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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 |
|---|---|
| F491.3 | Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b; England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.3.1 | Person led astray by Will-o'-the-Wisp turns garment inside out. Will-o'-the-Wisp exorcised. (Cf. F369.7, F385.1.) England: *Baughman. |
| F491.3.2 | Power of Will-o'-the-Wisp over person neutralized if person sticks his knife into the ground. England: *Baughman. |
| F491.3.3 | Steel protects person from Will-o'-the-Wisp. U.S.: Baughman. |
| F491.4 | Will-o'-the-Wisp hops about. *Fb "lygtemand" II 473b. |
| F491.5 | Will-o'-the-Wisp's revenge. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3538. |
| F492 | Death on horseback. Fb "hvid" I 700b; von Negelein Zs. f. Vks. XIII 257ff., 368ff.; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mort". Cf. the "four horsemen" in Revelation. |
| F493 | Spirit of plague. Irish myth: *Cross; Dutch: Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 67f. Nos. 251—283; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Yukon): Alexander N. A. Myth. 78. |
| F493.0.1 | Pestilence in animal form. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 28 Nos. 244—245. |
| F493.0.1.1 | Plague as monster. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F493.0.1.2 | Spirit enters princess' body and she falls ill. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F493.0.2 | Pestilence in human form. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 28f. Nos. 246—252; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3494. |
| F493.0.3 | Pestilence in form of object. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 254. |
| F493.0.3.1 | Pestilence in form of a head. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 253. |
| F493.0.4 | Pestilence in visible form. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F493.1 | Spirits of various kinds of disease. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F493.1.1 | Demon of Consumption. N. A. Indian (Cherokee): Terrell JAFL V 125. |
| F493.1.2 | Demon of colic. Irish myth: Cross (F497). |
| F493.2 | Experiences with pestilence spirit. |
| F493.2.1 | Person who speaks with pestilence dies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 256. |
| F493.2.2 | Two pestilence spirits speak together. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 255. |
| F493.3 | Protection against pestilence spirit. |
| F493.3.1 | Upon destruction of pestilence-spirit, plague ceases. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 259. |
| F493.3.2 | Pestilence-spirit "bound" by magic. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 258. |
| F493.3.3 | Magic protection against pestilence-spirit. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 29 No. 257. |
| F493.4 | Demons spread pestilence by means of "heat and fury". Irish myth: Cross. |
| F493.5 | Sign of great plague: sky seems afire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F494 | Land-spirits. |
| F494.1 | Guardian spirit of land. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 228, Herrmann Saxo II 22ff., *Boberg; Danish: Ellekilde Ellekongen i Stevns, Danske Studier 1929, 10ff. |
| F494.1.1 | Swamp spirit guards buried treasure. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F494.2 | Spirit of boundaries. Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 173. |
| F494.3 | Earth spirit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F495 | Stone-spirit. Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas II 205; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F496 | Demon of gluttony. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F496.1 | Saint possessed by demon of gluttony. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F497 | Fire-spirits. Dutch: *Sinninghe FFC CXXXII 64ff Nos. 191—220; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 111, III 64, 88, 176—178. |
| F497.1 | Conversation of two fire-spirits. Shall house be burned? *O. Loortis Das misshandelte und sich rächend Feuer (Tartu, 1935). |
| F499 | Sundry other spirits. |
| F499.1 | Sky-spirit. German: Grimm No. 166; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Warrau): Kirchoff BBAE CXLIII (3) 880. |
| F499.1.1 | Spirit of light. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 62. |
| F499.2 | Nymphs of Paradise (houris). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3 | Jinns. |
| F499.3.1 | Jinns have no bones in their arms: they have only four fingers and no thumbs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3.2 | Jinns entitled to share in fruits of the earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F499.3.3 | Jinns frequent graveyards, ruined houses, or an altar of sacrifice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F500 | Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits. **DeCock Volkssage 99ff.; Chinese: Werner 386. |
| F501 | Person consisting only of head. (Cf. F511.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F510 | Monstrous persons. *Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 175; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 464, 469. |
| F510.1 | Monstrous races. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511 | Person unusual as to his head. (Cf. F501.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.1 | Headless person. (Cf. F401.4, F531.1.2.1.) *Chauvin VII 77 No. 121; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F511.0.1.1 | Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast. *Chauvin VII 87 No. 373 bis n. 2; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F511.0.1.2 | Headless persons cannot smell or hear. Chinese: Werner 387. |
| F511.0.2 | Person with more than one head. |
| F511.0.2.1 | Two-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman N. A. Indian (Quinault): Farrand JE II 124 No. 14. |
| F511.0.2.2 | Three-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.2.2.1 | Three-headed woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.2.3 | Four-headed person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.2.4 | Six-headed man. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F511.0.3 | Persons whose heads are stone-hammers. Koryak and American Indian: *Jochelson JE VI 375. |
| F511.0.3.1 | Person with iron head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.0.4 | Man carries his head under his arm. Loomis White Magic 54, 93, 125; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda (F1041.14); Africa (Kaffir): Theal 51. |
| F511.0.4.1 | Man cuts off own head and throws it against enemy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.5 | Man with half a head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.6 | Beheaded man's head replaced crooked. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.0.7 | Man with venomous worm in his head. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.0.8 | Gigantic skull of ancient king discovered. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.0.9 | Person with animal's head. (Cf. F511.1.3, F526.) |
| F511.0.9.1 | Person with horse's head. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.0.9.2 | Person with calf's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.0.9.3 | Person with serpent's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.1 | Person unusual as to his face. |
| F511.1.0.1 | Person without features (with flat face). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.1.1 | Two-faced person. Janus. Roman: Fox 297; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 49 No. 327F*; N. A. Indian (Teton): Dorsey AA o.s. II 151ff., (Ponka): Dorsey Contr. to N. Am. Ethnology VI 207; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 85. |
| F511.1.2 | Three-faced person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.1.3 | Person with animal face. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.1.3.1 | Person with face of ape. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.1.4 | Person with green face. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F511.2 | Person unusual as to his ears. (Cf. F542.) |
| F511.2.1 | Person with ears on breast. Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F511.2.2 | Person with ass's (horse's) ears. Midas. Köhler-Bolte I 383 n. 1, 511, 587; RTP I 327, VII 356; *Zs. d. deutschen morgenländ. Gesel. XL 549; Crooke FL XXII 183; *BP IV 147 n. 7 (Celtic); *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 397; Huet 45; Penzer III 188 n., VII n. 1, VI 26 n. 1; Irish myth: *Cross, *Porter Proc. Royal Irish Academy (1932) 142. |
| F511.2.2.1 | Person with cat's ears. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F511.2.3 | Person with many ears. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F511.2.4 | Person without ears. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F511.3 | Person with horns. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F511.3.1 | Person with horns of silver. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F512 | Person unusual as to his eyes. (Cf. F531.1.1, F541.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F512.1 | Person with one eye. *Type 511; Herbert III 238; Oesterley No. 175; Laistner Rätsel II 48ff.; Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 206 No. 154. |
| F512.1.1 | Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) *Krappe Balor 5 n. 19, 9 nn. 33—35; Fb "menneske" II 577b, "öje" III 1165b; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 4 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 389. |
| F512.1.2 | Three women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.) *Fb "öje" III 1166a; Greek: Fox 33, *Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4. |
| F512.1.3 | Person with one eye in back of head. Krappe Balor 7 n. 22. |
| F512.1.4 | Doorkeeper with one human eye, one cat's eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F512.2 | Person with many eyes. |
| F512.2.1 | Persons (animals) with four (six) eyes. *Chauvin VII 82 No. 373bis; Krappe Balor 19 n. 69. |
| F512.2.1.1 | Three-eyed person. *Type 511; Cosquin Contes Indiens 520; Jacob's list s.v. "Three-eyed stepsister"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F512.2.1.2 | Eight-eyed person. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 233; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/15). |
| F512.2.1.3 | Person with twelve eyes. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F512.2.2 | Argos. Has eyes all over body. Krappe Balor 19 n. 69; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 130 n. 3, Fox 29, 193. |
| F512.3 | Person with eyes in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) *De Cock Volkssage 102ff.; *Chauvin VI 66 No. 233; Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F512.4 | Person with eyes in back of head. Krappe Balor 19 n. 69; S. A. Indian (Fuegian): Alexander Lat. Am. 340, (Yuracare): ibid. 314. |
| F512.5 | Person without eyes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F513 | Person unusual as to his mouth. (Cf. F544.) |
| F513.0.1 | Person with mouth in stomach. (Cf. F511.0.1.1.) *Chauvin VII 87 No. 373bis n. 2. |
| F513.0.2 | Person with mouths all over body. Africa (Hausa): Tremearne Hausa Superstitions (London, 1913) 424ff. No. 93. |
| F513.0.3 | Mouthless people. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 78. |
| F513.0.4 | Person with mouth in breast. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F513.1 | Person unusual as to his teeth. (Cf. F544.3, F531.1.6.2.) |
| F513.1.1 | Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.) *Fb "øje" III 1166a; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4, Fox 33. |
| F513.1.2 | Person with many teeth. |
| F513.1.2.1 | Person with three rows of teeth. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F513.1.3 | Person with poisonous tooth. Poison dissolves flesh. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F513.1.4 | Person without teeth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F513.2 | Person without tongue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F513.3 | People who leave lower jaws at home when they go to market to prevent quarrels. Africa: Weeks 126ff. |
| F514 | Person unusual as to his nose. (Cf. F531.1.6.6, F543). |
| F514.1 | Noseless person. Herbert III 238; Oesterley No. 175; Tobler 63; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F514.2 | Men with birds' beaks. DeCock Volkssage 105; Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 599, Boberg. |
| F514.3 | Person with cat's snout. (Cf. F511.2.2.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F514.4 | Person with crook(s) on end of the nose. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F514.5 | Person grows a second nose. German: Grimm No. 201. |
| F515 | Person unusual as to his hands. (Cf. F552.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F515.0.1 | Person without hands. Siuts 218. |
| F515.0.2 | Persons with many hands. |
| F515.0.2.1 | Hundred-handed giants. Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 3 n. 2. |
| F515.1 | Person with unusual fingers. |
| F515.1.1 | Person's fingers not separated from one another. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F515.2 | Person with unusual fingernails. |
| F515.2.1 | Fingernail that can conceal basin-load of food. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F515.2.2 | Person with very long fingernails. Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 170. |
| F515.3 | Men with tails on their hands. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 79. |
| F515.4 | Boy with seal flippers. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XXII 20. |
| F515.5 | Tribe of left-handed people. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 99. |
| F516 | Person unusual as to his arms. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F516.1 | Armless people. Chinese: Werner 388. |
| F516.1.1 | Armless people have legs growing from their shoulders. Use toes in place of fingers. Chinese: Werner 388. |
| F516.2 | People with many arms. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F516.2.1 | Six-armed earthborn men. Greek: Fox 110. |
| F516.2.2 | People with four arms. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F516.2.3 | Man with a thousand arms. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 39. |
| F516.3 | Long-armed people. Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 388f. |
| F516.4 | Man with elastic reach. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 263. |
| F517 | Person unusual as to his legs. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F517.0.1 | Person with one leg. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F517.0.2 | Long-legged people. Chinese: Werner 388f. |
| F517.0.2.1 | Man with legs so long he can steady boat as he stands in ocean. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 354. |
| F517.1 | Person unusual as to his feet. (Cf. F551.) |
| F517.1.1 | Person without feet. (Cf. F167.7.) Siuts 218. |
| F517.1.1.1 | Person with one foot. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F517.1.2 | Person with many feet. |
| F517.1.2.1 | Four-footed man. Sikes FL XX 421.—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F517.1.3 | Men with sponge-feet. *Chauvin VII 24 No. 373E n. 1. |
| F517.1.4 | Person with claws on the feet. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F517.1.5 | Person with knees backwards. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F517.1.5.1 | Men whose feet turn backward so that they will not stub toes. Africa: Weeks Jungle 126ff. |
| F517.1.6 | Person with horse's hoofs. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F517.1.7 | Person with feet like elephant's. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F517.1.8 | Soles of man's feet covered with hair. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 789. |
| F518 | Persons with tails. Chauvin V 7 No. 3.—Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F521 | Person with unusual covering. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F521.1 | Man covered with hair like animal. *Williams 17ff.; Gaster Oldest Stories 43; Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 189; India: Thompson-Balys; Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F521.1.1 | Woman with animal hair. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 189 No. 130; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 213. |
| F521.2 | Feathered people. Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Werner 390; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1353, z-G 13/380); Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 109. |
| F521.3 | Men of metal. |
| F521.3.1 | Man of bronze. (Talos). Has single vein from neck to ankle and bronze nail at end of vein. This is the only vulnerable spot. Frazer Apollodorus I 118 n. 1. |
| F521.3.2 | Man of iron. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F521.3.3 | Person with body of gold. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 214, 468, 742, 761, 1293; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F521.3.3.1 | Girl's body-dirt is golden. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F521.3.3.2 | Person with golden anus. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq II 83 No. 24. |
| F521.3.4 | Person with body of silver. |
| F521.3.4.1 | Silver king with silver attendants. Is on a silver horse accompanied by silver cock, bird, and dog. Czech: Tille FFC XXXIV 96. |
| F522 | Person with wings. Greek: Grote I 216; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 390; Persian: Carnoy 298. |
| F522.1 | Person with wings on feet (head). Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 106 n. 1. |
| F523 | Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 248 n. 2. |
| F524 | Person with several bodies. |
| F524.1 | Person with three bodies. Body of three men grown together in one at waist but parted in three from flanks and thighs. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 211 n. 2, Fox 86 (Geryoneus). |
| F525 | Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two. *DeCock Volkssage 99ff.; Votiak, Ostiak: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 181f.; Indonesian: De Vries's list No. 166; Dixon 216; Chinese: Werner 389; Marquesas: Handy 137; N. A. Indian: Hatt Asiatic Influences 87ff., *Thompson Tales 357 n. 287d; Africa: Werner 244, (Basuto): Jacottet 160 No. 23, (Zulu): Callaway 202, (Luba): De Clerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 187, 190. |
| F525.1 | One-sided man. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 13, III 75, Rink 237, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 171. |
| F525.1.1 | Man with one side of stone (iron). Fb "jærn" IV 249b; Hawaii: Dixon 89 (stone); Africa (Kaffir): Theal 129 (iron). |
| F525.2 | Man splits into two parts. Chauvin VII 40 No. 153 n. 1; Tonga: Gifford 32. |
| F525.3 | Tribe of one-eyed, one-footed, one-handed men. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F525.3.1 | Person with one foot (one hand, and one eye). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F525.4 | Person (Antichrist) with flat body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F525.5 | Giant with limbs and organs only on his left side. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F525.6 | Person without back. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 49 (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 179, 181. |
| F526 | Person with compound body. |
| F526.1 | Typhon. Human down to thighs; coil of vipers below. Dragon heads from his hands. Bigger than mountains. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 47 n. 4. |
| F526.2 | Scylla. Breast and face of woman. From flanks has six heads and twelve feet of dogs. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 293 n. 4. |
| F526.3 | Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3. |
| F526.4 | Beast-like anchorite. Walks on all fours; covered with hair like beast; has horns like beast. (Cf. F521.1.) Williams 17ff., 25. |
| F526.5 | Men with two faces, three legs, and seven arms (or other such combinations). Hindu: Keith 41f. |
| F526.6 | Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 76 n. 3. |
| F527 | Person of unusual color. |
| F527.1 | Red person. Africa (Fang): Einstein 179. |
| F527.1.1 | Red knight. Types 300, 303; *Ranke FFC CXIV 236; Fb "Ridder Rod"; Hartland Perseus III 207ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; English: Wells 73 (Sir Percyvelle of Galles); Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F527.2 | Green knight. *Kittredge Gawain passim; BP II 262f.; Dickson 180ff.; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F527.3 | Blue man. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 547. |
| F527.4 | Brown man with white back. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F527.5 | Black man. (Cf. F548.1, F573.) Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F527.6 | Half red and half blue strong man. Icelandic: Hálfdanar saga Br. 561, Boberg. |
| F529 | Other monstrous persons. |
| F529.1 | Persons with punctured bodies. May be carried on a pole put through the orifice; may be hung up on a peg. Chinese: Werner 390. |
| F529.2 | People without anuses. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F529.2.1 | People without anuses make them by sitting on pegs. Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 364; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 79, 204, Holm 89, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 171, 538, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 89. |
| F529.3 | Man with grass growing from his joints. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 488. |
| F529.4 | Person has small animal within his body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F529.5 | Person with transparent body. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F529.6 | Person with enormous belly. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 155. |
| F529.7 | Boneless person. Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F529.7.1 | Person without joints. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F529.8 | Monkey-like little people. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F530 | Exceptionally large or small men. Krappe Neuphilologische Mitteilungen XXIV 1—10. |
| F531 | Giant.1 A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400—G599.) *BP III 375; *Fb "kjæmpe" II 149, "Langben Rise" II 377b; Lorenz Das Titan-Motiv in der allgemeinen Mythologie (Imago II 1913] 22—72); Weinhold Die Riesen des germanischen Mythus (Sitzungsberichte d. kais. Akad. d. Wiss. XXVI [1858] 225—306); Laistner Nebelsagen (Stuttgart, 1860); Schoning Dödsriger i Nordisk Hedentro (København, 1903); **Von Sydow Jätterna i Mytologi och Folktro (F och F [1919] 52—96); Ahrendt Die Riese in der mittelhochdeutschen Epik (Rostock, 1923); **F. Wolgemuth Riesen u. Zwerge in den altfranzösischen erzählenden Dichtung (Tübingen, 1906); **V. Höttges Typenverzeichnis der deutschen Riesen; und riesischen Teufelssagen FFC CXXII (Helsinki, 1937); Tegethoff Schweiz. Archiv f. Vksk. XXIV (1922) 137ff.; Borgese Giganti e Serpenti (Archivio per lo studio delle Tradizioni popolari XX 507ff., XXI 90ff., 161ff.); *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 1120—1138.—Irish myth: *Cross; U.S. (lumbermen): *Folk-Say I 62 (bibliography of "Paul Bunyan" stories); Icelandic: *Boberg; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 66 Nos. 565—592; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 465—490; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3720; Germanic: Meyer Germanen 226ff.; French: Sébillot France IV 455 s.v. "Géants", >>Gargantua", Sébillot **Gargantua dans les Traditions Populaires; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 32f.; Jewish: *Neuman Arabian: Burton Nights I 65n., V 316, VI 24n., 84, 265n., 268ff., VII 84n.; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 47, 430, Holm 7, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 656, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 167; N. A. Indian (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXIV 346ff. Nos. 69, 70, 73, (Kaska): Teit JAFL XXX 446 No. 7, (Aztec): Alexander Lat. Am. 92f. |
| F531.0.1 | Biblical worthy as giant. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F531.0.2 | Giant as Creator's servant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F531.0.3 | Generation of men at the Deluge gigantic. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.0.4 | Giant woman. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1 | Appearance of giant. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.0.1 | Beauty of giant. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.0.1.1 | Beautiful giantess. Broderius § 37; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 329, *Boberg; Swedish: Nyare Bidrag till Kännedom om de svenska Landsmеlen och svenskt Folklif IX 35 No. 80; Denmark: Thiele Danmarks Folkesagn X 164. |
| F531.1.0.2 | Hideous giant. Broderius § 37; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Þiðriks saga I 360, *Boberg; Tirol: Zingerle Nos. 172, 181. |
| F531.1.1 | Eyes of giant. *Höttges FFC CXXII 184. |
| F531.1.1.1 | Giant with one eye in middle of forehead. (Cf. F512.1.1.) Broderius § 37; *BP III 375; *Höttges FFC CXXII 191; Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 191; Icelandic: Boberg; Faröe: Zs. f. Vksk. II 6; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 67 No. 573; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) No. 2; Greek: Fox 6, Grote I 5, 287; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 10. |
| F531.1.1.1.1 | Giant with one eye in the neck which he covers with his lower lip. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F531.1.1.2 | Giant with large gleaming eyes. Broderius § 37; *Höttges FFC CXXII 192; Icelandic: Boberg; Norway: Faye Norske Folke-Sagn (Christiania, 1814) 19; Tirol: Zingerle (1891) Nos. 193, 201. |
| F531.1.1.2.1 | Giant with eyes as big as cauldrons. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.1.2.2 | Giant with eyes like ponds. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.1.1.3 | Blind giant. Broderius § 37; Icelandic: *Boberg; Sweden: Runa III (1843) 41 No. 74, IV 37 No. 53; Hanover: Schambach u. Müller Niedersächsische Sagen (Göttingen, 1854) No. 165.1. |
| F531.1.1.4 | Giant sees great distance. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F531.1.1.5 | Giant with many eyes. |
| F531.1.1.5.1 | Giant with eight eyes. Polynesia: Beckwith Myth 210. |
| F531.1.1.6 | Giantess with green eyes. Icelandic: Illuga saga Gr. 653, Boberg. |
| F531.1.2 | Head of giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.2.0.1 | Gigantic head. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.2.1 | Headless giant. (Cf. F511.0.1.) Broderius § 37; Irish myth: Cross; Hanover: Kuhn u. Schwarz Norddeutsche Sagen (Leipzig, 1848) No. 167.3; Pomerania: Rosenow 51 No. 46; N. A. Indian (Navaho): Alexander N. Am. 163. |
| F531.1.2.2 | Many-headed giant. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 329, MacCulloch Eddic 87, 173, Boberg. |
| F531.1.2.2.1 | Two-headed giant. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F531.1.2.2.2 | Three-headed giant. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 111 *Boberg. |
| F531.1.2.2.3 | Five-headed giant. Irish myth: Cross; English: Child II 59. |
| F531.1.2.2.4 | Six-headed giant. English: Child V 184. |
| F531.1.2.2.5 | Nine-headed giant. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 91, Boberg; Korean: Zong in-Sob 166. |
| F531.1.2.2.6 | Ten-headed giant. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 125. |
| F531.1.2.2.7 | Many-headed giant—miscellaneous. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F531.1.2.3 | Giant's self-returning head. Korean: Zong in-Sob 72. |
| F531.1.2.4 | Giant with horse head. Tirol: Zingerle (1891) 26 No. 41. |
| F531.1.2.5 | Giant with stone head. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 83, 279, Boberg (Hrungnir); Oceanic: Beckwith Myth 88. |
| F531.1.3 | Feet (legs) of giant. |
| F531.1.3.1 | Giant with dragon-scales for feet. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 43 n. 2. |
| F531.1.3.2 | Giant with heels in front. (Cf. A526.8, F451.2.2.1, F517.1.5, G303.4.5.6.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.3.3 | One-footed giant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F531.1.3.3.1 | One-legged giant. Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 170. |
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