D997.1 | Magic heart—human. |
| D1147 | Magic hearth. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2091.10 | Magic heat causes enemies to melt away. (Cf. D2144.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1445.6.2 | Magic heavenly fire burns animals. (Cf. D1271.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2035 | Magic heaviness. Loomis White Magic 49. |
| D945 | Magic hedge. *Type 410; BP I 440.—Irish: Plummer clxi, *Cross. |
| D2152.4 | Magic heightening of mountain. Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 31. |
| D1400.1.17 | Magic helmet gives victory. (Cf. D1101.4.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1389.8 | Magic helmet prevents baldness. (Cf. D1101.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D838.8 | Magic helmet taken directly from bystander. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1101.4 | Magic helmet. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 47 n. 3. |
| D2166 | Magic help from falling. Hottentot: Bleek 78. |
| W215.1 | Magic help sent to enemy. Hero sends fairy healing charms to his enemy so that when they resume fighting it cannot be said he wins because of superior care. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K1336 | Magic helper brings girl to hero's bed. *Chauvin V 62 No. 19 n. 1. |
| D971.2 | Magic hemp-seed. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chenevis"; English: Child V 59, 286a. |
| D1557.2 | Magic herb causes door to open. (Cf. D965.) Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1386.2 | Magic herb keeps off demon lover. (Cf. D965.) Kittredge Witchcraft 120ff., 446ff. nn. 136—152 passim.—England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G272.2 | Magic herb protects from witch. *Penzer VIII 56 n. 2; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 667; West Indies: Flowers 446. |
| D1361.11 | Magic herb renders invisible. (Cf. D965.) Africa (Fang): Trilles 269. |
| D1337.2.2 | Magic herbs render hideous. (Cf. D965.)—Greek: Fox 263 (Skylla). |
| D978 | Magic herbs. (Cf. D965.) India: Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1870 | Magic hideousness. (Cf. D1337, D1860, M400.) See references to following motifs: D732, D733, D621.3.—BP I 86ff., 99ff., 165ff., 207ff. (Gr. Nos. 11, 13, 21, 24); *Loomis White Magic 82; Cox Cinderella 481 n. 12. References to BP and to Cox concern motif Q2 (Kind and Unkind) which usually involves magic hideousness. —Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.—S. A. Indian (Carajá): Métraux MAFLS XL 48, (Toba): ibid. 87; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 273. |
| D932.2 | Magic hill. |
| D1204 | Magic hoe. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 363. |
| D1121.1 | Magic hollow-log boat. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 275 n. 14e. |
| D2036 | Magic homesickness. Greek: Homer Odyssey XV 66, Iliad III 139. |
| D1188 | Magic hone. Icelandic: Snorra Edda Skaldsk. II, Boberg. |
| D1346.3.1 | Magic honey gives immortality. (Cf. D1037.)—Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Keith 158. |
| D1385.28 | Magic honey protects against demons. (Cf. D1037.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1505.4 | Magic honey restores sight. (Cf. D1037.) Hindu: Keith 158. |
| D1037 | Magic honey. Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 337; Gaster Thespis 364; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Keith 158. |
| D1525.1 | Magic hood enables person to pass under water. (Cf. D1067.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1067.3 | Magic hood. Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 470. |
| D1222 | Magic horn (musical). *Types 566, 569, 592; *BP I 464ff., 470ff., II 470ff.; *Aarne MSFO XXV 117.—Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Child I 15—17, 23, 55, 367; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D1562.3 | Magic horn blows down wall. (Cf. D1222.) *Type 569; BP I 464ff. Cf. Joshua 6:20; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D861.7.1 | Magic horn carried off by bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1415.2.1 | Magic horn causes dancing. (Cf. D1222.) Type 592; *BP II 501. |
| D1440.1 | Magic horn has power over animals. (Cf. D1222.) Italian Novella: Rotunda; Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D1421.5.1 | Magic horn summons army for rescue. (Cf. D1222.) *BP II 501. |
| D992.1 | Magic horns (grow on person's forehead). (Cf. D1011.1.) *Type 566; Penzer III 187.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; bin Gorion Born Judas IV 122; N. A. Indian (Mohegan): Speck JAFL XVII 184. |
| D853.1 | Magic horse (wooden) made by carpenter. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.1.7 | Magic horse avenges hero's death. Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| C942.2 | Magic horse becomes powerless because of broken tabu. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.1.3 | Magic horse from water world. *Chauvin VII 7; Icel.: Boberg Irish myth: Cross.—Armenian: Chalatiank Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 152; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| B184.1.12 | Magic horse goes through fire. Icel.: Boberg. |
| B184.1.2 | Magic horse goes underground. Fb "øg" III 1161b. |
| K985 | Magic horse lent by fairy in disguise brings about death of mortal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B184.1.10 | Magic horse makes prodigious jump. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.1.9 | Magic horse mysteriously recognized by everyone. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 1 (and n. 3). |
| D1846.3 | Magic horse renders rider invulnerable. (Cf. B184.1.11.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B184.1.4 | Magic horse travels on sea or land. Fb "hest" I 598b; Malten (J.) Jahrbuch des kl. deutschen arch. Inst. XXIX 189; Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 108; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Iliad Book 20 line 273. |
| B587.1 | Magic horse wins jumping contest for man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B184.1 | Magic horse.—Types 314, 502, 550; BP II 274, *III 111, 113 n. 4; *Fb "føl", "hest" IV 211b; Penzer VI 72 n. 1; Meyer Germanische Mythologie (1891) 105; *Jones PMLA XXIII 569; Norlind Skattsägner 46 n. 4.—Irish myth: Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. *530A, *530B, *531, *533A, *651; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheval"; Missouri French: Carrière; Arabian: Burton V 1ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Cape Verde Is.: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 277 No. 91, 281 No. 92. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 624. |
| D1427.3 | Magic horsehairs (when rubbed) compel horse to follow. (Cf. D1023.) Africa (Kordofan): Frobenius Atlantis IV 134ff. No. 13, (Swahili): Büttner 113ff. |
| D1385.9 | Magic horseshoe keeps off devils, trolls, and witches. (Cf. D1286.) *Fb "hestesko"; Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 437ff. |
| D1286 | Magic horseshoe. *Fb "hestesko" I 603b, IV 213b; Frazer Golden Bough XII 309 s.v. "horseshoes"; **Means-Lawrence Magic of the Horseshoe. |
| D1025.7 | Magic horseskin. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 79. |
| B182.1.2 | Magic hostile bitches issue from elf-mound. Irish myth: Cross. |
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