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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
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
U
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 |
|---|---|
| F675.1 | King makes a wooden peacock machine for his son. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F675.2 | Moonmakers make new moon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F675.3 | Carpenter constructs house of sandalwood which will go wherever owner commands. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F675.4 | Skillful carpenter constructs large palace overnight. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F676 | Skillful thief. (Cf. K301.) |
| F676.1 | Thief can eat from man's plate during dinner without detection. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F676.2 | Thief can cut soles off man's boots without detection as he walks along road. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F677 | Skillful tracker. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F677.1 | Skillful tracker infallible on land or sea. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F678 | Skillful milker. |
| F678.1 | Skillful milker milks cows incessantly. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679 | Remarkable skill—miscellaneous. |
| F679.1 | Remarkable herdsman. Sits on mountain top. Cows come from great distance at his call. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.2 | Man can lengthen swords by twirling them between his fingers. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.3 | Man can walk (stand) on weapon edge (point) without injury. Can catch sharp edges without being cut. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F679.4 | Man can stand on barrel rolling down hill. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.5 | Skillful hunter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.5.1 | Skillful hunter manages hounds. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.5.2 | Skillful hunter can tell from baying the succession of hounds and what quarry they pursue. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.5.3 | Man kills many tigers with one arrow-shot. S. A. Indian (Yurakare): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 144. |
| F679.5.3.1 | Seven stags killed at one shot. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F679.6 | Skillful cast of stone: carries away roof tree of burning house and so puts out fire. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F679.7 | Skillful gambler always wins. Whatever he earns in day he spends immediately. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F679.8 | Skill at chess-playing. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F679.9 | Skillful musician plays nine mouth harps at once. Chinese: Graham. |
| F680 | Other marvelous powers. |
| F681 | Marvelous runner. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Italian: Basile Pentamerone III No. 8; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: *Beckwith Myth 151, 337f.; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G. 3/928). |
| F681.1 | Marvelous runner keeps leg tied up. To prevent him from running away. *Type 513; *BP II 79ff.; *Fb "ben" IV 32b; Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 428; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 345ff. |
| F681.2 | Marvelous runner outstrips March wind. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 162. |
| F681.3 | Marvelous runner swift as thought. Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190; Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 81, 93, Boberg; N. A. Indian (Ojibwa): Michelson JAFL XXIV 249. |
| F681.3.1 | Contest between runner swift as thought and one swift as sight. Former wins. N. A. Indian (Ojibwa): Michelson JAFL XXIV 249. |
| F681.4 | Marvelous runner swift as sight. N. A. Indian (Ojibwa): Michelson JAFL XXIV 249. |
| F681.5 | Marvelous runner can run round earth in five minutes. *Fb "løbe" II 506. |
| F681.6 | Marvelous runner catches wild game on the run. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F681.6.1 | Man can outstrip wild mare, hold her, and bridle her. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F681.7 | Marvelous runner runs backwards. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F681.8 | Marvelous runner captures two of every wild animal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F681.9 | Man who is too heavy for any horse walks faster than horseback riders. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F681.10 | Marvelous swift plower. Chinese: Graham. |
| F681.11 | Marvelous swift mower. Chinese: Graham. |
| F681.12 | Runner runs so swiftly that he does not snap the ears of wheat (bend grass). Latin: Virgil Aeneid VII 807 ff.; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F681.13 | Boy runs so fast snow makes rainbow behind him. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 255. |
| F682 | Man can stand all day on one foot. Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F682.0.1 | Person (warrior) uses only one leg, one hand, one eye. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F683 | Sparks come from man's feet. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 190. |
| F683.1 | Sparks come from man's hands. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F683.1.1 | Fire drops from fingers of warrior whenever he wills it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F684 | Marvelous jumper. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F684.1 | Marvelous climber. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F685 | Marvelous withstander of cold. Type 513. |
| F686 | Body with marvelous heat. Melts snow thirty feet around and serves as fuel for man's companions. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 198. |
| F686.1 | Cauldron warmed by breath of nine maidens. (Cf. D1171.2.) Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 95. |
| F686.2 | Room heated by crowded corpses kept on hand by ghoulish ogres. Scottish: Campbell-McKay No. 25. |
| F687 | Remarkable fragrance (odor) of person. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F688 | Man with marvelous voice. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F688.1 | Man's voice shakes heavens. Chinese: Werner 305. |
| F688.2 | Man's shout remains in air three days. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F688.3 | Voice heard over whole land. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F688.4 | Walls fall because of great shout. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F691 | Man can breathe nine days under water. *Ullrich Archiv für Literaturgeschichte XIV 69ff.; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F691.0.1 | Hero battles under lake for a day and night. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F692 | Person with remarkable memory. (Cf. F654.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F692.1 | Whole epic remembered from one hearing. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 262f. |
| F693 | Wounds inflicted by certain man always fatal. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F694 | Saint passes through closed doors. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F695 | Extraordinary reading ability. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F695.1 | Reading without learning the alphabet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F695.2 | Extraordinary amount read in short time. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F695.3 | Learning to read in extraordinarily short time. *Loomis White Magic 24; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F695.3.1 | Miraculous ability to learn to read and to write foreign language in short time. *Loomis White Magic 72, 114. |
| F696 | Marvelous swimmer. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F697 | Marvelous ball player. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F697.1 | Culture hero as marvelous ball player. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F697.2 | Saint as marvelous ball player. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F698 | Marvelous juggler. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F698.1 | Hero throws ball, bat, dart (playthings) and catches them before they reach ground. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F698.2 | Performing on spear points. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F698.3 | Catching 150 toy spears in shield. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F699 | Additional marvelous powers. |
| F699.1 | Marvelous dancer. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F700 | Extraordinary places. |
| F701 | Land of plenty. Yields everything to heart's desire. Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 588, 593, Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Hindu: Keith 144. |
| F701.1 | Milk and honey flow in land. Usener Kleinere Schriften IV 398; Jewish: *Neuman; Gaster Thespis 201. |
| F701.2 | Land of the Blessed. Everything as it should be. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F702 | Land of fire. (Cf. F753, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 57 No. 77. |
| F703 | Lands with extraordinary names. Land of the boot, the towel, the walking-stick, and the like. *Köhler-Bolte I 421. Cf. Type 1940, BP III 129; Chinese: Werner 391. |
| F704 | Land of cold and mist. (Cf. A623.) Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 584ff., MacCulloch Eddic 281, 304, 324, 326, Boberg. |
| F705 | Artificial paradise and hell to punish and reward. Wesselski Archiv Orientálni II 432. |
| F706 | Land of darkness. Krappe The Land of Darkness (Philol. Quarterly XXI [1942] 334—46); Icelandic: Herrmann Saxo II 595, 598, 599, MacCulloch Eddic 32, Boberg; Jewish: bin Gorion Born Judas III 152, *Neuman. |
| F707 | Extraordinary kingdom. (Cf. F760.) |
| F707.1 | Kingdom where everything is of gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F707.2 | Kingdom where everything is of silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F707.3 | Kingdom where everything is of diamond. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F707.4 | Kingdom where everything is of pearl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F708 | Countries with one conspicuous lack. |
| F708.1 | Country without cats. *Types 1650, 1651; *BP II 69; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chats", "Alger". |
| F708.2 | Country without grain. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "blé". |
| F708.3 | Country without wine. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F709 | Other extraordinary countries. |
| F709.1 | Country of the naked. Chavannes I 195—97, cf. Wesselski in Archiv Orientální I (1929) p. 4. |
| F709.2 | Country of little girls. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F709.3 | Country of thieves and impostors. Icelandic: Flateyjarbуk II 73ff., Sveinsson FFC LXXXIII xxii; Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F710 | Extraordinary bodies of water. |
| F710.1 | Water resembling fire. Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 14. |
| F711 | Extraordinary sea. (Cf. D911.) |
| F711.1 | Sea issues from marvelous cask. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "tonneau". |
| F711.2 | Sea of unusual substance. |
| F711.2.1 | Sea of milk. (Cf. F713.4, F715.2.3.) India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer II 151. |
| F711.2.2 | Sea of cream. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F711.2.3 | Sea of pumice. Tonga: Gifford 149, Beckwith Myth 287. |
| F711.2.4 | Sea of slime. Tonga: Gifford 149. |
| F711.2.5 | Sea of honey. (Cf. F715.2.4.) Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 246. |
| F711.3 | Sea of unusual color. |
| F711.3.1 | White sea. Tonga: Beckwith Myth 287. |
| F711.3.2 | Red sea. Tonga: Gifford 141, Beckwith Myth 287. |
| F711.4 | Fresh water in sea. |
| F711.4.1 | Stream of fresh water flows through the sea. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F711.4.2 | Well hidden in sea. (Cf. D926.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F711.5 | Aroma of sea as of wine. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F711.6 | Sea with fishes with bodies like men and sharp razor-like snouts. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 723. |
| F713 | Extraordinary pond (lake). Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F713.1 | Pond of ambrosia. Japanese: Anesaki 242. |
| F713.2 | Bottomless lakes (pools, etc.). *Fb "bundløs"; JAFL V 329; FL III 70. |
| F713.2.1 | Extremely deep water. Axe seven years reaching bottom. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F713.3 | Lake monster turning over causes lake to overflow surrounding mountains. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F713.4 | Pond of milk. (Cf. F711.2.1, F715.2.3.) India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F713.5 | Pond always clear because deity uses it for his bath. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F713.6 | Lake of blood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F715 | Extraordinary river. (Cf. D915.) Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F715.1 | Extraordinary source of river. |
| F715.1.1 | River issues from magic nut. (Cf. D985, F718.12.) Fb "nød" II 719a. |
| F715.1.2 | River issues from pillar. Dickson 222 n. 18. |
| F715.1.3 | River from man's finger. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F715.1.4 | River flows from man's head. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F715.1.5 | River flows from man's mouth. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F715.2 | River of extraordinary fluid. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F715.2.1 | River of blood. Irish myth: Cross; N. A. Indian (Creek): Alexander N. Am. 71; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F715.2.2 | River of mercury. Chauvin V 41 No. 388. |
| F715.2.3 | River of milk. (Cf. F711.2.1, F713.4, F814.6.) Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 80; Jewish: *Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F715.2.4 | River of honey. (Cf. F711.2.5.) Africa (Hausa): Tremearne Hausa Superstitions and Customs (London, 1913) 424ff. No. 93. |
| F715.2.5 | River of tears. Rose Classical Review XLII 28, 171. |
| F715.3 | Rivers with marvelous underground connections. Euphrates, Tigris, Tiber, and River Boant really the same which flow through oceans and underground. Irish: Todd Lecture Series X 29 (Metrical Dindshenchas), *Cross. |
| F715.3.1 | Undersea river. (Cf. F718.1.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F715.3.2 | Marvelous stream containing little black fish bursts forth from mountain. (Cf. A934.9.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F715.4 | Stream runs through house. *Schoepperle II 302 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross. |
| F715.5 | River which never freezes. Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 276. |
| F715.6 | River that burns like fire. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F715.7 | River which petrifies anyone passing through it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F715.8 | Kingdom where seven rivers meet. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F715.9 | Red river. India: Thompson-Balys; Mono-Alu: Wheeler 8, 48. |
| F715.10 | River whose specific gravity is so slight nothing can float on it. (Cf. F716.2.) Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1156. |
| F716 | Extraordinary fountain. (Cf. D925.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F716.1 | Fountain gives water on Wednesdays and Fridays. Milk on Sunday and wine on feast-days. Patch PMLA XXXIII 620 n. 66; Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.1.1 | Fountain has taste of wine. (Cf. F718.3.) Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F716.2 | Spring with water lighter than wood and with scent of violets. (Cf. F715.10.) Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Glassarg". |
| F716.3 | Fountain hot or cold as desired. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F716.4 | Fountain jet which remains immovable. Jewish: Moreno Esdras (F933.3). |
| F716.5 | Musical fountain in otherworld. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F717 | Extraordinary pool. Eskimo (Central): Boas RBAE VI 599. |
| F717.1 | Pool paved with gold. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "or". |
| F717.2 | Poison pool. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| F718 | Extraordinary well. (Cf. D926.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F718.1 | Well located under sea. (Cf. F715.3.1.) Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F718.2 | Perfectly round well contains vari-colored water. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F718.3 | Well of wine. (Cf. F716.1.1.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.4 | Well water tastes like oil, wine, and honey. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F718.5 | Well shines at night. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.6 | Well overflow cannot be seen. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.7 | Well flows full on Sunday. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F718.8 | Extraordinary well of blood. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F718.9 | Glittering well. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F718.10 | Well in shape of a sieve-like rock, out of which water gushes forth. (Cf. D926.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F718.11 | Well shoots up high as pillars, and discharges itself into navigable streams. (Cf. D926.) Jewish: Neuman. |
| F718.12 | Origin of springs from broken coconut shell. (Cf. F715.1.1.) Tonga: Gifford 101. |
| F720 | Submarine and subterranean world. |
| F721 | Subterranean world. See entire section F80—F109, Journey to lower world. Irish myth: Cross; German: Grimm No. 163; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "monde". |
| F721.1 | Underground passages. Journey made through natural subways. *Fb "löngang" II 515; Missouri French: Carrière; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 47 Nos. 89**, 98; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 136 No. 98; Gaster Oldest Stories 48. |
| F721.1.1 | Tunnel of crystal four miles long. Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 2. |
| F721.2 | Habitable hill. *Type 870; *Fb "höj" I 740ab, "trold" III 852a; Winter Die deutsche Schatzsage 47; Hartland Science 170, 173, 177, 217; Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 1049f. s.v. "Berg"; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 363. |
| F721.2.1 | Habitable hill raised on four pillars. *Fb "höj" I 750a. |
| F721.2.2 | Monster guards door of habitable hill. Chinese: Werner 183. |
| F721.2.3 | Sorcerer and books in mountain. Opens only for short periods. Chauvin V 142 No. 69 n. 1. |
| F721.3 | Underground kingdom. |
| F721.3.1 | King of underground kingdom. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F721.3.2 | Underground kingdom reached in a box which was swallowed by a dragon and later released. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F721.4 | Underground treasure chambers. *Type 676; *BP III 137; *Fb "höj" I 740a; Chauvin V 10 No. 7, 60 No. 19 and passim; Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Graham. |
| F721.5 | Subterranean castle. *Fb "slot" III 376b; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian: Basile Pentamerone II No. 9, V No. 4; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| F721.5.1 | Underground palace full of jewels. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F725 | Submarine world. See all references under F133, Submarine otherworld. Ignacius Donnelly Atlantis: the Antediluvian World (New York, 1882); W. Scott-Elliot The Story of Atlantis, a Geographical, Historical and Ethnological Sketch (London, 1896); Spence The Problem of Atlantis (New York, 1925); E. M. Whishaw Atlantis in Andalucia (London, 1929); *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXV (1933) 107ff.; Penzer VII 19f.—India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 26; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/249, 441.); Maori: Clark 111; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 343 n. 236a. |
| F725.1 | Steps to submarine world. Tobler 76. |
| F725.2 | Submarine cities. Chauvin V 7 No. 3; Penzer VI 212ff., VII 19f.; Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 215 No. 73. |
| F725.3 | Submarine castle (palace). (Cf. F771.) *Fb "slot" III 376b; Penzer VI 280; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 197; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "château", Comault. RTP III 103, Clouston Tales I 192ff.; Greek: Iliad XIII 22; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Anesaki 314. |
| F725.3.1 | Submarine castle on a mountain. Patch PMLA XXXIII 611 n. 32. |
| F725.3.2 | Castle under lake. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F725.3.3 | Undersea house. Chinese: Graham. |
| F725.3.4 | Splendid palace underneath tank. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F725.4 | Man lives under river. Irish myth: *Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F725.5 | People live under sea. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F725.5.1 | Visit to people of village under lake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F725.6 | Bell brought from monastery under water. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F725.7 | Lovely garden under water, with marvelous tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F725.8 | World at bottom of pond. German: Grimm No. 181. |
| F725.9 | World at bottom of well. German: Grimm Nos. 24, 79. |
| F730 | Extraordinary islands. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| F731 | Island covered with treasure. |
| F731.1 | Island covered with gold. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "оle"; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VII 15 n. 3, 16ff. |
| F731.2 | Crystalline island. Arabian: Burton Nights S VII 234. |
| F731.3 | Island with rampart of gold and palisade of silver. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F731.4 | Stones of island are jewels. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F731.5 | Island of amber (glass). Krappe Speculum XVIII (1943) 303—322. |
| F731.6 | Island of pearls. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F732 | Island of rare wood. |
| F732.1 | Island of ebony. Arabian: Burton Nights I 116. |
| F732.2 | Island of aloes. *Chauvin VII 22 No. 373E n. 7. |
| F732.3 | Island of camphor. *Chauvin VII 11 No. 373B n. 2; Penzer III 260 n. 1. |
| F733 | Fruitful island. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F734 | Otherworld island grows foot yearly. One tree added. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F735 | Island rises up in sea. Fb "ø" III 1159b. |
| F735.0.1 | Island rises up in river. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F735.0.2 | Island rises once every seven years. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F735.0.3 | Island appears only at certain times. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F736 | Island with extraordinary support. |
| F736.1 | Island supported on four feet. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F736.1.1 | Island supported on seven feet. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F736.2 | Otherworld island supported by pedestal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F737 | Wandering island. Moves about at will and sometimes appears and disappears from sea. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Fox 266 (Aeolia); Hawaii: Fornander Collection IV 518, V 678, VI 2531, Bechwith Myth 71f. |
| F738 | Flying island. Floats in sky. (Cf. F755.3.) Hawaii: Fornander Collection IV 518, V 678, VI 253. Cf. Gulliver's Travels, third voyage. |
| F741 | Islands of extraordinary color. Green, white, etc. Chauvin V 264 No. 154. |
| F742 | Magic invisibility of otherworld island. (Cf. D1980.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| F743 | Island inhabited by only one species. |
| F743.1 | Island inhabited only by birds. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| F743.2 | Island inhabited only be sheep. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F744 | Island surrounded by wall of fire; water prevents it from being consumed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F745 | Island with nightly noise of drums. *Chauvin VII 8 No. 373A n. 1. |
| F746 | No putrefaction on extraordinary island. Hair and nails of dead grow. Irish myth: Cross. |
| F747 | Extraordinary island upon which no sinner can die (be buried). Irish myth: Cross. |
| F748 | Battle of islands. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 389. |
| F751 | Glass mountain. *Fb "glarbjærg" I 459f., IV 180b, "heks" I 582, "jærnsko" II 63; *Types 400, 425, 451, 530; *BP I 233ff., III 111 n. 3; *Boberg Danske Studier (1928) 16—53; Hdwb. d. Märch. II 627; Köhler-Bolte I 444; *Patch PMLA XXXIII 610 n. 30, Harvard Studies and Notes V 159, 171 and n. 3. |
| F752 | Mountain of treasure. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 12; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| F752.1 | Mountain of gold. Type 569; BP I 475; Penzer IV 138; Cosquin Lorraine No. 1 and notes; Icelandic: Boberg; Buddhist: Malalasekera I 1052, Cowell Jataka II 63, 270, 272, V 21, 221, 226. |
| F752.2 | Mountain of silver. Type 569; BP I 474; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. |
| F752.2.1 | Silver not to be taken from mountain of silver on Sabbath. Jewish: Neuman. |
| F752.3 | Mountain formed of a jewel. Patch PMLA XXXIII 607; Jacobs's list s.v. "Mountains of jewels". |
| F752.3.1 | Mountain formed of a pearl. *Chauvin VII 38 No. 212B. |
| F752.3.2 | Mountain formed of diamond. Hdwb. d. Märch. s.v. "Diamantberg". |
| F753 | Mountain of fire. (Cf. F702, F756.1, F763, F771.1.11, F785.3.) Chauvin VII 40 No. 153, 57 No. 77; Jewish: Neuman; Penzer III 227f., VIII 50f. |
| F754 | Magnetic mountain. Pulls nails out of ships that approach it. *Chauvin V 202 No. 117, VII 86 No. 373bis n. 1; Basset RTP IX 377ff.; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| F755 | Living mountain. (Cf. F1006.) |
| F755.1 | Speaking mountain. Icelandic: Boberg; N. A. Indian (Northern Paiute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 234 No. 13. |
| F755.1.1 | Mountain laughs. Africa (Bushango): Torday 251. |
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