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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
H
Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| A1245.4 | Mankind from salty stone (ice block) licked by cow. (Audhumla). —Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 63, 324, Boberg. |
| A1221 | Mankind from unusual primeval mating. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A1245.2 | Mankind from vivified stone image. (Cf. A1241.3, A1252.1.). —Indonesian: Dixon 174. |
| A1252.1 | Mankind from vivified wooden image. (Cf. A1241.3, A1245.2) —Indonesian: Dixon 172ff.; Admiralty Is., Banks Is.: ibid. 106; India: Thompson-Balys; S. Am. Indian (Bacairi, Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 312. |
| A1224.0.1 | Mankind is descended from marriage of human being and animal. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 482, cf. Thompson Tales n. 2; S. Am. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 503. |
| A1260 | Mankind made from miscellaneous materials. Indonesian: Dixon 176. |
| A1222 | Mankind originates from eggs. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 89 No. 49; India: Thompson-Balys; Oceanic: Dixon 109 (Fiji, Torres Straits, Admiralty Is.), 109 n. 17 (Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia), 160 (Sumatra), 169f. (Indonesia), Handy 125 (Marquesas); S. Am. Indian (Jivaro): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 148, (Mbaya): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 367. |
| A1247 | Mankind originates from metals. Aztec: Alexander Lat. Am. 85. |
| A1246 | Mankind originates from shell. New Hebrides: Dixon 110. |
| A1348 | Mankind's escape from trouble. |
| V71.1.1 | Manna does not descend on Sabbath. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D1676.1 | Manna does not fall on Sabbath. (Cf. D1031.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1335.1.4 | Manna produces magic strength. (Cf. D1031.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1318.19 | Manna reveals guilt. (Cf. D1031.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1665.4 | Manna tastes bitter to gentiles. (Cf. D1031.0.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D1031.0.1 | Manna. Food from skies in basket each morning. Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Maidu): Dixon BAM XVII 39ff. No. 1. |
| E722.2 | Manner of soul's leaving body. Jewish: Neuman. |
| H411.7 | Mantle as chastity test. Will not fit unchaste woman. (Cf. D1053.) *Chauvin VII 168; *Cross MPh X 289, XVI 649; *Child I 260ff., 265, V 289a; Bédier Fabliaux 465; BP IV 138; Oesterley No. 69; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D1652.12 | Mantle ever new. (Cf. D1053.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| U111.1 | Many books do not make a scholar: youth tricks mother by carrying many books. Pierre Fai-feu No. 3. |
| U111 | Many books do not make a scholar. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 608. |
| T586.1 | Many children at a birth. BP I 432; Köhler-Bolte I 467; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 420; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 200f.; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 310 n. 116a; S. A. Indian (Chibcha): Alexander Lat. Am. 199. |
| F961.3.2 | Many moons at the same time. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| K415.1 | Many persons admit theft so that it is impossible to find real thief. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J2217 | Many times the superlative. |
| A941.5.2 | Many-colored fountain breaks forth where saint strikes earth with his foot. |
| A123.7.1 | Many-colored god. Hindu: Keith 81 (Shiva). |
| B15.4.1 | Many-eyed animal. |
| B15.4.1.1 | Many-eyed antelope. Southern Ute: Lowie JAFL XXXVII 49 No. 24. |
| B15.1.2 | Many-headed animal. (Cf. B15.7.2.)—Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 357 n. 287f.—Africa (Angola): Chatelain 93 No. 5. |
| B11.2.3 | Many-headed dragon. (Cf. B15.1.2.)—Danish: Fb "hoved" 65b; Jones PMLA XXIII 569.—Greek: Fox 87 (hundred); Persian: Carnoy 265 (three); Japanese: Anesaki 228 (eight), 333 (nine). |
| F531.1.2.2.7 | Many-headed giant—miscellaneous. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.1.2.2 | Many-headed giant. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 329, MacCulloch Eddic 87, 173, Boberg. |
| G361.1 | Many-headed ogre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G304.1.3 | Many-headed troll. Fb "hoved" I 654b, "trold" III 852b. |
| B15.3.1 | Many-horned animal. |
| B15.2 | Many-mouthed animal. (cf. B15.7.2.). |
| F1073 | Marathon marriage. Woman who has been widowed twenty-two times marries a man who has been a widower twenty times. Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| K2369.1 | Marauder pretends beggary that king will underestimate his power. Irish myth: Cross. |
| C918 | Mare from water world disappears when she is scolded and her halter used for common purposes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| K551.3.6.2 | Mare is allowed to dance before being killed; it dashes off to jungle with persecuted boy hidden in belly. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| C181.11 | Mare not to be yoked to cart drawing corpse. McKay, Beal III 141. |
| B151.1.1.1 | Mare with foal left behind finds road home. The foal is left so that the force of nature in the mare will discover the unknown road home.—Hdwb. d. deutschen Märchens s.v. "Ariadnefaden" n. 15. |
| F133.1 | Marine counterpart to land. All that exists on earth has its parallel in the sea. *Chauvin VII 54 No. 241 B n. 1.—Irish myth: *Cross; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 636. |
| B95.2 | Marine lamb. Wool taken from sea lamb. (Really textiles from shell-fish pinna).—Laufer JAFL XXVIII 103ff. |
| V52.6 | Mariners saved from maelstrom through prayer. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T315.1 | Marital continence by mutual agreement. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 689; Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (St. Cecelia); *Toldo II 304ff.; Jewish: *Neuman, Gaster Exempla 200 No. 73. |
| G303.12 | Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.) Irish: Beal XXI 330; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. 91—93; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| K1919 | Marital impostors—miscellaneous. |
| K1910 | Marital impostors. |
| E721.0.1 | Mark inflicted on wandering soul seen on body after soul's return. Irish myth: Cross. |
| Q556.2 | Mark of Cain. Permanent mark as curse on a murderer. (Cf. Q211.) *Frazer Old Testament I 78ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| A751.5.3 | Mark of her mother's hand to be seen on moon's shoulder. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A751.5.4 | Mark of tiger's paw on moon. India. Thompson-Balys. |
| J765 | Mark the way one is going in an unfamiliar country. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| K415 | Marked culprit marks everyone else and escapes detection. *Type 950; BP III 395ff.; *Schoepperle I 214 n. 3; Boccaccio Decameron III No. 2 (Lee 62); *Penzer V 274f., 284, VII 36, 217ff.; *Chauvin V 83 No. 24 n. 2; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 2440*; Italian Novella: *Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 435; Africa: Werner African 223. |
| J1922.3 | Marking the place in the sand. Vessel left under mound in sand while owner is swimming. Others make similar mounds so that it is lost. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| J1922.1 | Marking the place on the boat. An object falls into the sea from a boat. Numskulls mark the place on the boat-rail to indicate where it fell. *Type 1278; *Fb "bеd" IV 87a; *Clouston Noodles 99; Penzer V 92f.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| J1922.2 | Marking the place under the cloud. Numskulls leave a knife in the field, marking the place by putting it under a heavy cloud. Next day the cloud is gone and the knife lost. Clouston Noodles 53; England: Baughman; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| J1922 | Marking the place. Christensen DF XLVII 177ff. |
| A2412.2.2 | Markings of francolin. (See A2232.6.) |
| A2412.1 | Markings of mammals. |
| A2221.3 | Markings on animals as recollections of Christ's life and sufferings. (cf. A2412.)—Dh II 227ff. |
| A2751.3 | Markings on bark of plant. |
| A2412.2 | Markings on birds. (See A2211.7.) |
| A2412.4.3 | Markings on cod-fish. From devil's fingers.—Fb "torsk" III 830a. |
| A2412.4 | Markings on fish. (See A2217.3, A2213.2.)—Eskimo (Labrador): Hawks GSCan XIV 155. |
| A2412.4.5 | Markings on flying fish. New Guinea: Kerr 25. |
| A2412.3 | Markings on insects. Japanese: Ikeda. |
| A2412.4.2 | Markings on king-salmon. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 242 (red marks below ears). |
| A2412.5 | Markings on other animals. |
| A2412.4.1 | Markings on sun-fish. (See A2217.3.) |
| A2412.2.1 | Markings on tail-feathers of ruffed grouse. Ojibwa: Jones JAFL XXIX 370. |
| A2412.5.1 | Markings on tortoise's back. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F1084.0.4 | Marks of furious battle left in rock. Irish myth: Cross. |
| H71 | Marks of royalty. (Cf. H41, H171.5.) *Type 533; *BP II 275; Köhler-Bolte I 130; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A2217.3.2 | Marks on certain fish from devil's fingerprints. England: *Baughman. |
| A2217.3 | Marks on certain fish from fingerprints. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z—G 13/317, t—G 3/600). |
| A2217.3.1 | Marks on certain fish from St. Peter's fingerprints. (Cf. A901, A2217.2, A2412.4).—Dh II 180 ff., III 55.—Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 89 No. 119b; Irish: Beal XXI 305; England: Baughman. |
| K1616.1 | Marooned egg-gatherer. The father-in-law has the youth hunt eggs on an island and deserts him, but the youth outwits him. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 326 n. 175. Cf. Spanish: Espinosa II No. 49. |
| K1616.2 | Marooned man hides himself in ogre's clothes and outwits him. Type 1118*; Russian: Andrejev No. 1118. |
| K1616 | Marooned man reaches home and outwits marooner. |
| Q467.5 | Marooning as punishment. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 499f.; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/346). |
| A60 | Marplot at creation. An evil opponent attempts to undo or mar the work of the creator.—Jewish: Neuman; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 315f.—Borneo: Dixon 170; Melanesian: *Codrington JAI X 293; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 45.—So. Am. Indian (Toba, Mataco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 368f.—India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| E495.2 | Marriage (ceremony) to a ghost. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T131.1.3 | Marriage against will of parents. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| A1552 | Marriage between close relatives. |
| T135.6 | Marriage by drinking festival. (Cf. T136.1.) Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T135.5 | Marriage by exchange of garlands. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T192 | Marriage by force. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T122 | Marriage by royal order. Widow hesitates to marry. Queen sends her a letter ordering her to marry the bearer (a suitor). Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T135.10 | Marriage custom: going round and round fire (pillar, etc.). India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T130 | Marriage customs. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T201 | Marriage destroys friendship. Lover and mistress live together and are happy; become unhappy as soon as they marry. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) Nos. 215, 217. |
| T156 | Marriage for a night to evade law. In order to have girl escape unwelcome marriage, the hero agrees to marry her and give her up the next day. He puts up a large bond as pledge to give her up. But he gets hold of the money by trickery and keeps her. *Chauvin V 45 No. 18 n. 1. |
| T156.1 | Marriage for a night to insure heir of warrior destined to be slain (next day) in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| X751 | Marriage forbidden outside the parish. An order is read in church forbidding the young people to marry girls from other parishes. *Type 1475. |
| T135.1 | Marriage formula: "You are mine and I am yours". *BP II 58. |
| T136.3.2 | Marriage odes sung at wedding feast. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T111.1 | Marriage of a mortal and a god. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 13, *Cross; Greek: cf. the various love affairs of Zeus with mortal maidens; India: *Thompson-Balys; Hindu: Tawney I 256, 302, 335, 351, 560f.; Maori: Dixon 57. |
| V465.1.1.2 | Marriage of clerics. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| T118.2 | Marriage of dragon girl to orphan boy. Chinese: Graham. |
| A702.5 | Marriage of earth and sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T126.3 | Marriage of earth and sky. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.1 | Marriage of girl to a dagger. Penzer I 242, 244. |
| T117.3 | Marriage of girl to a drum. Penzer I 257. |
| T117.2 | Marriage of girl to a sword. Penzer I 257; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.4 | Marriage of girl to an idol. Penzer I 244. |
| P18 | Marriage of kings. Irish myth: Cross. |
| T111.3 | Marriage of man with woman who has come from an egg. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T111.6 | Marriage of mortal and angel. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T111.5 | Marriage of mortal and dwarf. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 183, 209, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 151, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 170—3; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 154, 201, 227. |
| T111.2.2 | Marriage of mortal and moon. (Cf. A753.1.) Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 29, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 307, (Cumberland Sound): ibid. 198, (Greenland): Holm 47, Rasmussen III 307; S. A. Indian (Viracocha): Steward-Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 550. |
| T111 | Marriage of mortal and supernatural being. *Type 425; *Tegethoff 16; Krappe MLR XXIV (1929) 200ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| T126.1 | Marriage of Mother Earth and ogre. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T126.2 | Marriage of mountain and cockle-shell. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117 | Marriage of person and object. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B690 | Marriage of person to animal—miscellaneous. |
| B600 | Marriage of person to animal. Extremely common. Only a few references are given.—*Wesselski Märchen 247 No. 57; *Chauvin V 177f. No. 101; Fb "kvinde" II 339b; India: *Thompson-Balys; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 303.—N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 273 n. 3. |
| B601 | Marriage of person to beast. (Cf. B641, B651). |
| B645.1 | Marriage of person to transformed toad. Korean: Zong in-Sob 176 No. 76. |
| L161.1 | Marriage of poor boy and rich girl. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korean: Zong in-Sob 81 No. 44; N. A. Indian (Zuсi): *Benedict II 336. |
| P28 | Marriage of queen. |
| F420.6 | Marriage of water-spirits. |
| A164 | Marriage or liaison of gods. Irish myth: Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 964; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F420.6.1 | Marriage or liaison of mortals and water-spirits. India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer VII 240. |
| F300 | Marriage or liaison with fairy. Irish myth: *Cross, Beal XXI 335, Tupper and Ogle Walter Map 96. |
| M268 | Marriage promised to save life. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T131 | Marriage restrictions. |
| D1385.3 | Marriage ring protects from devil. (Cf. D1076.) Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague". |
| T117.6 | Marriage to a flower. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.7 | Marriage to a gourd. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T117.11 | Marriage to a statue. Saintyves Saints Successeurs 255—57. |
| B655 | Marriage to amphibia in human form. |
| B650 | Marriage to animal in human form. Burmese: Scott Indo-Chinese 272. |
| B651.7 | Marriage to bear in human form. Eskimo (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 176, (Greenland): Holm 82, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 638f., (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 76. |
| B601.1 | Marriage to bear. (Cf. B611.1, B631, B635.1).—*Fb "björn" IV 42b.; Icel.: Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 64, 178. |
| B640.1 | Marriage to beast by day and man by night. (Cf. D621.)—*Type 425. See references for D621.—*Tegethoff Amor-Psyche 17; Missouri-French: Carrière; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B651 | Marriage to beast in human form. (Cf. B601, B641.) |
| B653.1 | Marriage to bee in human form. Indonesian: Dixon 219. |
| B652 | Marriage to bird in human form. |
| B602 | Marriage to bird. (Cf. B644.)—India: *Thompson-Balys.—Marquesas: Handy 120; New Hebrides: Codrington 397; Papua: Ker 57; Mono Alu: Wheeler 20.—Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 52, 75; (Greenland, Cape York): Rasmussen III 57, 83. |
| B651.2 | Marriage to buffalo in human form. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 339 n. 222 ("The Piqued Buffalo Wife"). |
| B601.12 | Marriage to cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B601.17 | Marriage to coati-puri. S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE III 143, 685. |
| B602.5 | Marriage to crane. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B604.3 | Marriage to crocodile. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B651.5 | Marriage to deer in human form. India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Maropa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| B601.10 | Marriage to deer. Irish myth: Cross. |
| B651.4 | Marriage to dog in human form. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 258; Chinese: Werner 421. |
| B601.2 | Marriage to dog. (Cf. B611.2, B641.1.)—Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 272 n. 2.—Africa (Benga): Nassau 165 No. 22; Dobu: Beckwith Myth 349. |
| T117.8 | Marriage to doll. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B652.3 | Marriage to dove-maiden. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 260. |
| B605 | Marriage to dragon. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 64f. |
| B602.1 | Marriage to eagle. India: *Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 341 n. 231. |
| B603.2 | Marriage to eel. Tuamotu: Beckwith Myth 103. |
| B601.5 | Marriage to elephant. Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 61 No. 27. |
| B603 | Marriage to fish (whale). (Cf. B612.)—India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.—*N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 341 n. 231. |
| B654 | Marriage to fish in human form. Irish myth: Cross (B612.0.1); India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 47f., 142; Africa (Congo): Weeks 216. |
| T145.1 | Marriage to five women, each with separate duties. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Benga): Nassau 169 No. 22. |
| B651.1 | Marriage to fox in human form. *N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 342 n. 233 ("The Fox Woman").—Chinese: Krappe CFQ III (1944) 124, 129ff., 136f., 141, Eberhard FFC CXX 49, 214.—Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 144, 427, Rasmussen I 150, III 76, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 222—224, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 156, (Ungava) Turner RBAE XI 264; Koryak: Jochelsen JE VI 364; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 144ff. |
| B601.14 | Marriage to fox. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 63, 214; Eskimo (East Greenland): Rasmussen I 137, 143; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 174. |
| B604.5 | Marriage to frog. India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 211, (Togo): Einstein 7. |
| B602.2 | Marriage to fulmar. *N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 272 n. 2. |
| B641.3 | Marriage to god in bull form. (Cf. B611.4, D133.2)—*Frazer Fasti IV 74 nn. 2, 3 (Europa). |
| B602.6 | Marriage to goose. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 47, 77. |
| B601.13 | Marriage to hare. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B653 | Marriage to insect in human form. |
| B601.11 | Marriage to jackal. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B601.15 | Marriage to jaguar. S. A. Indian (Mataco, Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 62, 64, (Jivarу): Steward-Métraux BBAE 143 III 627, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie ibid. I 434, (Yuracare): Métraux ibid. III 504. |
| B602.8 | Marriage to kingfisher. Africa (Togo): Einstein 7. |
| B601.6 | Marriage to lemur. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 349. |
| B651.11 | Marriage to leopard in human form. Africa (Wakweli): Bender 52. |
| B601.4 | Marriage to leopard. Africa (Benga): Nassau 85 No. 4. |
| B651.3 | Marriage to lion in human form. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 145 No. 15. |
| B604.4 | Marriage to lizard. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Fang): Einstein 152. |
| T113 | Marriage to man alive by night but dead by day. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B641.2.1 | Marriage to man in deer form. Africa (Swazi): Bourhill and Drake Fairy Tales from South Africa 212ff. No. 18. |
| B601.7 | Marriage to monkey. India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 183; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 411 s.v. "Affenmutter" |
| B601.3.1 | Marriage to mouse. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| B659 | Marriage to other animals in human form. |
| B602.7 | Marriage to parrot. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 175. |
| B645 | Marriage to person in amphibian form. |
| B647 | Marriage to person in animal form—miscellaneous. |
| B640 | Marriage to person in animal form. |
| B641.4 | Marriage to person in ass form. (Cf. D132.1.)—*Type 430. |
| B641 | Marriage to person in beast form. (Cf. B601, B651.) |
| B642 | Marriage to person in bird form. (Cf. B602, D150.).—Type 432; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B643.3 | Marriage to person in caterpillar form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B647.1.1 | Marriage to person in crab form. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B645.2 | Marriage to person in crocodile form. (Cf. D194.)—Africa (Kaffir): Theal 38; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B647.1 | Marriage to person in crustacean form. |
| B641.1 | Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.)—Irish myth: Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 168; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 421.—Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 244; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 347 n. 247; S. A. Indian (Chaco): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 369. |
| B644 | Marriage to person in fish form. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 52. |
| B646.1.1 | Marriage to person in form of five-headed snake. Africa (Hausa): Stigand Black Tales for White Children 83ff. No. 13. |
| B645.1.2 | Marriage to person in frog form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B641.5 | Marriage to person in hedgehog form. *Type 441; BP II 234, 482. |
| B641.6 | Marriage to person in horse form. Africa (Hausa): Mischlich Neue Märchen aus Africa 186ff. |
| B643 | Marriage to person in insect form. |
| B641.7 | Marriage to person in monkey form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B641.8 | Marriage to person in opossum form. S. A. Indian (Tupinamba): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3). 132. |
| B646 | Marriage to person in reptile form. (Cf. B604, B652.) |
| B646.1 | Marriage to person in snake form. (Cf. D191.) Type 433.—India: *Thompson-Balys.—Africa (Zulu): Callaway 57, 321, (Kaffir): Theal 48, (Basuto): Jacottet 126 No. 18, 146 No. 20. |
| B645.1.1 | Marriage to person in toad form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B602.3 | Marriage to pigeon. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 78. |
| T67.2 | Marriage to prince as reward for curing him. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II Nos. 2, 5; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T67.1 | Marriage to prince as reward for disenchanting him. (Cf. L162.) Italian: Basile Pentamerone Int. |
| B656.1 | Marriage to python in human form. Africa (Kaffir): Kidd 249. |
| B601.3 | Marriage to rat. Spanish Exempla: Keller; Bødker Exempler 297 No. 60; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen V 192, (Mpongwe): Nassau 41 No. 6. |
| B656 | Marriage to reptile in human form. (Cf. B604, B642.) |
| B604 | Marriage to reptile. (Cf. B613, B622.1, B642, B652.) |
| T117.9 | Marriage to river. Mono: Wheeler No. 34. |
| B651.8 | Marriage to seal in human form. Helge Holmström Svanjung-frumotivet 1919, 84ff.; Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 258. |
| B601.18 | Marriage to seal. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 153; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 127. |
| B656.2 | Marriage to serpent in human form. Hindu: Penzer VI 73 n. 2; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indo-Chinese: Scott 276; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 66; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 76, 201.—Krappe CFQ III (1944) 138ff. |
| B603.1 | Marriage to shrimp. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 144. |
| B604.1 | Marriage to snake. (Cf. B613.1.)—Fb "slange" III 363a; *BP II 251.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 388, 1354; Japanese: Ikeda; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 49, 176.—Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 272; Buin: Wheeler 43; San Cristoval (Solomon Islands): Beckwith Myth 104.—Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 75, (Greenland): Rink 186, Rasmussen I 148, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 178f., (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 555; (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 516.—S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 65. |
| B651.10 | Marriage to squirrel in human form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T111.0.1 | Marriage to supernatural wives who disappear. *Holmström Svanjungfrumotivet 11ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 404*, 423*; India: Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler Nos. 17, 35. |
| B652.1 | Marriage to swan-maiden. See all references for D361.1. |
| B601.8 | Marriage to swine. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| B651.9 | Marriage to tiger in human form. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B601.9 | Marriage to tiger. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 62f.; S. A. Indian (Jivarу): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 142. |
| B604.2 | Marriage to tortoise. India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Benga): Nassau 134 No. 15. |
| T117.5.1 | Marriage to tree by day, man by night. (Cf. D621.2, T113.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B604.2.1 | Marriage to turtle. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| B602.4 | Marriage to vulture. Arawak, Carib: Alexander Lat. Am. 274. |
| B651.6 | Marriage to wolf in human form. Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 258.—Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 38. |
| B601.16 | Marriage to wolf. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 38, (Bering Strait): Nelson BBAE XVIII 482.—Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 49. |
| B641.2 | Marriage to woman in deer form. (Cf. D114.1.) Irish myth: Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 168; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| B652.4 | Marriage to woodpecker in human form. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 146. |
| H82.2 | Marriage tokens identifying lover. English: Child V 499 s.v. "tokens"; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| T117.5 | Marriage with a tree. Frazer Golden Bough I 195f.; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 304 n. 109o. |
| J414 | Marriage with equal or with unequal. |
| T131.5.1 | Marriage within clans sanctioned because of incest-origin of tribe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| A475.0.2 | Marriage-god. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| T190 | Marriage—miscellaneous motifs. |
| T100 | Marriage. *E. Westermarck The History of Human Marriage (2 vols. London, 1925); Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 1522; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| T147 | Marriages made at annual festival. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| T200 | Married life. |
| C215 | Married man not to eat in country of his parents. Fjort: Dennett 43 No. 6. |
| Q87.1.2 | Married woman spurns king's offer of marriage. King honors her husband. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| J2463.2 | Marrying a stranger. The girl shortly to be married complains: "It was all very well for you, mother, to marry father, but I am to marry a complete stranger." Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *1468; Russian: Andrejev No. *2078A; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F422 | Marsh-spirit. Meyer 104; *Fb "ellefolk"; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 3ff., 120ff., (1928) 5ff., 90ff., MacCulloch Eddic 224—25; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 40 No. 21. |
| P50.2 | Marshall. |
| B548.1.1 | Martens recover lost magic ring from kite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| V86.2 | Martyr with sign of cross on his heart. (Cf. V254.3.) Herbert III 77, 416, 467, 487, 530; Scala Celi 69b No. 388; Alphabet No. 563. |
| T326.3 | Martyrdom to preserve virginity. Der Heiligen Leben und Leiden 100ff. (Santa Barbara). |
| Z141.2.1 | Martyrs called "red wheat"; saints, "Dei triticum" (God's wheat). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| V229.2.6 | Martyrs emit milk instead of blood from their wounds. *Loomis White Magic 79. |
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