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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D1719.6 | Magic power of holy cross. (Cf. V86.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D996.0.2.1 | Magic power of left hand for evil. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1933 | Magic power of lighting empty lamp by breathing on it used for divination. (Cf. D1311.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1719.7 | Magic power of mermaid. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1717.1 | Magic power of monster child. *Type 708; U.S.: Baughman. |
| D1714 | Magic power of person without sin. Irish myth: *Cross (D1716). |
| D1812 | Magic power of prophecy. (Cf. D1311.) Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Child III 418—422; Greek: Grote I 216, 249, 307; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Ferguson 135.—N. A. Indian (Micmac): Parsons JAFL XXXVIII 75 No. 10. |
| D996.0.1.1 | Magic power of right hand for good. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1825.3.1 | Magic power of seeing Death at head or foot of bed and thus forecasting progress of sickness. *Type 332; *BP I 377 ff.—Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1825.4.1 | Magic power of seeing things underground. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 12 n. 3. |
| D1716.3 | Magic power of sterile woman. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1719.3 | Magic power of superhuman race. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1716.1 | Magic power of the idiot. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 111. |
| D1716 | Magic power of the infirm. |
| D1716.2 | Magic power of the lame. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 99. |
| D1719.9.1 | Magic power only at night. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1719.10 | Magic power only under certain conditions. |
| D1719.10.1 | Magic power only when magician's feet touch ground. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1731 | Magic power received in dream. Dickson 188; Jewish: Neuman; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 58; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 134. |
| D1745.2 | Magic power rendered ineffective by pious deeds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1745 | Magic power rendered ineffective. |
| D1733.3 | Magic power through ascetic practices. Penzer IV 46, V 109; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.6 | Magic power to "see" who will die during coming year. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2156.1 | Magic power to make does give milk. (Cf. B188.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1825.4 | Magic power to see concealed things. (Cf. D1817.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1825.5 | Magic power to see death circumstances of absent person. Canada, England, Scotland, U.S., Wales: *Baughman. |
| D1825.2 | Magic power to see distant objects. (Cf. D1813.3, D1817.0.1, D1825.5.) *BP II 319; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 204.—Celtic: Hartland Science 197; England: Child III 412; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3507; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 91 No. 5. |
| D1825.3 | Magic power to see invisible creatures. Swiss. Jegerlehner Oberwallis 297f. Nos. 1, 7; Scotch: Macdougall and Calder 183, Lang English Fairy Tales 220; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3510. |
| D1825.4.3 | Magic power to see lost things. England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| D1825.3.3.2 | Magic power to see soul leaving body. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.3.3.1 | Magic power to see souls after death. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1825.4.2 | Magic power to see whether girl is virgin. Type 592; Norwegian Christiansen 89. |
| D1825.2.2 | Magic power to see whole country at once. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2125.1 | Magic power to walk on water. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 332; *Saintyves Essais 307ff.; *Toldo VI 310ff.; Cowell Jataka II 77.—Irish: Plummer xxxi, cxlvii, Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; U.S.: Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 112; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 123, 407, Rasmussen III 192. |
| D1741.4 | Magic powers fail because of lack of faith in them. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1766.3 | Magic powers from baptizing an animal. Kittredge Witchcraft 94, *424 nn. 134—136. |
| D1734 | Magic powers from rubbing. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 219, 455. |
| D1735.1 | Magic powers from swallowing a straw. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 158. |
| D1735.3 | Magic powers from swallowing magic drink. (Cf. D1040.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 453. |
| D1735 | Magic powers from swallowing. |
| D1799.4 | Magic powers from touching. (Cf. D565, D1032.2f., D1273.0.3., D1810.3, D1833., D1854.) |
| D1741 | Magic powers lost. |
| D1700 | Magic powers. *Kittredge Witchcraft passim; Fb "kunst" II 331; Penzer VIII 36ff., 46ff., 79, 100n.; E. E. Evans-Prichard Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande (Oxford, 1937); M. Summers Witchcraft and Black Magic (London, 1946); *Arne Runeberg Witches, Demons and Fertility Magic (Helsinki, 1947); *E. M. Butler Ritual Magic (Cambridge, Eng., 1949); Loomis White Magic; *Tibbals Elements of Magic in the Romance of William of Palerne (MPh I (1903) 355ff.); *Easter A Study of Magic Elements in the Romans d'Aventure (Dissertation, Baltimore 1906).—Estonian: *Loorits Grundzüge; Japanese: Anesaki 274. |
| T572.1 | Magic prevention of childbirth. *Type 755; *Hauffen Zs. f. Vksk. X 436ff.; *Kittredge Witchcraft 113f., 442f. nn. 79—84; *Fb "sten" III 554a; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2072.4 | Magic prevention of performance of task. (Cf. H970.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D998 | Magic private parts—human. Taylor MLN XXXI (1916) 249 n. 2; Gaster Thespis 327.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 296 nn. 83a, 83b. |
| D1766.5 | Magic produced by saying mass. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2178.4.1 | Magic production of rabbits. N. A. Indian (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 82. |
| F493.3.3 | Magic protection against pestilence-spirit. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 257. |
| E434 | Magic protection against revenants. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D991.2 | Magic pubic hair. *Fb "kusse" II 334a; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 290 n. 65, (Tlingit): Golder JAFL XX 292. |
| D1463.2.1 | Magic pumpkin furnishes treasure. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 35, 37. |
| D1482.2 | Magic pumpkin holds streams of oil. (Cf. D981.11.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1472.2.6 | Magic pumpkin yields year's supply of rice. (Cf. D981.11.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D981.11 | Magic pumpkin. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 58, 67, 221. |
| Q551.8.6 | Magic punishment: tongue protrudes from mouth of sinner and blindness follows. Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D1192 | Magic purse. *Types 564, 566, 580*; *Aarne MSFO XXV 116; *Fb "pung", "Fortunatus".—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bourse", Hartland Science 174; Arabian: Burton Nights I 215; Hindu: Penzer I 20 n, 25ff. |
| Q575 | Magic putrefaction of food as punishment for opposition to holy person remitted. (Cf. Q227.) O'Grady Silva Gadelica II 26; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2096 | Magic putrefaction. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| B182 | Magic quadrupeds—canidae. |
| B181 | Magic quadrupeds—felidae. |
| B183 | Magic quadrupeds—rodentia. |
| B184 | Magic quadrupeds—ungulata. |
| B180 | Magic quadrupeds. |
| D2157.2 | Magic quick growth of crops. Dh I II 61ff.; Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 15, 18, Beal XXI 305f.; Icelandic: *Boberg; England, Scotland: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 200ff.; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 120. |
| D2157.2.1 | Magic quick growth of saint's crops. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1385.23 | Magic quilt protects wearer from demons and human weapons. (Cf. D1167.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1469.12 | Magic quilt: gold coins shake out of it. (Cf. D1167.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1167 | Magic quilt. |
| D1092.1 | Magic quiver. Hindu: Penzer IV 54. |
| D1353.1 | Magic rain makes people foolish. All on whom it falls act like fools. (Cf. D902.)—Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 34. |
| D902 | Magic rain. (Cf. D910.) *Basset RTP XXXIII 167f.—Irish: Cross; Plummer clxxx; Chinese: Werner 205. |
| D2031.13 | Magic rath always seems distant, never near. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1212 | Magic rattle. Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 119. |
| D1173.1 | Magic razor. Chinese: Werner 366; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45 (version B). |
| D2006 | Magic reawakening of memory. (Cf. D1360, D1910.) Irish: Plummer lxxx, Cross. |
| D2025 | Magic recovery of speech. |
| D1389.9.1 | Magic red stone protects against poverty. (Cf. D1070.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1383.6 | Magic red stone protects from poison. (Cf. D1070.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| B184.3.0.3 | Magic red swine. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1408.2 | Magic red wind devastates country. (Cf. D906.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2163.2 | Magic reinforcements. Hero's followers magically multiplied or whole new army conjured up. Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 27; Maori: Dixon 61. |
| D1880 | Magic rejuvenation. Irish: Plummer clxxxiv, *Cross; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 180; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "vieille", "rajeunissement"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Keith 31; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 960.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 284 n. 50; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 208, 238. |
| T591.1 | Magic remedies for barrenness or impotence. (Cf. D1347, D1925, D2161.3.11.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1818 | Magic remedy learned by magic. (Cf. D1500.) Type 516; Rösch FFC LXXVII 137. |
| D2172.1 | Magic repetition. Person must keep on doing or saying thing until released. Type 593; Lang Eng. Fairy Tales 74; Lithuanian: Balys Historical. |
| B176 | Magic reptile. |
| R112 | Magic rescue of prisoner from mound. (Cf. R45.) *Fb "höj" I 740b; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: Espinosa III No. 140; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2063.2 | Magic restlessness in bed. Fb "seng" III 187b. |
| D2161.3.6.1 | Magic restoration of cut-out tongue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.3.2 | Magic restoration of severed hand. Krappe Zeitschrift für Englische Philologie XLIX 361—369; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Lagerholm 66—68, Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller; French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule, Nouvelles de Sens No. 12; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1782.3 | Magic result from loosing knots. (Cf. D2142.0.2.) |
| D1788 | Magic results from bathing. (Cf. D562, D925, D2161.4.14.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1784 | Magic results from breathing. (Cf. D1557.) Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 428. |
| D1787 | Magic results from burning. |
| D1799.5 | Magic results from chewing. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1799.2 | Magic results from clapping the hands together. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D1778 | Magic results from contact with earth. |
| D1788.1 | Magic results from contact with water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1792 | Magic results from curse. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1793 | Magic results from eating or drinking. |
| D1766.8 | Magic results from fasting. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1794 | Magic results from kissing. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1773 | Magic results from laughing. |
| D1775 | Magic results from licking. Irish myth: *Cross; Japanese: Ikeda; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 201. |
| D1799 | Magic results from other acts. (Cf. D1469.7, F547.1.3.) |
| D1799.6 | Magic results from performing good deeds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1777 | Magic results from power of thought. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 64. |
| D1766.2.1 | Magic results from sacrifices at trees and wells. Kittredge Witchcraft 33, *393f. nn. 106—108. |
| D1766.6 | Magic results from sign of the cross. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1766.9 | Magic results from singing hymn. (Cf. D1275.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1781 | Magic results from singing. (Cf. D1275, D1275.3.) |
| D1774 | Magic results from speaking. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1799.3 | Magic results from special rituals. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1776 | Magic results from spitting. Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Koryak): Jochelson JE VI 170. |
| D1766.7 | Magic results from uttering powerful name. |
| D1766.10 | Magic results from worshiping god (goddess). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1782.1 | Magic results obtained by imitating desired action. |
| D1783.1 | Magic results of reversing a spell. Formula said backward will sometimes undo the work performed by the formula. (Cf. D1273.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 167, 485 nn. 31—33; Penzer VI 149 n. 1, 150ff. |
| D1765 | Magic results produced by command. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Babylonian: Spence 76f.; Jewish: Neuman, Genesis 1:3, etc. |
| D1766.1 | Magic results produced by prayer. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys; Norse: Boberg. |
| D1766 | Magic results produced by religious ceremony. (Cf. G224.5, V70.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 145, 465f. nn. 56, 57, 74, 75, 76—87 passim; England: Baughman. |
| D1766.2 | Magic results produced by sacrifices. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 89, Beal XXI 329; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1761 | Magic results produced by wishing. **Riklin Wuncherfüllung und Symbolik in Märchen. (1908); *Fb "ønske" III 1178a.—Irish myth: *Cross; German: Grimm Nos. 50, 76; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Seneca: Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 122 No. 19; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 151. |
| D1766.7.1 | Magic results produced in name of deity. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1766.7.3 | Magic results produced in name of saint. (Cf. V220.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F165.1.0.2 | Magic revolving wheel at door of otherworld dun (stronghold). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D965.8.1 | Magic rice (plant.). |
| D973.1 | Magic rice-grains. Tawney II 453; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| D1033.1 | Magic rice. Indonesian: DeVries's list No. 206; Chinese: Graham. |
| D996.0.1 | Magic right hand. |
| D1317.5.2 | Magic ring awakens person in morning. (Cf. D1076.)—*Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1561.1.2 | Magic ring brings good luck. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D865.1 | Magic ring carried off by bird. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1372.1 | Magic ring causes continued sneezing. (Cf. D1076.)—Bédier Fabliaux 442. |
| D1368.2 | Magic ring causes illusion. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1402.0.2.3 | Magic ring causes person to be drowned. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1405.1 | Magic ring causes person to disappear. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague". |
| D1426.2 | Magic ring causes woman to come to man. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1612.2.1 | Magic ring compels would-be fugitive to keep calling out, "Here I am". (Cf. D1076.) BP III 372. |
| D1400.1.2 | Magic ring conquers enemy. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1592.1 | Magic ring cools boiling water. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1395.5 | Magic ring enables captive to escape. (Cf. D1076.) English: Wells 65 (Ywain and Gawain); Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1477.2 | Magic ring furnishes livestock. (Cf. D1076.) Africa (Bambara): Travélé 205ff. No. 66. |
| D1342.1 | Magic ring gives health. (Cf. D1076.)—Kittredge Witchcraft III, 440 n. 54. |
| D1335.5.1 | Magic ring gives remarkable sexual prowess. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D1335.5 | Magic ring gives strength. (Cf. D1076.)—*Dickson 135 n. 118; *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 53. |
| D1317.5 | Magic ring gives warning. (Cf. D1076.)—Type 425; Tegethoff 34f.—Icelandic: *Boberg; English: Wells II (Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild). |
| D1407.1 | Magic ring helps gambler win. (Cf. D1076.) Kittredge Witchcraft 67, *410 n. 302. |
| D1402.12 | Magic ring kills. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1376.1.2 | Magic ring makes nose grow long (restores it). (Cf. D1076.) Köhler-Bolte I 110f. |
| D1487.1 | Magic ring makes seaweeds grow. (Cf. D1076.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague". |
| D1456.2.1 | Magic ring multiplies wealth. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 66 (Draupnir); Snorra Edda Skaldsk. XXXIX (Andvari's), *Boberg. |
| D1316.4 | Magic ring permits owner to learn person's secret thoughts. (Cf. D1076.)—Chauvin VI 108 No. 272. |
| D1384.1 | Magic ring prevents discomfiture. (Cf. D1076.) Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 51. |
| D1384.7 | Magic ring prevents losing one's way. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1389.9.2 | Magic ring prevents poverty. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1382.11 | Magic ring protects against fire. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1383.3 | Magic ring protects against poison. (Cf. D1076.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 57; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: Penzer I 110 n. 1. |
| D1381.7 | Magic ring protects from attack. (Cf. D1076.) English: Wells 9 (King Horn); Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1388.0.1 | Magic ring protects from drowning. (Cf. D1076.) *Dickson 189 n. 65. |
| D1385.3.1 | Magic ring protects from spirit. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 309 No. 17. |
| D1380.23 | Magic ring protects. (Cf. D1076.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1456.2 | Magic ring provides money. (Cf. D1076.) *Fb "ring" III 60b; India: *Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1361.17 | Magic ring renders invisible. (Cf. D1076.)—*Fb "ring" III 60b; *Dickson 133f.; Cox Cinderella 518; *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 50; Brown Iwain 14 and passim; Günter 64.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Gyges"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1344.1 | Magic ring renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1076.)—*Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 52; *Fb "ring" III 60b.—English: Child I 189f., Wells 9 (King Horn), II (Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild); Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1507.1 | Magic ring restores speech. (Cf. D1076.) Fb "ring" III 60b. |
| D1316.4.1 | Magic ring shows the true nature of its possessor. (Cf. D1076.) Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D1421.1.13 | Magic ring summons air spirits. (Cf. D1076.) German: Grimm No. 166. |
| D1421.1.6 | Magic ring summons genie. (Cf. D1076.) *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 214; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1310.4.1 | Magic ring tells how another fares. (Cf. D1076.)—*Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 440 n. 55. |
| D1317.5.1 | Magic ring warns of poison. (Cf. D1076, D1317.4, D1317.0.1.)—Kittredge Witchcraft III, 440 n. 58. |
| D1602.17.1 | Magic ring when sold returns to original owner. (Cf. D1076.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1662.1 | Magic ring works by being stroked. (Cf. D1076.) *Type 560; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague"; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D1662.1.1 | Magic ring works by having sun's rays flash upon gem. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1076 | Magic ring. *Types 400, 554*, 560, 665; *Aarne MSFO XXV 43; *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 214; *Kittredge Witchcraft 111, 439f. nn. 49—58; *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XX 66; Köhler-Bolte I 110f., 308ff.; *Fb "ring" III 60ab, "ønske" III 1178b; **A. Stern Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde XXX 106; *Chauvin V 229 No. 130, VI 108 Nos. 272, 273; Penzer I 26, VI 73; Bédier Fabliaux 442; Herbert III 207; *Oesterley No. 10.—Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 172, *Cross; English: Wells (King Horn) 9, 11 (Horne Childe and Maiden Rimnild), 65 (Ywain and Gawain), Child I 189f.; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Breton: *Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Arabian: Burton Nights VI 243, VII 283, X 1—54, S III 51, 72, 136ff., S V 245; Chinese: Werner 331, Eberhard FFC CXX 67; Sumatran: Dixon 163; Africa (Wakweli): Bender 106. |
| T548.2 | Magic rites for obtaining a child. *Type 711; Christiansen Norske Eventyr 98; Penzer VI 14; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 284. |
| D915 | Magic river. Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rivière"; Jewish: *Neuman; Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 416; Hottentot: Bleek 75 No. 36; Zulu: Callaway 90. |
| D1532.6 | Magic robe bears person aloft. (Cf. D1052.) Pauli (ed. Bolte). No. 668. |
| D931 | Magic rock (stone). *Type 593, 870A; Köhler-Bolte I 114, 572; *Fb "sten" III 553a, 554a, "ønske" III 1178b; Hartland Science 242; *Penzer III 161 n. 1, 162 n., V 177; Reinhart PMLA XXXVIII 458 n. 108.—Greek: Fox 111, 137, (modern): Hahn No. 34; German: Grimm No. 163; Irish: Plummer clv—clvii, *Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner 309 No. 9; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; Chinese: Graham, Werner 383.—Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 118; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 275 n. 15; Southern Paiute: Lowie JAFL XXXVII 143f. No. 15. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 366, (Kaffir): Theal 36, 161, (Angola): Chatelain 47 (version B), (Zulu): Callaway 143, (Fang): Trilles Légendes 140, Einstein 99. |
| D1472.1.2.4 | Magic rock supplies water. (Cf. D930.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1549.9 | Magic rod causes all waters to turn to blood. (Cf. D1254.2.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1557.2.1 | Magic rod causes door to open. (Cf. D1254.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1551.2 | Magic rod causes waters to divide and close. (Cf. D1254.2.) Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 129. |
| D1404.1 | Magic rod pierces whatever directed against. (Cf. D1254.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1355.16 | Magic rod produces love. (Cf. D1254.1, D1254.2.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1472.2.10 | Magic rod provides water. (Cf. D1254.2.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 109. |
| D1693 | Magic rod swallows other rods. (Cf. D1254.2.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1442.4.1 | Magic rod tames lions. (Cf. D1254.2.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1311.15 | Magic rod used for divination. (Cf. D1311.4.0.1.)—Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1254.2 | Magic rod. (Cf. D1254.1.) Fb "pilegren"; Krappe MLN LVIII (1943) 515ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Hindu: Penzer I 22ff.; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 87, 107; Hawaii: *Beckwith Myth 466; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 129, (Zulu): Callaway 307. |
| D1409.2 | Magic roll of cloth pacifies demon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1421.1.10 | Magic roll of cloth summons demon. (Cf. D1051.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1313.1.2 | Magic rolling cake indicates road. (Cf. D1031.2.) BP III 458f.; Hdwb. d. Märch. I 335a. |
| D1141 | Magic room. |
| D839.1 | Magic root acquired by tricking mother bird into searching for it in order to disentangle her young. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1551.3 | Magic root causes waters to divide and close. (Cf. D967.) Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 416. |
| D1547.1 | Magic root floats against the current. (Cf. D967.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1316.12 | Magic root reveals truth when water is poured over it. (Cf. D967.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1562.7 | Magic root snaps bars of iron in two. (Cf. D1564.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D967 | Magic roots. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Baholoholo): Einstein 233. |
| D1411.1 | Magic rope binds person. (Cf. D1203.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1203 | Magic rope. *Type 559; *BP II 539; Chinese: Werner 348; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 216; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 402. |
| D975.2 | Magic rose. Köhler-Bolte II 447. |
| D1611.1 | Magic rosebush answers for fugitives. (Cf. D965.3.) BP II 527. |
| D965.3 | Magic rosebush. BP II 527. |
| D1470.1.48 | Magic rubber card for wishing. (Cf. D1267) Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 202. |
| D965.16 | Magic rue. |
| D1364.20 | Magic runes cause sleep. (Cf. D1266.1.)—Fb "sove" III 472b.—English: Child I 28, 48, 55, 391f, Wimberly 355. |
| D1379.1.1 | Magic runes control person's will. (Cf. D1266.1.) English: Child I 362. |
| D1545.0.1 | Magic runes control sea. (Cf. D1266.2.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1400.1.11 | Magic runes give power over enemy. (Cf. D1266.1.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 387 n. 77.—Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1400.1.4.2 | Magic saber conquers enemy. (Cf. D1082.) *Chauvin V 259 No. 154 n. 1; Type 576***. |
| D1082 | Magic saber. Type 308*, 576***; *Chauvin V 230 No. 130, 259 No. 154 n. 1.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "sabre". |
| D1421.5.3 | Magic sack contains soldiers which appear when it is struck. (Cf. D1193.) German: Grimm No. 54. |
| D1401.2 | Magic sack furnishes mannikin who cudgels owner's enemies. (Cf. D1193.) *Type 564; *Aarne JSFO XXVII 48. |
| D1209.2 | Magic saddle. *Fb "guldsadel" I 514b, "ønske" III 1178b. |
| B175.1 | Magic salmon carries hero over water. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 189; Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| D1551.1 | Magic salt causes waters to divide. (Cf. D1039.2.) Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 282 No. 92. |
| D1402.31 | Magic salt kills. (Cf. D1039.2.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1039.2 | Magic salt. Jewish: Neuman; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 282 No. |
| D1244 | Magic salve (ointment). *Type 611: *Fb "salve" III 150b, "øje" III 1166b; Chauvin V 41 No. 388, 146 No. 72; Penzer IV 90 n. 1, IX 45 n. 1; Griffith MLN XXV 102.—Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "onguent"; Greek: Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Achilleus" I 24, *Grote I 219; Chinese: Werner 276f., 281f; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 219 No. 73. |
| D1331.2.2 | Magic salve causes blindness. (Cf. D1244, D1331.3.1.)—*Fb "öje" III 1166b. |
| D1331.2.2.1 | Magic salve from underworld causes blindness. Fb "öje". |
| D1323.5 | Magic salve gives clairvoyance (Cf. 1244.)—*Fb "salve" III 150b; Chauvin V 146 No. 72. |
| D1385.6 | Magic salve protects from enchantment. (Cf. D1244.) Fb "salve". |
| D1375.2.3 | Magic salve removes horns from person. (Cf. D1244.)—Aarne MSFO XXV 121. |
| D1361.22.2 | Magic salve renders invisible. (Cf. D1244.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D1449.5 | Magic sand causes crocodile to go ashore. (Cf. D935.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D935.1 | Magic sand. |
| D1532.4 | Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.) Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3. |
| D1065.5 | Magic sandals. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 34, Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3 (Perseus); India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer 28, III 56, VII 235. |
| D1500.1.9.1 | Magic sapphire cures disease. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2175.3 | Magic satire (magic song) as curse. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D1009.1 | Magic scab (from skin). Tsimshian: Boas BBAE XXVII 190. |
| D1413.25 | Magic scabbard causes sword to stick to it. (Cf. D1101.5.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1101.5 | Magic scabbard. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1183 | Magic scissors (shears). Köhler-Bolte I 187; Fb "saks" III 143a.—Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 158; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 45 (Version B). |
| D2063.4 | Magic scratching (itching). Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| B177.3 | Magic sea-turtle sucks men to the bottom. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D911 | Magic sea. Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "tonneau"; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 82. |
| D1025.9 | Magic sealskin. |
| D1310.1 | Magic seat gives omniscience. (Cf. D1151.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D1151 | Magic seat. *BP II 188.—Icelandic: De la Saussaye 286, Hrуlfs saga Kraka ch. 33, *Boberg. |
| D1273.2 | Magic secret. Finnish: Kalevala rune 20. |
| D1318.4 | Magic seed indicates guilt. (Cf. D971.) |
| D1463.3 | Magic seed produces golden gourd seed. Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 36f. |
| D1361.5 | Magic seed renders invisible. |
| D971 | Magic seed. Danish: Fb "frø" I 378b; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer VI 62ff; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 36f.; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 178. |
| D1523 | Magic self-moving vehicle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
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