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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 |
|---|---|
| D2142.1 | Wind produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish: Kalevala rune 10; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Werner 353; Marquesas: Handy 119; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T—G. 3/109, z-G. 3/1323). |
| D2142.1.1 | Wind raised by dog's wagging tail. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2142.1.2 | Wind raised by loosing certain knots. (Cf. D906, D1282.1.) *Fb "vindknude"; Taylor FFC LXX; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn VI (1901) 414—16; Scotland: Baughman. |
| D2142.1.3 | Wind raised by calling on devil. (Cf. D2141.0.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 161, 479 n. 81. |
| D2142.1.4 | Wind raised by troubling vessel of water. *Kittredge Witchcraft 160f., 479 nn. 79—80; England, Scotland, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2142.1.4.1 | Wind raised by throwing traitor's ashes into lake. *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 109. |
| D2142.1.5 | Wind raised by putting cat under bushel (barrel) (drowning cat). (Cf. G283.2.1.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 161, 479 nn. 84—87; Ireland: Baughman. |
| D2142.1.6 | Wind raised by whistling. Kittredge Witchcraft 160, 478f., nn. 77—8; *Fb "fløjte" I 326 a. |
| D2142.1.6.1 | Wind raised by blowing into tobacco pipe. Kittredge Witchcraft 160, 478 n. 76. |
| D2142.2 | Wind stilled by magic. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/555), Beckwith Myth 289; Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 118; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D2142.2.1 | Wind stopped by revenant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2143 | Precipitation controlled by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2143.1 | Rain produced by magic. *Gaster Beiträge zur vgl. Sagen; und Märchenkunde 33ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 353, Eberhard FFC CXX 237; Korean: Zong in Sob 64; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 97; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 66; Africa (Upoto): Einstein 123, (Hottentot): Bleek 29 No. 14, (Ekoi): Talbot 247, (Basuto): Jacottet 126 No. 18. |
| D2143.1.0.1 | Rain caused to fall in certain place (by rain-god). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2143.1.0.2 | No rain falls on religious man. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 110. |
| D2143.1.1 | Rain produced by pouring water. (Cf. D1242.1.) *Fb "vand" III 1001b; Chrétien de Troyes "Yvain" lines 565ff.; Kölbing Zs. f. vgl. Littgsch. XI 442ff.; Lang Myth II 190f.; Holmberg Die Wassergottheiten 181ff.; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 1307; Andrews Les Fontaines des Génies (Alger, 1903); Wells 66 (Ywain and Gawain); Gaster Thespis 181; Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 205. |
| D2143.1.2 | Rain produced by singing. (Cf. D1275, D1781.) Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 64 No. 9. |
| D2143.1.3 | Rain produced by prayer. (Cf. D1391.1, D2141.0.7.1.) Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 55 n. 2; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 412. |
| D2143.1.4 | Rain produced by spitting blood toward sky. Chinese: Werner 264. |
| D2143.1.5 | Rain produced by plowing. Penzer II 117f. |
| D2143.1.6 | Shower from magic anvil. (Cf. D1469.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2143.1.7 | Rain produced by striking rock. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2143.1.8 | Rainstorm produced by emptying contents of bag in road. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2143.1.9 | Witch draws rain or snow from clouds with wave of his hand. Scotland: Baughman. |
| D2143.1.10 | Wizard sells charm to raise rainstorm to enable eloping couple to escape pursuers. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2143.1.11 | Certain man must laugh in order for it to rain. (Cf. D1773.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2143.1.12 | Arrival of saint brings rain to rainless land. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2143.1.13 | White elephant can make rain fall. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 945. |
| D2143.2 | Drought produced by magic. (Cf. D2081, D2157.) Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 15 No. 22. |
| D2143.2.1 | Church spared in flood because of prayers. Alphabet No. 77; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D2143.2.2 | Magic spear stuck in earth dries up spring. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2143.3 | Fog produced by magic. Finnish: Kalevala rune 42; Icelandic: *Boberg; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 451, Rasmussen I 109. |
| D2143.3.1 | Heavy fog is at once dispelled by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 106. |
| D2143.4 | Hail produced by magic. U.S.: Baughman; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 20 No. 2, (Cameroon): Ittman 71. |
| D2143.4.1 | Hail produced by whistling tune. (Cf. D1275.1, D1782.) Africa (Kaffir): Theal 185. |
| D2143.5 | Frost produced by magic. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2143.5.1 | Old woman has control over frost. Fb "frost". |
| D2143.6 | Magic control of snow. (Cf. F686.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2143.6.1 | Snow taken away by planting certain root. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 308 No. 4. |
| D2143.6.2 | Wall of snow around hut in answer to prayer. (Cf. D1766.1.) Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 97. |
| D2143.6.3 | Snow produced by magic. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2143.6.4 | Snow magically caused to melt (burn). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2143.6.5 | Snow magically caused to last. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2144 | Magic control of cold and heat. (Cf. D1592.) Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 235. |
| D2144.1 | Cold produced by magic. Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 30. |
| D2144.1.1 | Porcupine as controller of cold. (Cf. K896.1.) N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 302 nn. 106—7. |
| D2144.1.2 | Man with power to make everything freeze. Wears cap over ear. Should he wear it straight everything would freeze. *Type 513; BP II 79ff. |
| D2144.2 | Contest of heat and cold. Magicians contest with each other in producing heat or cold that will overcome the other. Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. IX 85; cf. Type 71.—Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 81 No. 14; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 288 n. 61a. |
| D2144.3 | Heat produced by magic. (Cf. D2091.10, D2143.6.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2144.3.1 | Cold water in winter made warm by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D2144.4 | Burning by magic. (Cf. D2158.) |
| D2144.4.1 | Person burned through magic wishing (curse). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2144.5 | Ice controlled by magic. |
| D2144.5.1 | Ice produced by magic. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 164. |
| D2144.5.2 | Ice melted by magic. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 170: Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 164, Rasmussen II 223, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 191f., (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 324, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 619. |
| D2145 | Magic control of seasons. |
| D2145.1 | Winter magically produced. |
| D2145.1.1 | Local winter. Winter produced in one place while it is summer everywhere else. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 289 n. 61c. |
| D2145.2 | Summer produced by magic. |
| D2145.2.1 | Summer magically lengthened. (Cf. F162.1.1, F971.5.) Irish: Plummer lxxx, Cross. |
| D2145.2.2 | Fruit magically grows in winter. Wells 161 (Sir Cleges); Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2145.2.2.1 | Vineyard in full fruit and blooming palm found in winter on the night of Christ's Nativity. (Cf. V211.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2145.2.2.2 | Tree blooms out of season. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2146 | Magic control of day and night. (Cf. A725, D1546.) |
| D2146.1 | Day controlled by magic. |
| D2146.1.1 | Day magically lengthened. *Loomis White Magic 29; Saintyves Saints Successeurs 237; Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, *Cross; Hebrew: Joshua 10: 13, *Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 237; N. A. Indian (Lillooet): Teit JAFL XXV 351. |
| D2146.1.1.1 | Druid causes sun to stand still for two days. (Cf. D1719.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2146.1.1.2 | Supernatural person (adulterer) causes sun to stand still for nine months. (Cf. T481.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2146.1.2 | Day magically shortened. Greek: Fox 164. |
| D2146.1.3 | Day produced by magic. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2146.2 | Night controlled by magic. |
| D2146.2.1 | Night produced by magic. (Cf. F965.2.) Irish myth: *Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nuit"; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 59; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 158. |
| D2146.2.2 | Night magically lengthened. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 174 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nuit"; N. A. Indian (Crow): Simms FM II 299 No. 16. |
| D2146.2.3 | Night magically shortened. Irish myth: Cross; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 150; Marquesas: Handy 109; N. A. Indian (Yana): Curtin Creation Myths 436. |
| D2146.2.4 | Earth darkened because of Sun's defeat in race against Coyote. N. A. Indian (Calif.): Gayton and Newman 83. |
| D2146.2.5 | Saint banishes night for a year. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2147 | Magic control of clouds. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2147.1 | Cloud magically made to cover sun. Alphabet No. 627. |
| D2147.2 | Cloud magically appears. India: Thompson-Balys; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/499). |
| D2147.3 | A cloud evoked by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 41. |
| D2148 | Earth magically caused to quake. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2148.1 | Angel causes earth to quake, releasing prisoners for saint. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2148.2 | Saint is able to produce earthquakes at will. *Loomis White Magic 45. |
| D2148.3 | Stopping the eruption of a volcano by a saint. *Loomis White Magic 45. |
| D2149 | Magic control of the elements—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2149.1 | Thunderbolt magically produced. (Cf. D1713.) Irish myth: Cross; Marquesas: Handy 65. |
| D2149.1.1 | Witch produces lightning. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2149.2 | Saint magically causes mountain to melt away. (Cf. D1713.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2149.3 | Saint causes sun to come down and cook for him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2149.4 | Magic control of gravitation. |
| D2149.4.1 | Saint prevents rocks from falling. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2149.4.2 | Ring that has dropped into water rises to surface. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2149.5 | Rice paddies flooded or dried by toad's tears or laughter. Chinese: Graham. |
| D2149.6 | Magic control of heavenly bodies. (Cf. D2146.1.) Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D2149.7 | Magic control of rainbow. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D2150 | Miscellaneous magic manifestations. |
| D2151 | Magic control of waters. (Cf. D1242.1.) Irish myth: *Cross: Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2151.0.1 | Saint regulates temperature of waters. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.0.2 | Waters made to dry up. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2151.0.3 | Wall of water magically warded off. (Cf. D1549.3.1.) Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 466. |
| D2151.1 | Magic control of seas. (Cf. D911.) Irish: Plummer cxlvii, *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 230, 453. |
| D2151.1.1 | Sea produced by magic. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 78 n. 1. |
| D2151.1.2 | Tide held back. (Cf. D1545.) Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/730). |
| D2151.1.2.1 | Tide held back by Virgin Mary. (Cf. V250.) *Ward Catalogue of Romances II 602; Crane Miraculis 91 No. 22. |
| D2151.1.2.2 | Tide held back by saint. (Cf. D1713, V220.) *Loomis White Magic 40; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.1.2.3 | Grave on shore rises with the tide. (Cf. D1641.8.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2151.1.3 | Sea calmed by prayer. (Cf. D1766.1, D2151.3.) Irish myth: Cross; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/109). |
| D2151.1.4 | Sea appears like flowery plain. (Cf. F931.3.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.2 | Magic control of rivers. *Loomis White Magic 40f.; Irish: Plummer cxlvii—cxlviii, *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Persian: Carnoy 339. |
| D2151.2.1 | Direction of river's flow magically reversed. *Loomis White Magic 40; Irish myth: Cross; Korean: Zong in-Sob 70. |
| D2151.2.1.1 | River with flow magically divided. (Part stands still, rest flows.) Africa (Wakweli): Bender 87. |
| D2151.2.2 | Saint causes river to rise and overflow. *Loomis White Magic 95; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.2.3 | Rivers magically made dry. (Cf. D2165.2.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.2.3.1 | Evil spirit holds back water. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2151.2.4 | Saint causes a river to freeze over in summer. *Loomis White Magic 41. |
| D2151.2.5 | Stream magically appears. N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 31. |
| D2151.2.5.1 | River appears at prayer of desert travelers. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2151.2.6 | River magically widened. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484. |
| D2151.3 | Magic control of waves. (Cf. D911.1, D2151.1.3.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2151.3.1 | Magic tidal wave. Marquesas: Handy 65; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/109); Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 300, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 516; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 386. |
| D2151.3.2 | Dashing waves do not touch saint. (Cf. D1388.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 875. |
| D2151.4 | Magic calming of whirlpool. Irish: Plummer xxxi, *Cross; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 841. |
| D2151.5 | Magic control of pond (tank). |
| D2151.5.1 | Water raised from tank by singing. (Cf. D1781.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2151.5.1.1 | Water raised from tank by burying ring in it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2151.5.2 | Pond magically dried up. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/499). |
| D2151.6 | Magic control of wells (springs). (Cf. A941.5, D927, D1567, F933.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2151.6.1 | Saint causes wells to fail. Irish myth: Cross; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/403); N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 31. |
| D2151.6.2 | Man makes all waters of spring flow into a small brass pot. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2151.7 | Magic control of lakes. (Cf. D921.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.7.1 | Saint causes lake to dry up. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2151.8 | Magic flood. (Cf. D1542.3, D1549.3.1.) Mangaia (Cook Islands): Beckwith Myth 103; Samoa: Clark 74; Marquesas: Handy 109. |
| D2152 | Magic control of mountains. (Cf. D932.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2152.1 | Magic leveling of mountain. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190; Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 236; Africa (Bakuba): Einstein 160. |
| D2152.2 | Magician able to cast mountains upon enemies. (Cf. D1711.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2152.3 | Mountain magically blown away. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2152.4 | Magic heightening of mountain. Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian (Klikitat): Jacobs U Wash II 31. |
| D2152.5 | Mountain moved by saint. *Loomis White Magic 92. |
| D2153 | Magic control of rocks. |
| D2153.1 | Rock in sea created by magic. Finnish: Kalevala rune 43; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2153.1.1 | Island created by magic. Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 264. |
| D2156 | Magic control over animals. (Cf. D2070.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2156.1 | Magic power to make does give milk. (Cf. B188.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2156.2 | Miraculous increasing of milk from one cow. (Cf. D1440.1, D2106.) *Loomis White Magic 86. |
| D2156.2.1 | Cow supplies sufficient milk for the saint and all his disciples. *Loomis White Magic 62. |
| D2156.3 | Saint forces a beast (leopard, wolf) to bring back stolen child (domestic animal) to his mother (owner). *Loomis White Magic 50f. |
| D2156.4 | Wild boar reprimanded about its maraudings by saint. The command is obeyed. *Loomis White Magic 62. |
| D2156.5 | Vicious snakes easily controlled by saint. *Loomis White Magic 63f.; *Krappe Traditio V (1947) 323—330. |
| D2156.5.1 | Saint orders a serpent which had bitten a man to withdraw its venom. *Loomis White Magic 63. |
| D2156.5.2 | Snakes expelled from human body by saint's intervention. *Loomis White Magic 64. |
| D2156.6 | Saint destroys disastrous insects. *Loomis White Magic 66. |
| D2156.7 | Saint orders the cicadas to sing the praises of God or be silent, because they disturb his preaching. *Loomis White Magic 66. |
| D2156.8 | Wolf is forced by saint to be substitute for eaten calf. *Loomis White Magic 59. |
| D2156.9 | Saint causes cuckoo to call in winter. *Loomis White Magic 43; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2156.10 | Horses (oxen) from sea put temporarily into man's service. *Loomis White Magic 64. |
| D2156.11 | Saint kills lion with his slipper. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2157 | Magic control of soil and crops. |
| D2157.1 | Land made magically fertile. (Cf. D1563, D2081, F349.4, F733.) Dickson 122 nn. 69, 70; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 145; Loomis White Magic 82; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 85 No. 750B; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2157.1.1 | Saint scratches surface of earth with his spear and treasures of gold and silver are revealed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D2157.2.0.1 | Rice grows in single day. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2157.2.1 | Magic quick growth of saint's crops. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2157.2.2 | Saint causes wheat to ripen prematurely in the time of a famine. *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| D2157.3 | Withered and dead trees suddenly blossom at saint's command. *Loomis White Magic 94. |
| D2157.3.1 | Apple trees bear as result of saint's blessing. (Cf. D950, D981.1, F971.4.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2157.3.2 | Tree regains life and verdure after treasure it hides in its roots is given away. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2157.4 | Miraculous speedy growth of a tree. *Loomis White Magic 95. |
| D2157.5 | Poor soil transformed into lovely garden overnight. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2157.6 | Field cultivated and sowed by magic. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2158 | Magic control of fires. (Cf. D1271.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2158.1 | Magic kindling of fire. (Cf. D1566.1.) Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D2158.1.1 | Fox produces fire by striking tail to ground. Chinese: Werner 370. |
| D2158.1.2 | Saint sets fire to stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2158.1.3 | Fire obeys the saints. *Loomis White Magic 30f. |
| D2158.1.3.1 | Control of conflagrations by a saint personally or by his relics. *Loomis White Magic 30. |
| D2158.1.3.2 | Fire turns aside and refuses to catch hold of holy garments, wooden altars and similar sacred things. *Loomis White Magic 31. |
| D2158.1.4 | Magician opens his eyes and forest burns for twenty-four miles in front of him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2158.1.5 | Saint creates fire unnaturally when needed. *Loomis White Magic 35. |
| D2158.1.5.1 | Saint kindles her lamp or candle without using fire. *Loomis White Magic 32. |
| D2158.1.5.2 | Cooking and baking done without fire. *Loomis White Magic 35. |
| D2158.2 | Magic extinguishing of fires. (Cf. D1656, Q492.) Köhler-Bolte I 417; *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 113; Irish: Plummer cxxxviii, *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 816; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 176. |
| 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. |
| D2161.1 | Magic cure for specific diseases. (Cf. D2161.5.2.5, D2161.5.2.6.) |
| D2161.1.1 | Magic cure of leprosy. (Cf. D1502.4.) Irish: Plummer lxxx, *Cross. |
| D2161.1.2 | Magic cure for fever. (Cf. D1502.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 385 n. 65; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.1.3 | Woman's labor pains magically eased. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 23. |
| D2161.2 | Magic cure of wound. (Cf. D1503.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 9; English: Wells 80 (Sir Tristrem); Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1224; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 113, 440. |
| D2161.2.1 | Steaks cut from live cow who heals herself by magic. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 294 No. 7. |
| D2161.2.2 | Flow of blood magically stopped. (Cf. D1504.) Finnish: Kalevala rune 8. |
| D2161.2.3 | Magic cure of burns. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.3 | Magic cure of physical defect. |
| D2161.3.1 | Blindness magically cured. (Cf. D1505.) Fb "blind" IV 45b; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1153, 1234. |
| D2161.3.1.1 | Eyes torn out magically replaced. Irish: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D2161.3.3 | Magic cure of broken limbs. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 43. |
| D2161.3.3.1 | Witch burns her child's legs for wood, then covers child with sheet and child is whole. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.3.4 | Baldness magically cured. |
| D2161.3.4.1 | Feathered skin magically grafted to bald head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.3.5 | Deafness magically cured. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.3.6 | Dumbness magically cured. (Cf. D2020.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.3.6.1 | Magic restoration of cut-out tongue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.3.7 | Lameness magically cured. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.3.7.1 | Lame animal magically cured. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.3.8 | Insanity magically cured. (Cf. D2065.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.3.8.1 | Remedy for epilepsy. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.3.9 | Bad breath magically cured. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.3.10 | Sterility magically cured. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.3.11 | Barrenness magically cured. (Cf. D1347.2, D1501.1, D1925.1.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.4 | Methods of magic cure. |
| D2161.4.0.1 | Cure after following instructions received from saint in dream. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.1 | Cure by transferring disease to animal. (Cf. D1500.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 94, 424f. nn. 137—145; England, U.S.: *Baughman; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.4.2 | Disease transferred to object. |
| D2161.4.2.1 | Ghost transfers boil to a post. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 7. |
| D2161.4.2.2 | Saint transfers disease to his bell (bachall). (Cf. D1500.3.2. D2161.5.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.4.2.3 | Saint transfers thorn in foot to rock. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.4.2.4 | Disease transferred to tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.3 | Cure by passing through earth at crossroads. Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 386 n. 66. |
| D2161.4.4 | Person cured by repairing image that has same deformity. *Kittredge Witchcraft 74, 414 n. 13. |
| D2161.4.5 | Cure by passing patient through cleft of tree (other loop). (Cf. F950.3.) *Kittredge Witchcraft 148, 467 n. 92; *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 115; Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 477 s.v. "durchkriechen"; A. F. Schmidt Hultræer i Danmark (Danske Studier 1932, 33ff.); Kr. Nyrop Kludetræet (Dania I (1890), 1ff. and 309); Irish myth: Cross; England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2161.4.6 | Animal buried alive to cure disease. Kittredge Witchcraft 95ff., 424f. nn. 146—154; *Fb "levende" II 403b—404; Feilberg Levende begravet (Aarbog for dansk kulturhistorie 1892). |
| D2161.4.7 | Animal burned to cure disease. Especially for disease among animals. Kittredge Witchcraft 95ff., 426f. nn. 155—169. |
| D2161.4.8 | Cure by burning grain where man has died. (Cf. D1787.) Or where he is buried. Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 386 n. 68. |
| D2161.4.9 | Baptism as magic cure. (Cf. V81.) Kittredge Witchcraft 145, 464 n. 61; England: Baughman. |
| D2161.4.9.1 | Other religious ceremony as magic cure. Sign of cross, prayer, etc. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D2161.4.10 | Disease cured by same thing (person) that caused it. **Wesselski Erlesenes 13ff. |
| D2161.4.10.0.1 | Only one person possesses power to heal certain wound. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.4.10.1 | Wound healed by same spear that caused it. Greek: Fox 125. |
| D2161.4.10.2 | Wound healed only by person who gave it. (Or by member of his family.) (Cf. D2161.2.) *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt 375ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D2161.4.10.2.1 | Fairy wounded by mortal is healed only by obtaining mortal's blessing. (Cf. D659.5.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.4.10.2.2 | Snake sucks poison from snake bite. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.10.3 | Healing with hair of dog that bit one. **Wesselski Erlesenes 13ff. |
| D2161.4.10.4 | Sorrowing father magically restored as lost son approaches. He had lost strength, sight and hearing when son left home. Scotland: Campbell-McKay No. 25. |
| D2161.4.10.5 | Blindness cured by killing snake that caused it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.11 | Cure by putting children on roof (in oven). *Kittredge Witchcraft 31, 385 n. 65. |
| D2161.4.12 | Magic cure during sleep. *Kittredge Witchcraft 221f., 529 n. 83—88. |
| D2161.4.13 | Eating of human hearts as cure for insomnia. Chauvin VI 61 No. 229. |
| D2161.4.14 | Magic cure by bathing. (Cf. D1788.) Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.14.1 | Magic cure by bathing in milk. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.4.14.1.1 | Wounds from poisoned arrows healed by bath of milk. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D2161.4.14.2 | Magic cure by bathing in consecrated water (lake, etc.). (Cf. D1500.1.18.5, V132.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.4.14.3 | Cure by washing in dew. U.S.: Baughman. |
| D2161.4.15 | Magic cure by lying on saint's shadow. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D2161.4.16 | Magic cure by touching. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.16.1 | Magic healing by passing hand over affected parts. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.17 | Magic cure by licking. (Cf. D1775.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.4.18 | Cure by putting lock of patient's hair in hole of post or tree, then plugging hole with wood. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| D2161.4.19 | Methods of magic cure—miscellaneous. |
| D2161.4.19.1 | Barber begins to recover after he reveals raja's secret. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D2161.5 | Magic cure by certain person. |
| D2161.5.1 | Cure by holy man. *Kittredge Witchcraft 124ff., 449f. nn. 1—33 passim; *Toldo I 331; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman. |
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